Recent content by John The Recorder Player

Thank you.

I'm a little late to these but I wanted to thank you for sharing.

Friends, may I ask what method of Baptism does your congregation practice?

I'm sorry this was your experience friend. I have known many in the Church's of Christ that I would consider more of a Paul than a Saul.

NASB for serious study. HCSB for daily reading, Both KJV and NLT for light and maybe devotional reading.

I am married, my wife has no ink. She doesn't want any according to her but I can't see why it would bother me if she did.

I'm not a Jewish believer I am a gentile believer. Perhaps that makes a difference. I view tattoos as neutral. I don't have ink, at this time I'm not considering it. I've known a number of Catholic men who get tats of Our Lady of Fatima or Our Lady or Guadalupe as an act of devotion.

For the lady who has asked the question. Cubanito has pointed to the right track. Knowing the Greek which refers to babbling on, and referring to the usurping of authority from men are the types of speech refused to women in the assembly. Those who read these words in the 2nd century onward...

May I use the gif you are using as a signature?

It is very difficult to control how we "feel" about someone. It's very difficult to feel no malice towards someone who is trying to kill you. When Jesus speaks of love he is speaking of love as a verb. Love as an action deals with how we treat people. My thoughts about this particular issue...

I believe in sexual morality because I believe in God's revelation to man. And no I did not say masturbation was wrong I wrote "...if it's wrong..." I personally do not believe that it is. For example one may fantasize about one's wife when she is not available. One cannot commit adultery...

You still haven't explained to me how contraception is a sin.

It seems you have a problem with pleasure for the sake of pleasure. If I'm right that's in my opinion a broken view of the world.

I see no issue in separating such purposes because I do not see breeding as a moral imperative, or as an act of obedience to God for every couple. The choice to become a parent is an important and complex one and sometimes that choice should be no. Yet you would have those couples breed anyway.

My son has a KJV with Apocrypha. He realizes there are better translations but it is the prize of his library.