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    Why Seeing the “Other Party” as the Enemy Is Dangerous for Us All

    Why are Americans required to state that they are part of a party? Over here few people are and are mostly allowed to keep that private.
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    Jesus & James

    ( 2 nd quote is Ron Reeder ) Works of Jesus' love are gifts of God that are fruits of faith That's why He would be / is pleased with them. In my young day the teaching and the familiarity with the entire Bible were so much more ample.
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    If you stay where you already are

    Why would we think that and why would we not believe the way across the desert between us & Him He Himself makes?
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    If you stay where you already are

    I was taken by the verses and missed your gloss. The real Eternal Security is better than the false one facilely touted. What they really prove is that when we hold fast in Holy Spirit strength having bought into the deal in the first place with His help, we'll come into the fullest fruits of...
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    If you stay where you already are

    Goodness gracious what of the many kinds of "monergist" are you? I thought OP was doing fairly well, posting up some Scriptures I'm inclined to believe in, but that's just me. https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/monergism-christian-theology.html The introduction is misleading...
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    Jesus & James

    Of the moral and not ceremonial law. (The latter was intended as a mnemonic and a signal; the former a prophecy of Holy Spirit strength.)
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    Jesus & James

    If we are not ultra-dispensationist as if salami slicing the relevance of Scripture among different audiences at different times, this can be part of our ongoing belief in Holy Spirit inbreathed and infilled living towards that time. In my young day, we had doctrines of redemption and...
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    Was Atlantis destroyed in Noah's flood ?

    You need to read not only The Sunken Kingdom by Peter James but a lot of other ancient history from round the world. Plato was an ironist for his own safety and i ) combined different details from different stories, ii ) reversed the moral positions of Athens and Lydia. Noah's flood shows that...
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    I don't know who to listen to

    Another thing is, because the gifts in you and me are not about taking over the church (because our gifts are not like the gifts of high profile influencers which are about them only), no authority has any right to veto them. If you go to a Bible study you'll all get nurtured in insight...
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    Getting Into Heaven

    Purgatory exists, but even the RCC doesn't teach it. Above all don't tell the protestants that! Discern the Roman organisation as and when and if it shows itself up. There's nothing wrong with sitting out of communion. (If you get harassed by a verger arrange with the parish office not to.)...
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    Christian male 38 trying to get to know a 32 year old woman; is this parental behavior normal? This is my first actual dating experience

    Don't make it hinge round this stuff, this stuff should hinge round it.
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    Was Jesus poor or not?

    And commented on it. He was also called a "rabbi" of some sort. 7 % sounds to me on the low side for literacy in which the Hebrews were ahead. For most it would be reading Scripture and writing in their account book. How many present day middle class people write theology? His having asked...
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    Why was Jesus portrayed as poor given his background?

    The point about the coin the Pharisee showed Him is that it had to be one the Pharisee could be held responsible for believing in. A way of stopping him say "well you would say that wouldn't you". The one in the fish was illustrating about God's help to us to fulfil obligations. Which...
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    I don't know who to listen to

    Some of my old pals a lifetime ago would sing: "For I know Whom I have believ-ed And am persuad-ed that He is able To keep that which I've committ-ed Unto Him, against that day". ("Day" can mean a whole period.)
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    I don't know who to listen to

    You have put it well, omitting only to point out that we whom St Paul talks about are not giving out new revelation. "Prophesying" meant spotlighting existing revelation. Cessationists tend to think it doesn't need spotlighting. If we live in the Spirit and if our hearers live in the Spirit...
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    I don't know who to listen to

    As acquaintances, yes of course, and with you as provisional umpire. Avoid the ESV altogether (it fails the Genesis 3:16 test). Use a spread of others. I've concentrated on AV (= KJV), RSV, Amplified, and NKJV which I take to church in its handy binding - RSV and Amplified are my favourites...
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    This is the first time I’ve been in a forum in my life, but I want to grow closer to Christ. I am still a young person

    Have a short prayer in wording that you can mutter (intentionally) in your head all the time in addition to your regular session. I use Glory Be's.
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    Can a Church decide who they allow into their congregations?

    Another thing; many people of belief wish to mingle with church attenders to have company and fellowship. If a church has a visiting scheme that isn't geared mainly to poaching unwary members of the public and turning them straight away into high powered sectaries - I mean a couple of people...
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    Can a Church decide who they allow into their congregations?

    Excuse editing: above is response to Armch. Ap. and below is resp. to JEBof...: Absolutely, when they have criteria they can explain to themselves as well as fair minded others to make sense. The RC as has been mentioned had catechesis (in some places) and regularity at sacraments followed by...
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    Can a Church decide who they allow into their congregations?

    This supports my points exactly. In my case I think my church expected every newcomer to volunteer especially in evangelising. I have been sent to home groups and can't make out whether these only get micromanaged when I'm there or all the time. They profess to be relaxed about themselves not...
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