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Recent content by Adara

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    Affliations?

    Good idea for a poll, AE&D. :) I also need an "other" category -- I'm a Quaker who has a strong affinity for Anabaptists, particularly Mennonites. Like Danfrey, I agree with the Schleitheim confession of faith, and if I were not already in a community of believers, I'd probably seek membership...
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    Be not conformed to this world - Clothing discussion

    ...and I like to see married men wearing beards and hats, but I don't take offense if they do not. I dress the way I do because it was something God put in my heart to do, not because I felt it legal or proper or that it makes me somehow more Christian than anyone else. As for sharing shirts...
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    Thinking about Technology

    Brother Daniel wrote: Would you like to share any specifics on how your group chooses to use certain tools/gadgets? :) The Hutterites, whom you mentioned, decide what technologies should be allowed in their colonies in a rather regimented fashion; does your group use their model, or.....?
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    Thinking about Technology

    I agree; technology of itself is not evil. However I have found that being selective has changed my Christian walk for the better. For example: I have a cell phone, but keep it in the car for emergencies. That way, I am never tempted to interrupt a conversation with a friend. I don't have a...
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    Thinking about Technology

    In our discussion about not being conformed to the world's ways by what we wear, I thought it might be helpful to share how we differentiate ourselves by how we interact with technology. Before going on, I perhaps need to define what I mean by "technology". This is a broad, all-encompassing...
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    What price submission?

    *Pokes her head into the thread* Well said! :)
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    So what's for supper?

    Warm-You-Up Pork Chops (browned chops baked over rice with fried tomatoes, tomatillos, jalepenos, onions, garlic, and beef broth) and a simple salad is in the works, even as I type.
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    Be not conformed to this world - Clothing discussion

    *Guilty look* I'll have to admit it -- even though I can sew, I haven't made my own from scratch yet. (There are loads of patterns to be had online, however.) Instead, I use modified workout pants, cotton pajama bottoms and even capris shorts for my modern-day bloomers. This approach might not...
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    What is the difference between Anabaptists and Primitive Baptists?

    *Nod* Objectivism, subjectivism. Evidentialist, Presuppositionalist. I for one am not very enthusiastic about discussions involving fideism and the like, so I hope you don't mind if I gently back out of this thread. Not due to mental capitulation, mind, but out of weariness of...
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    What is the difference between Anabaptists and Primitive Baptists?

    Academic wrote: No, I was merely trying to clear up our definitions. Yes. Not in addition to, but via the Spirit.
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    Be not conformed to this world - Clothing discussion

    CelticRose wrote: Understood! :) This is why I wear warm leggings (winter) or lightweight cotton bloomers (summer) underneath.
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    Be not conformed to this world - Clothing discussion

    Just thought I'd show some pics to illustrate "practical modest" from "impractical modest". Impractical (yet modest) skirt: http://www.l-a-m-b.com/images/products/product/454.jpg Practical modest skirt: http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/a/61/a70161_987.101?$swatchlarge$ As mentioned before...
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    What is the difference between Anabaptists and Primitive Baptists?

    Yes. I suppose we need to define human knowledge versus spiritual so as to not be at cross-purposes. :) Human knowledge = any truths that we feel we have learned apart from God. Spiritual knowledge = any truths that we have learned and acknowledged as God's, as revealed via His Spirit. So...
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    True Forgiveness Vs. Warm Fuzzy Feelings

    When the Amish community in Nickel Mines, Pa. were placed under the scrutiny of the world last month, I overheard someone say, "Well, I am a Christian, and I believe in turning the other cheek and all, but I could never forgive someone for something as evil as that." Which made me think that...
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    To vote or not to vote? Politics and the Anabaptist Perspective

    Academic said: Acting like a Christian, strangely enough, is not the same as being a Christian. We cannot have true empathy, true selflessness, or true love apart from Him. By human standards we might see ourselves as behaving this way, but not by Godly standards. God is perfect -- we are not...
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