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  1. Pemican

    Left Mormonism. Wanting to reconnect to the divine. Having a hard time doing so.

    Welcome LupineMoon. I grew up with Mormons as neighbors but was never one of them. My parents were humanists, trusting in the works of men not God. But I realized their views were lacking and very shallow. I became a believer in Christ when I was 18 and the search for the truth was on. I...
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    Being a good friend to a bad friend

    Quite true. We are all in the same boat. We've all been bad friends at some point.
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    Christian Movie

    I recently saw the movie "The Most Reluctant Convert." It came out in 2021 so maybe this is old news. It is the story of C. S. Lewis's conversion from atheism to Christianity. I was already familiar with his conversion story but watched it through twice to pick up on some of the finer points...
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    Minecraft

    I have played minecraft for several years. I use it mostly as a distraction. I have never killed the dragon because it is really hard to do and it seems pointless. What I enjoy is the creative aspect; you imagine something you could build and build it. If you don't like the way it turned out...
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    Will the rapture/return of Christ happen in the next decade?

    The world seems to be rushing towards a conclusion. Because of this my answer is somewhere between likely and possibly. We are definitely getting close.
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    Can anyone really doubt we are living in the Last Days?

    I agree and will add to your list: Israel is ready right now to rebuild and furnish the temple which will exist in the trib. I've heard they are so prepared as to finish it in 3 months. They have been training Jews from the tribe of Levi to do the necessary temple cleansing rituals. They also...
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    What is your opinion on video games?

    Not at all. You make some valid points. And yes, games can be addictive, and that is really the problem. It made me think about how much time I have "invested" in them. Thanks for the post.
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    What is your opinion on video games?

    Sometimes I play a game as a distraction from doing something worse.
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    kenosis . . ?

    The view I have been taught is that Christ is fully God and fully human at the same time, but that He gave up the independent use of His deity and subordinated Himself to the will of the Father. He never gave up His deity. He is the God-man forever. When He did a miracle from His deity it was...
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    What is regeneration?

    Not sure I understand where you are going with this. God created us with individual souls. Each is responsible for his own choices. This continues into eternity. Lets not make this more complicated than it has to be.
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    What is regeneration?

    Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (water = physical birth, as in amniotic fluid, this is not about water baptism) Joh 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of...
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    What is regeneration?

    To expand on what I just wrote: Adam was created complete and in perfection and in the image of God. He had fellowship with God and free will. Eventually he sinned breaking fellowship with God and becoming instantly spiritually dead. He would eventually die physically. From then on all of...
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    What is regeneration?

    The human spirit is the immaterial part of man that Adam lost at the fall. Adam originally had 3 parts: body, soul and spirit. With the body you relate to the physical world, with the soul to other human beings, and with the spirit to God. When we are born again the Holy Spirit regenerates the...
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    What is regeneration?

    Regeneration is being "born again" which is a work of the Holy Spirit. When a person believes in Christ he is made spiritually alive. This means he gains a human spirit by which he can now relate to God. That's what Jesus was explaining to Nicodemus in John 3.
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    Why does God exists

    God has no beginning and no end. He is the always existing one ( I AM that I AM). He invented time and space so created beings could have a frame of reference. He does not need it. My feeling is your question will have to wait until eternity, and even then it may be beyond our ability to...
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    Trinity verses

    What are some good verses on the trinity? Here is one I like a lot: Mat 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
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    Fave verses defending the divinity of Christ.

    Joh 5:21 "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. Joh 5:22 "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, Joh 5:23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who...
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    Fave verses defending the divinity of Christ.

    Heb 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, Heb 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. Heb 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact...
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    Fave verses defending the divinity of Christ.

    Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. Col...
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    Fave verses defending the divinity of Christ.

    Php 2:5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, Php 2:6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, Php 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Php...