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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Jesus said He did nothing of His accord, only the will of the Father, as should we. Neither Jesus nor we are to do anything of our own accord, other than what is directed. We are free to decorate that cake any way we want (as Adam once named what was in the Garden), but the recipe is the...
Once upon a time, early institutionalized religion deemed it unwise for the populace to have access to scripture. They were partially right because scripture used improperly could detract from the original meaning. They decided, in order to control the narrative, they would promote their own...
We, for the most part, have heard of the phrase 'going to hell in a handbasket'. In this present age there are some who think we are making great progress in achieving this utopia mankind seeks, both in religion and outside of it. One need only look in this now receding generation, back at a...
There have always been those of the Kingdom (not to be confused with religion) and those of the world. Today with all the human chaos and fighting over rights instead of responsibility to each other, those of the Kingdom are either mocked or seen as threats. Not for their physical actions of...
One must remember that the later Gentile alteration of the original Jewish Christianity, was cultural appropriation of what could be used to create a new human dynasty with Hellenistic influence that eventually fit in with, and served the unification needs of the Roman Empire. That's what...
There is much strife within Christianity, with many bullying others into following their way. Is there a solution? How does one transition from flesh to spirit? Stop serving ourselves and serve God and each other as commanded. A simple start is to be polite and helpful to all in need (inside...
Ever go to a mall to find a hundred stores owned by the same company putting different names on the same product to give the impression of choice? How is religion different? Perhaps the personality seeks that which suits itself to avoid further seeking or change. It's like clothing. Instead of...
There is only one Spirit of the Father, and all those who are a part of it throughout history are on the same frequency, no matter how much their identities differs. They are one with God and each other. Those who claim to be on track but do not follow His Will stand out, their adversarial...
Adam and Eve had a choice given to them and they took the wrong one. As a result, it is up to us to choose whether we want to follow their choice, self-interest upon which we have made the world in our own image, or alternately, choose instead to follow the Will of God, acting in servitude to...
Christians find it hard to separate the world of man from the Kingdom, perhaps because the religion abandoned the Kingdom centuries ago to re-join the world of man. When one talks of a 'body of Christ', one is referring to those of the Kingdom and it's ways, not the ways of mankind. The Kingdom...
Jesus only asked four main things of us. To put God's will ahead of our own. To love all, including enemies, as self (just be kind and courteous). To repent of the backwards self-serving ways of man. To spread the good news, that being His Gospel of the Kingdom. God will take care of His...
People say repent, but are not often clear themselves of WHAT, simple as it may be. Stop putting our will ahead of the will of God. His will is we act in servitude to each other rather than lead the self-serving lives we have led. A simple reversal of what took place in the Garden. The world is...
There are two opposing powers at work as the world is made of both, existing because of each other, necessary to be working in tandem for creation to exist. Everything has an opposite. Information we were not to have, until the wrong tree was chosen and the knowledge gained. Two opposing wills...
What you don't know won't hurt you. This saying is often bandied about. Yes it is true, but does that give another person the right to take advantage of your blissful ignorance? Why should we trust any other human? What if suspicion arises, whether justified or not? Is this not a cancer? So, is...
Looking to find or get right with yourself? One cannot be right with anything if one is focused on self and self interest. The secret is to focus on the well being of all. Focus on others and self will heal itself.
The original sin was 'self' when Eve, then Adam, chose their will over the will...
Jesus possessed a body. The body has a will to survive. Jesus took care of that body accordingly. He followed its will in doing so. He however, did not use His spirit or body to seek gain at others expense. He did not take for His body more than it needed. He set the example for self-serving...
Your plane lands at the Kingdom. In clearing customs, you must first fill out a declaration:
* Did you spread My only gospel, the Gospel of the Kingdom as directed?
* Did you follow My two commandments as directed, putting the will of the Father before your own thus loving all as self?
* Did...
Everything in the world has its opposite and cannot exist properly unless being one with its opposite and in balance. So it is with man and woman, even though humans as a whole are the only thing in this universe out of balance with the rest. God told us not to eat of a certain tree for good...
The two greatest commandments are not part of the ten, they are the ten. Once upon a time in a garden far far away, there lived a man named Adam with his wife Eve who broke the first commandment, putting their will first and plunged the world into death rather than life. It was by choice.
It...
Have you ever had one of those 'over-sized' burgers at a few of the fast food franchises, where more of it drips on the wrapper/lap/carseat than often makes it to the mouth? They look and can be delicious, but they are simply an overload on the basics. So it is with salvation.
In the beginning...