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Repent is a Latin word. It meanst to turn away. In other words, repent doesn't just mean telling the Lord you are sorry. It means to turn away from that activity and stop doing it. Turn away from sin. Sin means "without". It's Latin as well. So, if you are sinning, you are away from...

Relax. The only threat to Christianity is Christians. How can anyone take your faith from you? And, interestingly, there is an ad to "resist" Obama at the top of this page. What, is the Republican Party the party of Christianity? I'd sure like to see evidence of that. Bombing Middle...

First of all, don't take anything seriously unless it is backed by scripture. Secondly, think deeply about what each scripture means. And pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit when it comes to understanding scripture. Someone else wrote that lust is a sin. This is B.S. Lust is not...

I just jumped into this looooong post and haven't (obviously) read all the posts. But I know this: Jesus IS my Lord and Savior. He is the life everlasting, and has literally saved my life. I'll NEVER EVER deny that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. I might have moments of weakness...

In my Baptist church, dancing is not allowed at weddings. But in the Children's ministry they dance to songs about God. It's like everyone else said: dancing in celebration of the Lord is okay. You really have to use common sense. If you were dancing, and you looked over your...

I suffered from depression and anxiety for 38 years before finally getting help. I am lightly medicated and it really makes a difference. And a year ago I gave myself to the Lord and was saved. Don't take your own life. Every down time in life is temporary. Each time you catch a...

I was a victim of child abuse, and resented many people as a result (the one who abused me, along with those who I saw as failures to rescue me). It took so much effort to get rid of the anger, and nothing worked. The night I gave my life to Jesus was the night it all fell away in an...

I understand how you feel. I have a heart that believes that a man is not destined to be with a particular woman. In other words, I think there are many people you could fall in love with in life, and I believe people can be in love with more than one person at a time. That said, think...

Wow, some of you are seriously concerned with the direction of this nation. Are you going to actually stand there and say the last eight years were a tribute to the Lord? This nation, be it run by Democrats or Republicans, has worked hard to defy the will of the Lord, and both sides do an...

Think of a garden in which you are trying to grow excellent specimens (for example, roses). You plant many seeds, and pick a few. The rest die and return to the earth.

You hate others. You might have psychopathic tendencies or might actually be psychopathic. This doesn't mean what most people think it means. Psychopathic simply means someone who does not have the ability to feel or empathize the plight of others. You might be in this situation...

Just remember the father who gave the early inheritance to his son, and then the son left for a foreign land. The son squandered his wealth, and was on the verge of starving. He went home to see his father and beg for forgiveness. He was going to ask his father to hire him as a servant so...

This is my first post. I better make it good. A church is like a vitamin. You take it to keep you healthy, but you'll live without vitamins. It's the same with being a Christian. You don't need church, but you should take it to keep spiritually healthy. That said, don't admire or...