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My pleasure, OceanFloor. (bows) I have found his essays and blogs enlightening as well. He even has a discussion forum, if you're interested. There's a Christian contemporary song I have found speaks to this issue as well. I think there are lots of reasons to make the theistic...

OceanFloor, you might also have a look at this guy's testimony-- and his website in general: http://www.doxa.ws/Theology/Testamony.html

No, OceanFloor– actually, I wouldn’t "assume that they were deluding themselves." I would take each person’s case on an individual basis, and would ask questions about their experience to determine the content and quality of it (not ruling out that there are other spirits in...

This is a very good point, too. C.S. Lewis wrote an essay called "On Obstinacy in Faith" that helped me very much. It's in a collection of essays called "The World's Last Night." He basically says that if we had a friend, or a spouse, against whom people were raising all kinds of doubts as to...

OceanFloor, I've gone through a lot of this, too. If you want to really listen and not close your mind, atheists can be pretty convincing. But. . . The reason any supernatural occurrence can be "explained away" is that the physical world simply cannot reveal the spiritual. It's like...

I can relate, heh, heh. If you are trying to make small talk, and people aren't responding, try this: Check your body language. Are you standing with your arms folded, slightly turned away? Are you not quite meeting their eyes? Are you looking down or away? If sitting, are you crossing...

Ohana, If you have confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, and if you are putting your trust in Jesus for your salvation, then His blood is saving you, constantly. If you are saved, you will have a deep-down desire to please...

A sweet and simple song comes to mind: "Bridegroom, Bridegroom, My beloved, please come soon. I am waiting Even as I sing this tune."

I believe God is ultimately in control-- but that doesn't mean everything that happens here on earth is His will. Sin isn't His will, but He had made humanity free to sin if we want to. And many of us sin against one another so that innocent people get hurt. I believe God grieves over...

Amen!

Lord, I pray for Debbie, that you would intervene in this situation. I pray that she would turn her heart towards you and feel your strength and comfort. I pray that you would give Mrs. Holwager the right words to say to her and that you would be a Husband to her and a Father to her two...

Sorry, Sweet Pea-- I've been away for a while. I think my favorite ride was Indiana Jones. I think my favorite area of the park was Fantasyland, though. So beautiful. But I loved it all. It was like living for three days in a happy dream.

I've been thinking about this. Why are non-Christians less likely to be judgmental? We are all sinners, but why is it so easy for Christians to fall into this particular sin? I believe the answer lies in the fact that every strength has its attendant weaknesses. People who are habitual...

I wanted to mention that I'm going out of town for about a week and will have no internet access, so my silence should not be interpreted as not caring or anything. . . I will keep you in my prayers, IMM.

Wow. I'm not sure how anyone could take a stance like that about rape, or about what God must or must not do. . . In order not to be judgmental, I must believe that your friend really must not understand. Such a stance, though, is not helpful at all to anyone who has ever had a sexual crime...

Please don't say that, IMM. :( How could God possibly think you have failed Him? All good things are from Him. The sciences and the field of medicine come from Him. He is the one Who created the universe to be rational, to respond to natural laws, so that the sciences and medical fields...

IMM, the thing is that if your condition is medical, then even though it feels spiritual, it isn't. (The reason I don't think it's spiritual is that you have gone through so much powerful deliverance and everything. A real demon probably would have fled by now.) And God does still heal today...

I did go back and look up your earlier posts and reviewed some of the history of this thing, IMM. I really feel for you. My feeling is that perhaps anti-depressants aren't the correct medication-- but if you're doing everything right spiritually, and receiving no help, I think the problem may...

Can you get a summer job?

I'm going to have to disagree with Wonderwaleye. Pouring an alcoholic's booze down the sink only makes him angry, and then he goes out and buys more. Similarly, cutting the wires to the video controller or computer is only going to make Bindy's husband angry and drive a further wedge between...