Recent content by mfaust

It's not about an "upside"... that is just ridiculous. If a couple is mature enough and actually LOVES each other... marriage is nothing more but an expensive piece of paper. My parents were NEVER married and lived with each other from their high-school days until my father passed away at the...

I wasn't given much of a choice. My girlfriend got out the rope and handcuffs... JUST KIDDING! Seriously, I have to agree with everything that has been said above. There CAN be a good feeling about waiting for marraige and I wouldn't judge anybody for waiting but like Jase said... it is...

justagirl12... God made you the way he did for a reason. Do I pretend to know what that is? No. I see nothing wrong with you and consider you another sibling in Christ. I am sure you are a beautiful person whether you appear male or female or consider yourself either. You are loved and...

My apologies. I was just trying to be funny. But to answer your question, Word of Faith is a Charismatic Pentacostal(?) Christian Group. They have their own forum here on CF. I honestly know nothing more about them than that.

Thank you all for the very warm welcome! It really is wonderful.

Actually I Eugene is pretty large but I have been to the Serbian Orthodox church before. I have attended there for about a month. Wonderful Church and Fr. Daniel is a very nice man. :)

Seriously though, I would defreind him in a heart beat if he spammed me with Farmville requests.

No way! He is probably a total gossip. Being part of the Trinity... you expect me to believe he keeps things only to himself? Not a chance. Just kidding. ^_^

My apologies for getting the thread side-tracked. Yes Calvinism WAS part of the original concern, but not the truth of falsity of it. It all came down to what I "thought" was Calvinism being in the 39 and so on and so forth. Thankfully, both you and PaladinValer answered my questions on all...

And THIS answers my question concerning the Calvinism I was "seeing" in the 39. THANK YOU!!! :clap: Regarding my other question about what I was perceiving as inconsistency in requiring the 39 all around, thank you Albion and PaladinValer. Both of your final comments perfectly answered what I...

I can get behind this. :) My understanding of "single predestination" by Calvinists is that God "actively" predestined some to salvation and other he just let be. An old thread I just found actually covers this very question and one post in particular gives what my understanding has been (not...

That is a very good question, and I apologize for the improper terminology. But when I talk about the Episcopal Church, through my posts I have also been referring to the Anglican as a unity. From what I have heard, the CoE requires agreement to the 39 by the Clergy as mentioned by...

No kidding. I bet he is thinking right now... "Why don't they all just sit down and agree that the Word of Faith people have it right?" Just kidding! ^_^

If that is the case, then I suppose that really then makes this a non-issue. My mistake. It is perfectly possible I wrong, but my understanding takes the bolded parts to basically say that God has decreed to deliver from curse and damnation, those who he chose in Christ and to bring them by...

What everyone is saying makes sense... but I still can't wrap my head around why they are still important or even a reflection of the Anglican faith "today". I can understand that the Fathers of the Episcopalian Church felt they were, I understand that they were originally very important. But...