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Recent content by muddleglum

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    Christians witnessing to nonbelievers

    The main thing that attracted me to Christians (not Christianity, though) was their character. Sure, I could point to pretty dreadful people who called themselves Christian. Sure, I could point to okay people who weren't. So the first thing is to abide in Christ so that you live like Christ...
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    My brain always goes to the worst thing.

    My flesh is suicidal. I, abiding in Christ, am not. I don't trust the feelings that my flesh give me nor do I consider my flesh the real me. It will turn to dust and, when this old world turns to flames, it will be toast. The real me, in Christ, will have its tears wiped away. Focus on that.
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    proverbs 3:5-6: this has always bothered me

    And the really cool thing is that if you abide in Christ, you have the mind of Christ. As you grow in Christ, you will think like He does more and more. Read all of 1 Cor 2. If you get your logical premises from the temporary things of this world, rather than the spiritual truths revealed by...
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    Judah, Joseph, and Jacob's Blessing

    It didn't pass to Simeon nor to Levi because of what happened at Shechem. Gen 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather...
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    Why Substitutionary Atonement?

    Nope. Here's the problem. Bias. Yes, I was biased, too, so I'm not trying to insult you. I had a certain bias that took years of study to overcome. There is one step missing. "Abide in Me and I in you. Without Me, you can do nothing"--not even follow. There is your identity. The only exception...
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    Why Substitutionary Atonement?

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    Why Substitutionary Atonement?

    I cannot hear and never learned how to communicate properly. This isn't really substitution but identity. To teach you more than that, I would have to take you through many years of study of the Scripture. That isn't my job, so I'll leave you with what I said in case the Holy Spirit wants to...
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    "Christian churches have lost their way ...."

    I wrote in context: "Your first line is that Jesus was merely a man, and your second line had been ripped from its context so severely that I cannot figure out what Mr. Peachy is talking about." Note that "second line"? It should have nudged you that I was speaking of figurative lines. You led...
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    "Christian churches have lost their way ...."

    You earlier said, "Really? I think most of us can give a long list of reasons why many churches have lost their way before we'd get to that one..." and I thought I would just support you. It started early and for various reasons.
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    "Christian churches have lost their way ...."

    It's even worse than you thought. I'm guessing the person quoting Bess isn't even a Christian, but an atheist preaching socialism. If you read that URL Caretaker provides to Bess' essay, you'll discover Bess is an antichrist. Not good. At least that quote would make more sense to you now. Of...
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    WOF teachings?

    Considering how many "give us this day"s that I've lived through, I think I can vouch for Him coming through on the former. He is a lover, always nourishing us physically and spiritually.
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    Why Substitutionary Atonement?

    Okay. I get you. You just want to play mind games. I can just seeing you laughing up your sleeve. "I'll get him to find a verse about God being the life and then try to explain the obvious." "I'll get him to find the verse about the life of the flesh is in the blood and state the obvious." These...
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    "Christian churches have lost their way ...."

    Only in a vague, general way, after sweeping Christ's deity away. If Jesus is just a man, then who cares about His opinion. If you want to bring up something in an anabaptist forum, please remember that we are Christians, not antichrists. So, what was the context of his remarks? And, BTW, 1999...
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    WOF teachings?

    True to the last, and Paul specifically said in Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (NASB) Fantastic, eh? Note that he says "every spiritual blessing" and not "every physical...
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    Why Substitutionary Atonement?

    I know that I'm a poor communicator. But, "fairly complicated legal conditions"? Legal? Wow. I seem to have outdone myself! Why is it complicated? Are you just trying to insult or am I just that bad a communicator? I fail to see how death being a consequence of rejecting Life is complicated OR...
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