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    Water Baptism / Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    When I was at my old Bible Study, one of the women was telling me about the significance of baptism. She then stated that water baptism isn't necessary to receive the Holy Spirit, and asked if I'd like to receive the Holy Spirit right then and there. Unfortuntely, we got side-tracked by om nom...
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    Tongues: Why doesn't Satan understand it?

    I understand that when a Christian speaks in tongues, they're speaking in a heavenly language that they themselves cannot understand. I don't understand, however, the notion that Satan cannot understand tongues either. As Satan was previously the angel of light cast out of heaven, he had spent...
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    Tongues: Why doesn't Satan understand it?

    I understand that when a Christian speaks in tongues, they're speaking in a heavenly language that they themselves cannot understand. I don't understand, however, the notion that Satan cannot understand tongues either. As Satan was previously the angel of light cast out of heaven, he had spent...
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    I am a sinner, but not a Christian?

    According to 1 John 3:9, "God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so that they cannot keep on sinning." Furthermore, according to Romans 8:8, "If we follow our desires, we cannot please God." These being said, I've thought of...
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    Commitment issues and bad experiences.

    To start, I would like to provide a bit of my own background regarding relationships. When I was younger [12, 13, 14] I was very stupid - I entered into plenty of meaningless "relationships" and dated boys my own age. These never lasted very long, as neither party involved knew how to conduct...
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    Ministry.

    I was talking to my pastor in November [November was the last time I was able to get to Church], and he asked me what I'm good at. I responded that I'm not much good at anything specific, and he asked me how I expected to work out my ministry if I had an attitude like that. I said that I don't...
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    Studying the Bible.

    I don't own a study Bible [which I'm only assuming has helpful notes and such to help you study the meaning of the things in the Bible], and I don't know when I'll be able to buy one. As such, I'm wondering how I should go about beginning to study the Bible. I don't live near any Christians...
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    Backsliding teenagers, for the win!

    Hello, all. I'm teaspill, but you can call me Amanda. I'm Australian. I live with my mother who is a Buddhist, my step-father who is a cradle Catholic but currently an atheist, our two female jack russels [I wasn't sure if I'm allowed to post the correct term for a female dog here] and our...