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Thanks t-wings. I've found a few more resources since the post. One is the Samson Society - you can get to it here, though the website is new: Samson Society - they have virtual meetings that are helpful. Also, Covenant Eyes, which runs an internet filter and accountability package, also has...

My father is so amazing! The longer I know him, the more I begin to see his love and his wisdom. My father doesn’t just dote on us kids. Certainly, he does plenty of that, but the depth of his love for all of us, plus his wisdom that is far above any human wisdom, won’t allow him to spoil us...

Thanks, I appreciate your many good points and clarifications. As far as love coming from the bowels rather than the heart, I'm okay with the latter, but your point is good. Certainly compassion not coming from either of those places is not all that helpful to the one who needs it. It is a...

I agree that stopping can be huge - I struggled for years trying to stop my sexual addiction, and the sense of change God has done in my life there is huge. But one of the problems that happened was I didn't replace those old habits with anything. Yes, the OT especially tells us, "Thou shalt...

Thanks, that was helpful. I do know that as I draw closer to the Lord and submit to his direction in my life that more of him and less of me will come out - that plus knowing him more deeply is a big desire of my heart. I also know that my lifetime of selfishness and living by my flesh has...

Thanks, I'm not familiar enough with Kaballah to comment, but what I've read seems to indicate among other things it brings mysticism and other humanistic philosophies into the church - I've seen that kind of influence in several areas in the church and in the writings of some popular Christian...

Yes, well that is a big problem, but since most church denominations and local church groups meeting at "church" buildings in America fall under the 501C-3 agreement, the gov't is already legally over the local congregations unnecessarily under the non-profit business arrangement. That is a...

Thanks for your reply PeaceJoyLove. I must confess you lost me early on as far as how it relates to putting on compassion or other attributes, which was the topic. If you would please explain more clearly what you were trying to say I might be able to catch up. Thanks!

Throughout the New Testament, followers of Christ are instructed to put off certain actions or attitudes and to put on others. Those actions or attitudes we are to put off are from our old sinful nature, from our flesh and its way of doing things. Those we are to put on are from our new...

Background I’ve been trusting Jesus Christ as both my savior and lord for a week now. Most of my life I thought I was a good Christian, but my lifestyle proclaimed a different story. I’ve written a good amount on my past life, which was steeped in sexual addiction and sinful habits, but some...

Thanks HML, it has already been a long road but we're the ones who turned that direction. Glad to hear things are healing with your wife - working hard that direction myself. She is also my partner in this and knows me better than I do. Thanks for the encouragement!

Beware! Both Jude and Peter warn us about a group of people who will infiltrate into the church and will have a terrible influence on many in the body of Christ. Their descriptions of these folks are similar. Jude says it this way: 3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our...

Flesh vs. Spirit I’ve heard a lot of explanations of Romans 6-8. Most of them left me unsatisfied, for they seemed to be crafted to fit into one theology or another, rather than to clarify Paul’s description of the struggle with the flesh and God’s solution in the Spirit. Paul said this in...

Many years ago, my wife expressed to me that she thought I was following Satan in my life and I was headed to hell. As a good Christian man, so I thought, I was stunned and offended by such a bold and derogatory statement, and challenged her on it. Her evidence included my lifetime use of...

True. Thank you for your thoughtful response. I believe God is able to spread his message of the Gospel of Christ however he chooses. His message, I'm sure, is spread within the walls of what is called churches today - yet I wonder what he thinks of many of them and how they use his name to...

I couldn't agree more. Both have been hijacked by secularized institutional religion and society and turned into Santas and Easter eggs instead of a recognition of the one true God's great demonstration of love and grace available to all mankind. Yet we are not called to celebrate either event...

Thanks for the Scriptures. Yes, what an incredible gift God gave us by sending Jesus his son!

Lord, whenever you were born here – I’m just so glad you were, Some will say it was on Christmas That they celebrate each year. They don’t care if it’s your birthday, Their traditions matter more, Sharing gifts and lighting candles, Seeing family, they adore. Then throw in a little Santa, No...

Hi Petros, this is Rick Love. Trying to figure out how to PM you. Pls contact me. Thanks.

Thanks a bunch. We had a great weekend!