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Recent content by Brad2009

  1. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    IDK, put my sexuality under the microscope? If I did, how would that change scripture? Could yours also be coloring your view of sexuality in general? My answers are: I really don't wanna, but I will if you really think it would be enlightening. I don't think it would change a bit. At...
  2. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    Fair enough. I do think I over-reacted fwiw, but I really think its important to be careful in this area, not awakening love before its time and not being quick to engage in non-sexual intimacy. Its just such a difficult sin to fight against if you're not aiming high.
  3. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    Just took a minute to get a decent reply, the 1 Corinthians 7 reference has a bunch of links that I had to find.
  4. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    I think that's actually fair. Sorry to single you out leo.
  5. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    Just picking up the end of the thread. To be clear, in the above, you sound as though you were not promoting physical (if short of sexual) intimacy. To be clear, you were originally condoning physical intimacy so long as it wasn't sex (although, to be fair, I don't think you were trying to...
  6. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    The only time you would ever acknowledge sin as sin is to discredit an opponent. And no to the bolded (only object to the word addicted), but I have admitted to being convicted over and repenting of porn (over a period of time).
  7. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    This thread. You condone sin here and in other threads and say that those who do not condone sin are judgmental - its the most popular and generic of carnally minded attacks on the gospel. But those who justify the wicked and condemn the innocent are alike. Its wrong to condemn your fellow...
  8. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    I know that you are very very worldly in your every opinion. I have seen the way you prefer the wisdom of this age to the gospel in the case of every conflict, only acknowledging the gospel as a footnote, plausible only in lieu of a leading worldly authority on the subject. That you find...
  9. Brad2009

    Physical intimacy before marriage

    You could call it that. Or you could call it rebuking false teachers, who say that sin is not sin. Perhaps you think that these false teachers who are leading lukewarm, carnal, worldly so-called Christians down the broad path into hell are justified in their cowardly stand apart from the...
  10. Brad2009

    Earthquake in Japan

    What do you believe then? Do you believe God is not in control? I would not condemn the Japanese people, but to say that the earthquake occured, IN SPITE OF GOD'S WILL TO THE CONTRARY, is blasphemy in my view. Relevant scripture: Luke 13:4-5 4 Or those eighteen who died when the...
  11. Brad2009

    Why are most christian Men Boring ?

    If you're boring according to carnal people, you're probably doing alright. But if the world speaks well of you, then you should watch out.
  12. Brad2009

    The End of the World (As You Know It)

    Here's a specific threat: If foreign nations succeed in getting away from the US dollar as their main reserve currency and oil trading is successfully shifted away from trade in US dollars, then the USA will enter economic freefall. Commodity prices will spike and hyperinflation will be a...
  13. Brad2009

    Female Pastors & Bible Teachers

    We've got one other close example which is formed from the same root words: Matthew 27:16 εἶχον δὲ τότε δέσμιον ἐπίσημο&#957...
  14. Brad2009

    Female Pastors & Bible Teachers

    Just follow me and Tamara's aside on Junia here... I think we can work it out, but we're not there yet.