Recent content by clayforHim648

I guess it depends on what you like...I rarely even look at contemporary fiction, Christian author or not. But if you're looking for the best fiction, IMO, take a look at some classics. I've started Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, which is great. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina has an amazing...

Alright, lets break it down by sentence, I don't want to miss anything you said, (I'm having fun by the way, I love studying the Word and digging in...i hope you do too!). I got kind of confused in the second half of the sentence, but I wanted to clarify that I wasn't saying we shouldn't look...

Good topic Kitty Lover. The Mission is an excellent example; would you be Jeremy Irons or De Niro's character at the end? Lets see now...can I really narrow this down to three? Luther (2003) - great movie about the great reformer! Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - the most amazing...

Thanks for writing back, Phantom. I think there is some wisdom in what you’re saying. It is unfortunate that some of the Church adopts some teaching without formulating reasons for obeying or disobeying other parts of Scripture. But that should encourage us to do the biblical study and seek...

I have a sneaky suspicion that "Laughing at Death" is actually laughing at this forum. If you read the OP again, its sounds convincingly like an atheist posing as a Christian to get an argument going. Looks like it worked ;) I've spent a good time on atheist forums and I know some of them...

There is something disconcerting about coming to a Christian forum and hearing of so many people with these kinds of troubles and yet so much comfort that I'm not the only one. How often I've felt that I'm alone in my struggles? I would beg you not to give up wayward, as I have begged...

sorry double post

Hey Rembrandt, you had some a good questions…mind if I take a stab? 1) How do we know…context…culture and time? I think the simplest answer to this would be that the Bible would tell us. I don’t think God would have purposely confused us by causing Paul to write down great mysteries...

Woah, small world. I live 20 minutes northwest of Mt. Airy, in Frederick, MD. Who's your sis in Mt. Airy, I used to go to church there.

I had some similar thoughts, Behe's boy. Like many believers, I started in an Arminian setting and when I entered college, by God's grace, was saturated in reformed teaching on the doctrines of grace. I learned that the beginning of spiritual discernment is rooted in the knowledge of God's...

Hey IP, how's it going? I wanted to respond to your post because I was a little concerned with some of what you said here that goes beyond this discussion of men's and women's roles in the Church. Basically I just wanted to caution you or anyone else in developing this kind of approach towards...

Wow, that's a loaded statement if I ever heard one :) Before you even begin addressing that statement, I think you have to define terms. What is love? What is "more love" or "loving someone more"? By "you", I mean a general "you", not YOU Autumnleaf. In C.S. Lewis' book "The Four Loves" I...

***NOTE I didn't realize that smiley was licking his lips when I put it in there. Sorry its kind of creepy. I didn't mean it like that. Also, I'm not a biology teacher...so my ecosystem analogy may not be perfect. I was just trying to offer an illustration. :)

I also held the position that these teachings about women were likely a cultural distinction and not based in the character or nature of God. But upon further study and maturity in the faith, I was struck not only by the amount of passages about male leaders (as HuntingMan has already mentioned...

Golden, is your sister a believer? I think your response to this situation should be different depending on the answer to that question. Based on your comment about him trying to get her pregnant now, I'm assuming that your sister has been open about the fact that they're currently sexually...