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Have a blessed 2012 GTers...

I cross-posted this to Semper Reformanda...but I figured the GT folks would find it interesting, too... I read this today in the Christian Science Monitor...pretty fascinating article about a church in my (adopted) hometown... The lede is basically: America's Christian faith is...

Hello SR I read this today in the Christian Science Monitor...pretty fascinating article about a church in my (adopted) hometown... The lede is basically: America's Christian faith is experiencing a comeback of Calvinism and its God-first immersion in Scripture...In America's Christian faith...

I'm thinking of moving there and have some questions... THx!

Soteriology is open. CF members are expected to follow the rules. This is the second time in a few months that this forum has had to close for clean up. Even when people disagree they are expected to do so in the spirit of Christian charity. While CF's Theology Staff Team will be the primary...

OBOB Statement of Purpose We reject Satan and all of his works and empty promises. We believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died and was buried, rose from the dead and...

The "Political Moratorium" is removed. Without going into a lot of details...I think that it has served its purpose plus I'm very anti-very tailored and specific rules in one forum which are in place for perpetuity. Staff...I have a thread in the CR so send your questions there, pls. There was...

looks like we had a problem with the autosplit from the last one...at least the last one i can find. someone come up with a snappy title. lol.

USCCB clarifies the adult catechism... USCCB - Office of Media Relations - Media Talk - Backgrounder for Recognitio of Change in Adult Catechism Seems to eliminate (or at least make harder to argue) the "Double Covenant" stuff that plagued Catholicism since VII: United States Catholic...

This is pretty neat...there are 28 pictures. Link to Newsweek slideshow For example...the Saint Nil Stolbenskii Monastery, Lake Seliger, Russia This photo was taken in 1910...

I find some bizarre stuff on the internet but I thought that this was pretty cool YouTube - Amazing Grace

Hello OBOB, As you may have heard we're revamping the general "statements of faith" in all of the Congregational forums (as we've removed Forum Specific Guidelines...there aren't to be "rules" per se but a general exposition of the faith). Sort of...if one walked into a Catholic church and...

That's the big question...I've been trying to quit forever...we all know how the timeline goes. I get very irritable and jerky during my periods of not smoking...it seems that the nicotine addiction really trumps any prayers that make to help me recover from this nightmare. Any thoughts?

From the front page of the Washington Post today...interesting article. ---- Friars Trudge 300 Miles and Find Kindred Souls on the Way They've been mistaken for Jedi-wannabes headed to a Star Wars convention. They've been investigated by police, approached by strangers, gawked at from cars...

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We're developing "Statements of Faith" or "what we believe" etc for the various Congretational forums on CF. Below is a template...please use. These are not moderation guidelines. The rule of the site are here. This needs to be a "what we believe" / "statement of faith." Any posts which...

There are some big changes coming, some small changes coming, some internal changes coming / have already been put in place. This is a bit of an omnibus announcement...the numbered order doesn't imply primacy...just the order in which I thought while typing. The final documents etc will all be...

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So...if anyone speaks Arabic I'm looking to be pointed in the right direction. When I was learning French I found it helpful to get copies of French childrens books, DVDs of French childrens tv shows, comic books etc... I was wondering if anyone knew of anywhere I could find something similar...