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So you believe that the latter part of James 2 is all about how to justify yourself before Men and not God, this coming right after the long section about not being a respecter of persons??? Seems very strange and counter to the chapter's message to me. Nevertheless, let me offer you another...

21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for...

Hey OP, I have a question for you. Would you agree or disagree with the statement: "By works a man is justified, and not by faith only"

As someone who has spent five years in the food service industry..... Sundays aren't that bad. People just love the irony of "Good Christian" people doing something unjust on a day of worship. It is a popular story for this reason. People who have heard this start looking through their shifts...

Well, i'm sure I could and I'm sure that he would give a great answer. However, the purpose of this forum is the discussion among a diverse set of Christians. Posting in this site is asking a good portion of the christian body a question that warrants discussion. This is a good and healthy...

What parts of Proverbs are not morally upright? Is this going to become one of those NT vs OT threads?. Although the methods the OT presents for following God may be different from OT to NT, the OT nonetheless was teaching the same spiritual lessons that Jesus and the apostles later...

Proverbs 31:6-7 6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter. 7 Let him drink and forget his poverty And remember his trouble no more. So next time someone neglects to give money to a hobo on the grounds that he or she will run off and buy beer...

Best ever video! O'Reilly needs to be sainted for that! AMEN

Let me explain the natural balancing effect of trade: 1 China's currency is devalued against our own 2 China's goods are less expensive to buy thanks to our strong dollar 3 We trade dollars for goods to china 4 China now has an estimated 2 trillion in US currency reserves 5 The Dollars...

The problem is not the trade itself, that part is great! the problem is that the displaced labor in our country has failed to become productive in another capacity. This is an internal problem not external. Gee, it could be because of the massive tax burden on Americans from supporting our...

Agreed, when Ben Franklin was asked what he thought should be done for the poor, he replied that they should be made as uncomfortable as possible in their poverty. Amen to that.

Firstly: The basis of all trades are that the value of the exchanged items are not equal as assessed by the two parties. Example: You buy a car from a dealer, you have valued the car more then the money you have spent and inversely, the dealer has valued the money more then his car. As for...

Food money beer money cooler shopping cart pet gold fish ect...

Well that would be nice. However imagine the social outcry, imagine the fight in congress, we would be painted as monsters doing such a thing............ I'd say that a compromise such as a raise in minimum wage coupled with the corresponding reduction in assistance that would be payed...

My knee jerk reaction to the issue of a minimum wage is that it is unnecessary since the free-market ought to be what determines prices, including prices for labor. The idea of raising it seems even more absurd! However during a recent conversation with a group of minimum wage earners in my...

Faith ought to be trust in that which is known to be reliable. Example, I have faith that my car will bring me to work successfully. I have not tested the spark, compression, fuel pressure, or engine timing today, so technically speaking, I don't know for sure if this is true. However, it has...

The sheep and the goats are divided by God. This is talking about Christians and non-Christians being separated at the great judgement. Not sure how that has to bear on my comment. Who are we to say it is a failure? we are the body of Christ! and we can hearken back to the words of Jesus who...

sunlover1, So that we as a group may better answer your question and engage in meaningful dialogue, could you provide us with a full definition of the term, "Freewill". Coming from various backgrounds and faith traditions, this term has a great width of possible meaning. However, this being...

There are few things less Biblical then the fracture of Christ's church. Whenever effort is made to cause division in the body of Christ the Devil is at work.