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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.
People are always looking for ways to make their prayers more effective, often including seeking out literature where someone else sells their opinions on the subject. They could probably save some time and money and just stick to what scripture says by first following the Lord's Prayer which...
Discernment is important, even in Christianity which should be a safe haven. One cannot see a tree unless one is aware of the blanketing forest out there which man has created. Comparisons of old and newer manuscripts of the same scripture shows changes thanks to either scribe errors or...
Tradition does not equal truth, or Jesus wouldn't have had to warn us about the blind leading the blind. Preconceived notions taught by those who have been taught preconceived notions, clouds scripture but enforces religion. Discernment requires a clear mind.
© ...timothyu
Churches seem to be in a sort of catch 22 situation. In today's world it seems the necessity is to become attractive enough to maintain a customer base in order to financially maintain it's current incarnation. This of course also goes way back but was once easier handled with fear and threats...
Today the eternal problem of dualism has once again come to the forefront. It is common to all man, thus obviously also within the institutional church built upon a foundation of man. The two factions struggle within Christianity to go their preferred ways and each rise and fall according to...
However did we survive before social media, a time when kids started giving away all their (and the family's) personal info online, selling their souls for a 'like'. Now most everyone is doing it. With phones it became a contagion spreading through the entire family. We deserve the monster it...
If anyone paid attention, they would have realized that the Holy Spirit was given to those already on the path of the Kingdom, to help keep them from falling back to the wayside. Jesus' followers were already on that path prior to His execution and resurrection. He sent the HS once the Kingdom...
End times have been arriving since the beginning. Only when everything comes together in a global event can it even begin to resemble the end of days. And I'm not talking about wars because wars are two sided and a global event is united in one cause. That has never come close until now, and may...
We have heard of the concept of having one's ears tickled in order to feel good about ourselves, to please a congregation or whatever reason. Has not Christianity since the time of the Gentiles done just that by watering down Jesus' Gospel of the Kingdom?
He plainly said God was returning to...
Self is what Eve focused on when she chose her will over that of God's. This self serving concept of course leads to self interest, self justification of deeds, etc. which can of course lead to personal gain at the expense of others. Sin. Jesus said to reject this way of thinking and return to...
God didn't only give Adam and Eve the choice regarding the Tree of Knowledge, but that choice was connected to a choice over the Tree of Life. Man might call it a great experiment to see if, in putting Himself in an animal, that He, who would not act in supreme dominance, would be a match for...
When you come right down to it, Jesus was not about religion at all, but that we should be happy God is a comin' back to dismantle our world and do things right. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth. Scares folks, so they make a religion to pacify themselves believing they are the chosen...
Our dual nature is a struggle. We think of ourselves as flesh with a gift of spiritual nature (God's image), but it seems that we started out as spiritual in nature, oblivious to our other side, and the flesh later became known (who told you you were naked) and overtook our original selves. Now...
A question not asked enough.
When faced with a new movement of Kingdomites which drew attention away from the traditional sinful self serving ways of man and focused on caring for each other and putting God's will before our own... what would the Adversary do?
Man, including those who first...
Jesus represented a counter-culture to the world and governance of man. His return would abolish the systems of man. The Gentile church (regardless of who wants to lay claim to the title) rejected it and returned the church to the governance and institutions of man, built upon the traditions of...
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It is so easy for anyone to start up a conversation about current events no matter where anyone is or who they are with. That could lead to discussing why bad things happen and the conclusion, if intelligence or common sense is involved, would lead to the fact man is...
Ever notice how our visions of the future, including life beyond, always seems limited to visions of the past? No wonder Christianity grew to resemble empires and institutions that went before. Was the concept of an alternate kingdom built upon principles that ran contrary to man's thinking, too...
Today's world is hellbent on building a system that thrives on the ideal that more is better. So, rather than have a world of small communities where all work for the benefit of all within while sharing rather than building personal material gain, we continue to put forward the idea of pushing...
All of mankind since the Garden has put themselves under the curse of self, self interest, self determination, etc. Each of us, regardless of upbringing, will follow our animal nature which is of course to look out for self first to survive. Man has simply by personal choice decided to take this...
We are all slaves to the world we have made in our own image, an image that is self serving. All of our woes are based on this. The whole purpose of God's teachings is to set us free from our nature of self interest which often seeks personal gain at the expense of others, and set us on the path...