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  1. hopeinGod

    Does anyone on here suffer from Fibromyalgia?

    Have you heard of chronic fatigue? It is a condition that is oftentimes connected to fibromyalgia. Digestive issues, too, are commonly associated with fibromyalgia, such as IBS and gluten intolerance. Learning about your condition isn't an overnight study. It takes practically a lifetime...
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    Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

    Sad that you have been led astray.
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    Tattooed Christians

    It's not what goes into a man that defiles him, but what comes out of him. Does what goes on him defile him? I suppose if it was blasphemous, it certainly wouldn't display a right attitude and relationship. Skulls are such a huge attractant to those with tattoos. I watched the TV show that...
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    Stranded.

    duplicate, sorry
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    Stranded.

    All the sermons ever spoken about how no weapon shall be formed against us is such hogwash. Bad things do happen to good people, and some of them are lengthy, to say the least. I've barely had any time throughout my life when suffering has not been a part of my daily routine. Health issues...
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    Homophobes

    I think the comedy, "The Birdcage," was utterly hilarious. It's is comedy at its best, and although it may have cemented in the minds the opinion of those who were on the fence a confirmation that homosexuality is okay in the eyes of God, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, the real truth is, it...
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    Can you be a Christian and gay POLL

    Absolutely, it is always the feelings that should have a response, not the incident. This is the approach taken by psychotherapists, which, as I understand, so many Christians are against. Despite their reluctance to accept them, the truth remains that things must come to the point where you...
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    Homophobes

    Great post! Good points.
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    Passionless Christianity will no longer cut it. Time is running out.

    Been there, done that. Passion only makes the person vulnerable to error, I think. You can't see in front of your face. Things can easily distort. Being dispassionate, at ease, resting in the Lord, is better, without a doubt. Passion kept my family members from coming to the Lord in good...
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    Stranded.

    I was once told to get out of the car of a friend when we were hundreds of miles south of Jacksonville after driving to Clewiston. My response was, "You're going to have to throw me out." He did nothing. The guy had "graciously" driven me to a job interview three quarters the length of the...
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    Can you be a Christian and gay POLL

    Some time ago, I wrote the following on this site: Yesterday, while driving home from an errand, I followed signs that directed me to a garage sale. It was being put on by two 20ish gay men. I knew this because I asked them after finding a box of books in their garage filled with books on...
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    Tattooed Christians

    I'm fairly certain tattoos are forbidden if one wishes to work undercover for the CIA or FBI. They make one too identifiable.
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    Does anyone on here suffer from Fibromyalgia?

    Fibro affects the whole person and if a doctor who treats it doesn't know that, then he's not worth his weight in aspirin. Depending upon what treatment approach the sufferer is attempting through the doctor's guidance is the general rule for newer pain issues. Far too many meds are being...
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    If You Had 5 Seconds....

    Have you ever been to Russia? No. Is it there? Does it exist? Yes. That is faith. Believing without seeing.
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (3)

    Yes, the baptism in blood is imperative for salvation. It is one of the trinity of baptisms listed in 1 John 5: spirit, water and blood. In the case with blood baptism, it is where "shedding" and "sprinkling" come in, not in water as some believe.
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    Another Christian musician coming out

    Young Christians today want the Christian music to which they listen to replicate the "bump and grind" they hear in secular music. It's a pretty simple case of the music not representing the message, but both should be in sync with the truth.
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    Benny Hinny is the most an omitted preacher of all time

    Regarding grammar, too many of today's posters have miserably failed, or the teachers of today just don't care anymore. Either way, I find, too often, posts to be easily misunderstood or lacking in the simplest rules of English.
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    Tattooed Christians

    I have always viewed tatoos as a search for ritual and coming-of-age rites, similar to primitive tribes. They, to me, suggest the loss of sacred rituals and sacraments. That loss led people to get them in the first place. When folks are not getting saved, water baptised, taking communion, and...
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    Strangest Places you've ever witnessed at!

    I used to speak face-to-face to the prostitutes that hung out at the entrance of the nightclubs on Jax. Beach, FL in the 70s. On one occasion, God put it in my heart to proclaim in a kind of end-of-time tone, "Repent of your whorish sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near, and if you repent...
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    Requirements? Can one lose salvation?

    What an endless cycle of debate this topic has been over the forty years I've been saved. It is, without a doubt, the number one controversy among, in the least, reading Christians. Even those who actually "study," or say they do, believe both ways. And yet, the answer is so simple. I think...