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MY SISTER, Well my dear I have news for you--nobody else has a very good grasp of the Trinity. What helps me to kind-of-sort-of visualize the workings of the Trinity is to keep in mind that we have been created in God's image and likeness. So, working backwards, I look at myself and note...

MY FRIEND, One of my original reasons for putting my trust in the authors of the New Testament is that all were willing to face martyrdom by the Romans rather than deny what they had seen, heard, and experienced personally. Most died very unpleasant deaths--i.e., Peter, at his own request...

MY FRIENDS, The best explanation regarding how Christians should overcome dislike of others was written by Agnes Sanford in THE HEALING LIGHT: "As Jesus' followers, we are instructed to base ALL our relationships with others -- friends and foes alike -- on God Law of Love. The method is so...

MY FRIEND, As Christians, we are not allow to dislike even our worst enemies. Our Lord commands us, "I SAY, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES! PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU." (Matthew 5:44) Note, in this regard, however, that LOVE is a DECISION, not a FEELING. Thus, it is, of course, possible to Love...

Actually, you CAN'T have one without the other. ephraim

MY FRIEND, To quickly grasp the understanding of the answer to your question: #1. Read the morning paper and/or watch the evening news. #2. After praying honestly to God for self knowledge and understanding, spend ample time delving within your own heart to come to an understanding of...

MY DEAR GRUMPY SISTER, The context for Luke 11:23 is that God the Father has sent His beloved Son to earth to gather the Children of God into a single Body with the Son--Jesus the Christ--as the Head of the Body. Thus, those working in darkness in opposition to Jesus by wilfully scattering...

MY FRIEND, A and B are inseparable in that one automatically leads to the other--i.e., following religious practices WITH THE HEART leads to an active relationship with the Trinity. Conversely, the active relationship with God leads one to desire to reciprocate the Love received in that...

MY FRIEND, Scripture tell us that "GOD IS LOVE." Love needs an object for His Love and so Creation arose from God's Love. Your question is kind of like asking "Why do parents have children?" ABBA'S FOOL, ephraim

MY FRIEND, No offense taken--you have been delightfully polite throughout! As Romans 8:10,11 states, "If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who...

MY FRIEND, ALL PRAISE TO OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR JESUS THE CHRIST that, thanks to His sacrificial work on the Cross, there is a new race of human beings walking the earth--righteous sinners. Me, for example--and, of course, millions of others over the last 2000 years or so. Ain't God Good...

MY DEAR FRIEND, Jesus condensed all the do'es and don't of the Old Testament Law down to into two basic Laws--"Love the the Lord your God with ALL your soul, with ALL your mind, and with ALL your strength" and "Love your neighbor as yourself." St. Augustine, condensed all "laws" down...

MY DEAR FRIEND, Anyone who claims to be a "christian" and nurtures hatred or dislike for others is not, in fact a "christian" but mean a poseur. Unfortunately, the spiritual gutters are full of them. The old song to the effect that "they will know we are Christians by our love" still holds...

MY DEAR BROTHER, As to who i am--i am a 70-year-old Christian who wasted most of my life seeking for spiritual fulfillment in the wrong places. i've been involved, at one time or another with all the major religions the world has to offer and not a few of the lesser known "exotic" varieties of...

MY BROTHER, i think your question might be answered by Jesus' dealings with the thief on the cross next to Him: "One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, 'Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us! But the other one answered, and rebuking Him said, 'Do...

MY FRIEND, To avoid hypocrisy, you might want to remove that Cross icon--it signifies a Christian. ephraim

MY FRIEND, i assume that you are an atheist making a silly comment like that. Can there be fathers without mothers? Which is more important, the sperm or the egg? ephraim

MY FRIEND, "GOD" is a term for some-ONE many of us know very well. Given that God is spirit and not material, He possess neither a penis nor a vagina. He is referred to as "He" because because His actions towards us, His creatures, find their closest approximation in the functioning of loving...

MY FRIENDS, i, and many other Christians, belief that the Universe is teaming with God-created lifeforms as God indeed creates nothing without a purpose. Incidentally, abba is ABBA as in Romans 8:15. ABBA'S FOOL, ephraim

MY FRIEND, i believe in God because He has proven His Love towards me 100 times over. He has lifted me out of darkness when I was His enemy, brought me into His light, and turned my life around 180 degrees, creating a loving human being out of a worthless pile of excrement. i suggest you...