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Hi! I need some prayers for My mental health. Just recently had to spend a Month in the hospital because of severe depression. Right now I'm at home but struggle to recover. I'm getting treatment too, but it's not helping very much and the meds Area making me hain Wright and also I don't feel...

John: 14:23-29 (ESV): 23Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. 25"These...

In your opinion, are mental illnesses real medical condotions? Some would say, having depression is really just a sign of spiritual weakness and laziness covered up, others say taking medication for mental illnesses is wrong, and many more say going to a nonchristian therapist would be harmful...

Hi! Again I post to ask for prayers for my mental and spiritual well-being. I sometimes feel I don't pray enough and I need to get back to a good routine on it. So that prayer would be natural once again and that I would not only be able to take good care of my own well-being but also be able to...

What do you guys think about listening to sermons online? Lately I've felt that I would benefit from listening to or reading sermons online every now and then too. I've been craving to hear more and learn more from.the word then I can take in from a Sunday morning sermon. I'm content with the...

Hi! I don't want to go to specifics here because the issue I have is pretty sensitive but I still need prayers for something. I've been really tired and maybe a bit depressed and there's things I need help for. So I'd appreciate if you all prayed that things would get better and that I'd get...

What is your take on christian health ethics. Is it right for achurch to serve donuts while some members struggle with overweight, diabetes etc.? Should christians avoid fast food altogether? What about feeding the poor and needy among us, how much should we pay attention to the quality and...

If you only were allowed to pick one book in the Bible that you were allowed to read for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?

Hi! So it's been 500 years since the reformation began. How do you and/or your church plan to celebrate it, if at all?

Hi! I don't really know why I post this thread but I've thought about these verses lately where Jesus says we serve him when we serve the poorest and weakest among us (Matt. 25:31-45). I have learned from this passage the obvious point that we can't pretend to love Jesus if we don't love and...

Is it worth it, in your opinion, to work for ecumenism? Does the lack of unity between churches weaken the christian testimony or is it indifferent to the unbeliever?

Would the resolutions of the counsil of Jerusalem still apply in todays church? What do the prohibitions actually mean in todays context?

Hi! So I've been pondering on starting to play the flute sometime soon. I'm 25 and I don't have much of a musical background so I don't think I'll have a chance to become super good anymore. But I still want to learn to play somehow. Does anyone have experience of starting to learn an instrument...

Hi! Have any of you guys heard about the claim that the New Testament would have been written in hebrew after all and only later translated into greek? Would you support that claim, and what would be the evidence for or against it? In a way, to me, it would make sense that it were that way...

I don't want to go into specifics but I'd appreciate some prayer concerning the house we just bought a year ago. To make the long story short, the house is not like it was supposed to be and the person who sold it to us is trying to not take his responsibility.

John 6:52-59 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ 53So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood...

What do you guys think about it? It's kind of obvious that they have a special role in God's plan, but are jews always saved the same way then gentiles? If not, how is their path to salvation different?

Hi! I've been wondering whether I should get a study Bible but aince they are so pricey I thought I'd ask for some opinions on them first. So, if you have a study Bible, what kind is it and have you found it useful? Where did you get it? If you'd choose now, would you pick the same one or change...

Hi! I just saw this subforum and started thinking about this whole prepping issue. I think it sounds reasonable enough, after all the Bible predicts all of this and we see all around us all kinds of crazy things happening. And so that's a reason to start preparing for whatever is to come! One...

Ok here's the question. Why did Jesus die? Was it because God loves people and as a sign of it gave his Son to die on the cross? Or was it because God wanted to make things right with us and gave his Son so that he could love us?