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  1. JohntheTheologian

    More of Our Proud Death Penalty Heritage...

    Which is the worse crime: murder or apostasy? Because, if you're a Christian, you pretty much have to say that if you deserve the one, you deserve the other. Secondly, if you're thinking in terms of 'retribution', we should remember that there is already One who has taken that retribution...
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    Prayers

    Thank you very much.
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    Prayer request.

    Please pray for me tonight. I really need God's help. Thank you all.
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    Prayers

    Please pray for this sinner tonight. I need God's help.
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    Prayers

    Please pray for me tonight, if you can, I'm pretty desperate.
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    Jared's 10,000,000 Blessing Grammar Challenge

    Epiclesis has it. Should read, "powerful blend... boosts...", rather than 'boost', then 'increases' and 'ignites'.
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    Young Adults

    Provide food and/or drink. That will instantly double numbers.
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    Young Adults

    At college, our chaplain gets us to meet once a week in a pub across the road. We talk about theology over a pint, which serves (a) to get more people to come along, and (b) to make everyone a little bolder in opening up and sharing their thoughts! :P
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    Prayer request.

    I know. It's wonderful to see in Scripture how God still loves and uses Jacob the fraudster, Moses the murderer, David the adulterer, Paul the persecuter of the Church, etc. And Jesus himself, taking all those sins upon himself, though he never committed a single one. It's humbling, and it's...
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    Prayer request.

    Thank you all very much for your prayers. I am all the more grateful because I know I do not deserve them. I have betrayed our Lord in some terrible ways, having loved neither God nor my neighbour, but God is gracious and has moved me to sincere repentence. I feel terrible and very scared for...
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    Prayer request.

    I'm very grateful.
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    Prayer request.

    I'm not EO, but you guys are always very kind to me, so would you all please pray for me? I'm ashamed to say why, and don't deserve anyone's prayers, but I need them nonetheless. Thank you.
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    Prayer request.

    Would you all please pray for me? I'm ashamed to say why, and don't deserve anyone's prayers, but I need them nonetheless. Thank you.
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    Are We Reading the Holy Scriptures (The Holy Bible) Daily?

    I know I need to spend more time reading it as Scripture. I study Theology, so in one sense, yes, I do read it every day. Unfortunately, for that reason I do sometimes see it as work to be done rather than as time spent with God, so I think I'm going to have to refocus myself and make sure I...
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    God is not necessary for our Universe to exist?

    I agree that we must be wary of such an appeal to authority. I'm not saying that his authority makes his argument any more valid, but I am saying that we would be foolish to dismiss it out of hand. He's the kind of man who's worth listening to, even when he's wrong.
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    God is not necessary for our Universe to exist?

    I'm sure that's the case with Christians/Jews/Muslims who become atheists for one reason or another, but I think nowadays there are enough atheists who have never believed in God, for whom atheism is their default state, and who probably see no reason ever to think otherwise.
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    God is not necessary for our Universe to exist?

    While I think Hawking is wrong, I think it's far too easy to be disparaging of his philosophy without understanding the complex physics behind it. He isn't an idiot, and his philosophy is based upon his decades of scientific research. It may be wrong, but it's certainly worth engaging with, and...
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    Genesis 6

    Accept my apologies, I intended to express a friendly opinion rather than teach.
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    Genesis 6

    I think it's a fascinating piece of ancient Near Eastern mythological storytelling which has crept into the Biblical account, and has been used by the Holy Spirit to convey moral sentiment as part of the wider Genesis narrative. That's not to say it's not true or didn't happen, but it does bear...