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Recent content by RDKirk

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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    When you think of it, the Acts 15 letter is likely the first genuinely and uniquely "New Testament" epistle to the Church.
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    How old was Mary when she gave birth to Christ?

    You're trying to make an argument from silence. If the scripture is explicitly writing about Jesus, it may well exclude mentioning others except when they are directly interacting with Jesus. And your conclusion is certainly not the "only" conclusion, inasmuch as I've pointed out a different...
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    How old was Mary when she gave birth to Christ?

    They certainly would continue to respect His authority as the elder male, if he had been the elder male. Sanity did not diminish the family hierarchy (see: Nabal). It simply made living within it more difficult. I'm not disputing that Jesus had no siblings; I'm suggesting that He was the only...
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    There must be a Special White House Office of Stupid

    There must be a Special White House Office of Stupid Horse Manure. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/nekima-armstrong-photo-white-house.html But it does remind us that the White House "Ministry of Enlightenment" is, indeed, in the direct news altering business, and feels no shame...
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    Feminism - definition

    There are different identified and defined feminist ideologies. You can start with two of them right off the bat: Liberal Feminism Radical Feminism There is also Black Radical Feminism The differences are not merely semantic or esoteric, but fundamentally different world views and secular...
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    Is prepping a reasonable strategy to avoid the Mark of the Beast

    The greatest danger to preppers is other preppers.
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    Do you think a guilty until proven innocent justice system could ever be a good thing?

    The police (including police detectives) are not seeking "truth," they're looking for evidence to make an arrest. Anyone will do, including you. Prosecutors are not looking for truth either, they're looking for a successful prosecution. Anyone will do, including you. They are satisfied...
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    Is Tithing even necessary?

    The need of the Body of Christ that the Holy Spirit points out to those who are listening.
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    Is Tithing even necessary?

    When I say I've been involved "peripherally," I mean that I've been working with agencies although not being an employee of those agencies. In Illinois I worked with Salvation Army. Here in Texas I'm working with an agency that has close ties to my church, primarily imputing case data. They...
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    Why Do Christians Resist the Idea of “Social Justice”? A Theological Question

    When I speak of "Satan's house," I'm talking about the panoply of demonic forces under Satan's principality. They are not divided, they are not picking fights with one another. When the demonic principality over Persia was replaced by the demonic principality over Greece (Daniel 10), that was...
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    Is Tithing even necessary?

    Not only was it always food, but God said explicitly that the tithe was not to be money. “If the distance is too great for you… then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you… Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine… Then you and your household shall eat...
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    Is Tithing even necessary?

    I can't believe you've gotten very involved with people in need if you think that. No, it's not always, not even usually, "poor decision making, indulgences, abuses, and lack of financial management." I'm only peripherally involved myself, but enough so that I recognize all too often, "There...
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    Why Do Christians Resist the Idea of “Social Justice”? A Theological Question

    I don't think that works. Is Satan's house divided? Are we clever enough to use his own words against him. Or is he clever enough to make us think we can use his words against us, when using his words merely confuses us? I think we should stick with Jesus' words.
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    Is belief/non-belief a morally culpable state?

    What, though, is really "religious belief?" Particularly, what is our religious belief? I'm a portrait photographer, and this is a discussion I've had for years with other Christian portrait and wedding photographers, which is even more pertinent for us than it is to a baker, because we are...
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    Is Tithing even necessary?

    This is true, and this is very heavy. The New Testament pushes us beyond a written-rule based framework. We're not saying the written rules of the OT don't matter, but they are not the instrument of New Testament morality. Under the New Testament, the bar is much higher than mere compliance...