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In our language, the word "power" can have a few different meanings. In the "physics" sense, it means something along the lines of useable energy. In the political sense, it has more of an authority/control kind of meaning. I believe that the person making that original quote was not thinking...

I don't know how much scripture this is based on, but my opinion is that Satan doesn't give a rip about us, whether we're hurt or not. I believe that what he wants is to hurt the heart of God by trying to hurt us.

Any time. Always willing to help.

A few years ago I was going through some severe anxiety to the extent of having severe burning in my stomach and bloody stools. The burning was causing me to double over in pain, and the blood scared the junk out of me. I don't know if there's a lot of stress in your life, but that was the...

My question in response would be, "what does 'dominion' really mean?" Did God, as King, turn over his authority as King to Adam and Eve, and thus, in a sense, abdicate? Or, did He, more similar to the President with a cabinet, give them authority as the President gives the Secretary of...

I believe that the only way to solve any problems between the two camps would be for God to give us all perfect knowledge of what is true and not true, and to remove from us any remains of sin in our lives so that we could all perfectly love each other. But until then, I think the next best...

I like things just the way they are. Each subforum allows for in-house discussions without outside interference. The debate subforum keeps much of the garbage out of the main forum. I normally choose not to delve into the debate subforum, which keeps my head pretty sane. And the main forum...

In some cases perhaps people just want to divide. But I think that the fundamental reason why we give ourselves names is so that we can claim some kind of identity.

If I were in your shoes going through what you're going through, I wouldn't pay any mind to whether or not my baptism was "valid". The New Testament gives two "formulas" for baptizing: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit"; "In the name of Jesus". Christ...

A long time ago we sinned. Sin had a lot of terrible consequences. Until Christ returns we will be living with those consequences. Fortunately, in the mean time, God can take something meant for evil and turn it into something good.

You're absolutely right. People would rather not hear things that make them uncomfortable and make the people saying them stop, rather than just not pay attention. Free speech goes both ways.

See my signature. It definitely applies to both sides. If the Left doesn't like what the Right is saying, then don't listen. Branding us with emotionally charged labels in order to silence us is far more dangerous than people taking a stand for liberty. On the flip side, the Right needs to...

Or, just be prepared to die at any second, and whatever will or won't happen in 2012 will be a moot point.

One thing I think this country needs right now is some public reading of Thomas Jefferson. On another note, to go along with what the.Sheepdog said, every military member takes an oath both to support and defend the Constitution, as well as to obey the orders of the president. But what if the...

I wonder if the rest of the US might consider it a blessing... Na, just kidding... or am I?...

I wasn't able to attend today (work), but I was hoping to. I had heard on the Matt Friedeman show this morning that if you can't attend then you can honk your car horn three times at noon to show support, but I had forgotten to do that. But my heart was with it, even if I couldn't be there...

Tough times indeed (for the record, that's an allusion to the opening words to the song "Force Ten", by Rush). It's been a rough patch for me, spiritually and emotionally, and I know it's not about to get any easier. My wife and I have been married for about 2 1/2 years, and we have a 19...

I was away from it for more than a week for other reasons, and didn't even know it was down till you just said something about it. So I guess I wasn't affected by it at all.

It was a tough call for me between #2 and #4, but I went with #2 (love). I guess my rational was that all that we do (or rather ought to do) stems from love, either for God or for our fellow man. So I figured that self-denial and an ego blow are functions of love, and not vice versa.

I enjoy readind C.S. Lewis' concept of people's age in eternity. Whether it be Caspian, or the seven "friends" who appeared in the stable and banished Tash, those people seemed to have no particular age at all, looking neither young nor old. Whether I start breaking down sooner or later, the...