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    Spiritual Gift - Tongues

    I do think that is a very common misconception about the Pentecostal thing. Tongues is a very active part of the Pentecostal church, and sadly I think in many it has been misunderstood and abused by people trying to bring about the manifestation of the presence of God (many once felt it while...
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    Spiritual Gift - Tongues

    Wow now here's a fiery subject. I think what many American Christians fail to realize is how Aristotle thinking has infiltrated our culture: if you can't sense it with your five senses, it must be ignored. Paul and the other New Testament writers were very adament about the importance of tongues...
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    Need help with Sex ed for jr. high girls

    I have to recommend Lisa Bevere's "Kissed the Girls and Made them Cry". It is very straight up about girls battle with sexual purity and how to calm that sex drive if its already been awakened. She uses a sort of "Sleeping Beauty" analogy for alot of it. I believe they also have a curriculum for...
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    Music

    I'm all over the map lol. At heart I think I'm just a rocker lol. I can almost always go for rock short of extreme super death-metal screamo music (death metal is cool but I can only take so much lol). Also a big fan of soundtracks, Middle Eastern music, ska, a rare rap artist, and swing. On the...
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    Why not ask questions during sermons?

    Part of this also I think depends on setting. In a large church setting where your sharing a message with anywhere from 50-10000 people, things can get very disorderly if everyone has a question, some of which have more than one. I think this is the value of having small group settings to...
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    Church Traitor

    BTW the verses for that are 1Cor 1:12 and 1Cor 3:4 :)
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    Church Traitor

    I think one of the big problems in churches in this day and age is denominational barriers. Even Paul addressed this when he'd hear about people in the various churches he had helped plant say "I'm of Paul", "I'm of Apollos", or "I'm of Peter (Cephas)". What he basically told them is when it...
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    Waiting to kiss unitl you are married!

    I tend to lean more towards the "Boundaries in Dating" approach then the "Kissed Dating Goodbye" approach personally. I believe its between you and God whether or not you wait until you're married to kiss. I think that choice varies from person to person. In the case of myself and my fiance, it...
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    belly dancing.....?

    Forgive me, I stumbled across this thread while searching google. I have been fascinated with Middle Eastern dance for many years and recently began practicing the art form under a teacher within the last year. I am also a Christian involved in ministry doing film and drama for youth and young...