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Amongst the dead sea scrolls there were some manuscript fragments that are not a part of our canon. Since the scrolls that we consider canon matches what we know today, can we as Christians say they are false in good conscience? The most we could say is we are not sure, I believe, to say they...

Before my mother passed away it was her intent that her debts pass away with her. After my mother died I helped my father resolve my mother's debt and he paid it off, as he felt it was his moral responsibility to do. My older sister just passed a way recently and, like money always does...

Mark 3:22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.” 23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided...

I've had training as a peer support councilor. Part of this training is how to talk to people using ancedotes, this happened to me, see if you can learn something from it. A lot of times when telling an ancedote someone else may be involved, or be the proponent. At what time does this become...

This topic comes from a post someone made advertising a bracelet as "FREE", yet it had $10 shipping and handling. Is this false witnessing, since once you charge handling itbis no longer free? Some would argue it is just a sales ploy. Yes, lying can be an effective sales ploy, but is it moral...

We are told in the bible to judge not, lest we be judged, for that with which we judge we should also be judged. We are also told, however, that it is not our duty to judge outside the church but within it. So, just what is judging? Today it seems that everytime someone says something bad...

Someone in the thread Describing the End as Soon? Should we? said they would like to hear more about my experiences and I can't think of a more approprate place. If this is not the correct place then please feel free to move it to a more suited location. -------- Chinese Laundry Every job I've...

The topic came up in a thread about tithing about the fact that church buildinges [edit: christian tabernacles] are never said to be built in the bible. I have come from this viewpoint from the other side, when people claim the church are the buildings and it is easy to show that it means the...

This post is in response to this response http://www.christianforums.com/threads/should-christians-rest-on-the-sabbath-saturday-and-rejoice-on-the-lords-day-sunday.7966382/page-18#post-70193626 in the thread "Should Christians rest on the Sabbath (saturday) and rejoice on the Lords day...

I got this idea out of 1 John 5, specifically 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. But farther forward...

1 John 5 says: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. this would seem to be saying that if we are saved...

I've had miracles happen to me quite frequently and it is usually fairly easy to discern how God did something. One thing has me scratching my head however. I was walking down the street and I saw a two story house with a sign that said something like "Jesus Lives Here" or the like. I told God...