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Interesting OP. I've wondered, myself, how "good ol'' Gov. Martin O'Malley here in MD can claim to be a good Catholic (and still receive Communion) when he is completely pro-abortion and pushing the gay marriage agenda in the state.

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I agree . . . I'm just sad that my friend moved from Baltimore to Boston a few years back. Life circumstances kept me from attending the services (and 8 hours each way is difficult when pregnant and with a toddler), but I really wish I could have been there because that, to me, shows that...

IMHO it is the wrong time to communicate that regardless of the manner because it will come off as rude and/or unfeeling. As one who has lost several people close to me as well as a child in recent years, I know how MY mind works when I am grieving, and I would get angry with anyone who brought...

I could not disagree more in this case. He is GRIEVING the loss of the person he loved most in the world . . . It would be cruel to say, "Hey, did you know that the woman you loved so much, who just died, is in Hell right now and you need to be saved too so you don't go there?" He needs to...

A very dear friend of mine told me a while back that his wife was very ill, and she passed away recently. From my years of knowing him, I am fairly certain that my friend is not a Christian (he was one of my music professors several years back and was very "new agey") and I didn't know his wife...

Yeah . . . some of my best friends are theonomists and the things they say sometimes . . . It doesn't help that they are ULTRA conservative in a lot of ways--whether they like it or not, it gives the impression that they will enforce dresses only for women, no make-up, and other such personal...

Seriously. It's like they want it both ways--they want the JOBS created/given by corporations but they hate them and want to take all their money away, too. God forbid anyone work hard, build a company, create jobs, and then get rich because they worked hard . . . Let's let someone else do...

Growing up, our church began teaching the catechism in middle school Sunday School. Recently our current church had promotion Sunday, and all of these little six year olds got up and went through quite a bit of the catechism. You want to talk about one of the sweetest, most humbling sights...

I wholeheartedly agree. I was not implying that we should not preach on Hell. As you say, it serves to remind us from what we have been saved and to enlighten/convict those who are not saved. My point was merely that thinking/preaching/etc. too much now on how Christians will rejoice when...

Yes, but once we come to Christ, our sins have been forgiven. In my mind, pondering my own sinfulness and unworthiness makes me all the more thankful for His mercy and forgiveness . . . and these thoughts should make us want to shout from the rooftops what a wonderful, merciful, loving God we...

At what ever age she feels that she loves Jesus and wants to publicly stand as His child. Withholding the elements from a saved child because she isn't "old enough" to understand when she clearly believes that she does is incredibly discouraging to one's faith . . . I speak as one who was told...

While I wholeheartedly agree that God will be glorified through the demonstration of His wrath upon the wicked, I think that too much contemplation and excitement regarding this topic can lead to having the same attitude toward the wicked now . . . Someday, when Christ returns, we will be...

I agree. Going through trials and tribulations together is much easier when two are in agreement on how God works in our lives and in the lives of others. Husbands and wives are to encourage and remind each other of those things that we can forget in the difficult times, and the closer in...

In the broad sense I agree in that our sins are covered and forgiven by Christ's blood and we won't go to hell in the end, but as far as general, every day living goes, there is a difference between mercy and forgiveness for our sins. On Monday there was a shooting at a local high school, and...

Just to clarify: this isn't about getting my sister to break up or even about my sister at all--I only mentioned her because she is doing it . . . I was just more curious as to everyone else's thoughts on whether or not they would do/have done it.

I don't know him well enough (they've been dating since after Christmas and are getting married in a month). He has shown leadership in their relationship in other areas, but I know that I, personally, would have trouble submitting to my husband teaching Arminian theology to my children no...

I don't know that either of them have thought that through. It sounds like they may be planning to attend a Reformed church, but unless it's like the church were we grew up (which is not an option, aside from the fact that it is no longer the same), then sermons solely on Reformed theology...

My bad, I'm sorry. I was on my phone in the car and misread what you wrote. I didn't realize at the time that you were referring to baptism for babies who are born and not the original topic. Anyway, I'm going to back out of this thread now. As a pregnant mother who is once again...

Pretty convinced.