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    Persecution in China

    In April 2018, the Chinese Communist Party banned the sales of Bibles online!!!
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    You Can Pray in Tongues Kindle Edition by Don Nori

    Good grief. Since when did a little play on words constitute “ridiculing the Holy Spirit”?
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    Is deeper fellowship possible on CF?

    The technology is certainly there, though I cannot give you any advice on that. I came across an interfaith meditation chapel that meets over the Internet, so I know it is possible. If you are interested in seeing what they do and how they do it, here is their web site: Online Meditation Group...
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    What is Church?

    G12, I agree with your Biblical view of what a church is. Just yesterday I found this blog post where George Fox was complaining about the church-as-building point of view. He called them “steeple-houses” to make it clear that “church” was the assembly of God’s people, not a particular building...
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    Is deeper fellowship possible on CF?

    As far as I am concerned, if you and your wife get together to read the Bible or pray in Jesus’ name, then you constitute a church. As for a forum constituting a “virtual community,” I think in the early days of the Internet there was a lot of optimism that would happen. Experience has shown...
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    You Can Pray in Tongues Kindle Edition by Don Nori

    Hahaha good one, @Righttruth
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    You Can Pray in Tongues Kindle Edition by Don Nori

    I found this free book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/You-can-Pray-Tongues-Nori-ebook/dp/B0051OKXVG/ I don't know if it is free only for today, or if it is always free. Don Nori was the founder of Destiny Image publishers.
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    tired of going to church

    Messerve, if you're interested in pursuing Derek Prince's thoughts on this subject, chapter 16 addresses your very question.
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    Prayer Shields, Sudan and China

    A good source for background information on our persecuted brothers and sisters in China is China Source. For example, recent feature articles have covered Bible translations into Chinese. China Source also has Twitter and Facebook pages. More directly concerned with exposing the persecution of...
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    tired of going to church

    And one other thing, M4J. Sorry this is coming out in bits and pieces, but that's the way it goes. Derek Prince, the famous British Bible teacher, suffered from long-term, heavy depression back in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This was before depression was recognized as a treatable medical...
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    tired of going to church

    M4J, one thing I would add to my post yesterday is, "Don't blame yourself for things you can't change." Specifically, I would point to two things. First, society as a whole is becoming more and more fragmented. People are less and less willing to connect with each other. Second, almost all...
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    tired of going to church

    Hello, M4J, when I read that you had depression for seventeen years, I thought to myself, that sounds like something that should be treated by a professional rather than resolved by well-meaning advice from your peers. Have you considered approaching a doctor or therapist rather than taking...
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