Recent content by ebedadonai

Yeah, I know, it can be traced pretty far back, I stopped after a few generations because, well, the post was already long enough. But I assure you, my goal isn't to play a blame-game. There's been solid families throughout all these generations, and besides, whatever problems we inherit...

Snow White ;) Garfield or Heathcliff?

Ah, gotcha, finally! :) And yeah, I'm sure that works pretty well too...

Looking back on my first post, it was snarky, and I apologize for that. I made a snap judgment that wasn't fair to you. I'm sorry. I guess in general I become nervous when we quantify what is "acceptable" in other people, because it can lead to objectifying people in a way that I don't...

Not at all. We all have likes and dislikes, and purity is an extremely attractive thing. But I think we should strive to be as gracious to others as God was to us. While we fall short, we should not be content in that falling short, y'know?

I thought you meant just women...to which I say by 30, all the girls left seem to HATE the idea of marrying a pastor. But it works for people in general too. Either that or they start confessing (they think I'm a priest, I guess)

To add another aspect to the mix, I think that we not only evangelize for the sake of bringing people into the kingdom, and evangelize because what is in us must flow out, but evangelism also accentuates God's wrath on those who reject (reject the gospel, not us when we evangelize in mean and...

I was attending seminary in Massachusetts 2 years ago, taking a soteriology class, and the professor was most definitely a Calvinist. But you're right, New England is not the hotbed of religious fervor is was 300 years ago. While there is no verse that aptly sums up any theological system...

So she can be as bad as you, but no worse? (Hmm...not the healthiest standard, but that's another topic) I would say the only question that matters is could you trust her not to cheat, and number wouldn't matter as much as circumstances. 10 before she became a Christian is less scary than 2 in...

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Thanks, I like this place. And yes, definitely learned it from experience. There's a "type" who really really want to marry a pastor, and they're all married by age 22. At least that's how it seems sometimes :)

Take a deep breath, and do it. Our job is to obey Christ, witness, and witness as effectively as possible. We are not responsible for people's response. Usually the best way to overcome fear is to face it head on. But if there are certain areas that you feel unprepared for, maybe we...

What about your church?

Moody Bible Institute has an evangelism major, and the guy who heads up the dept. is one of the coolest cats i've ever met

My approach is to start by asking in the big picture what they need...there's a few ways to figure this out... 1) What problems are there in the youth group 2) What have they not been taught yet/lately 3) What issues will they confront in college that they aren't prepared for 4) What things...