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He would have been very wise either not to say anything, or simply to thank you for your faithfulness without reference to any offering. It's a minefield, and his motives had better be sterling or he's inviting trouble.

Basically agree with this. I wouldn't go deeper into the theology than she can digest, or you might create a harmful morbid religious fear, which many today suffer from. Keep it as simple as possible: trust God, and He will see you through. Whenever the disciples asked for more faith, Jesus told...

We live in an age of irony, and this is one example. I'm glad the Bee stuck to its guns. The NYT is a disgrace.

True. There are more people now too. Too many factors, doesn't pay for me to divide it out too much, and I don't want to belabor it. My main point was and iis that human nature has not changed, and I don't think saying we're generally more peaceful now carries much water when conflict arises.

I find that surprising. The last century was, I've been told, the most violent ever, with scores of millions slaughtered in wars, exterminations, etc.

Absolutely nothing has changed today. Man is the same. There's also the dynamic that Jesus' presence would often arouse demonic activity. The darkness knows when the Light approaches and does all it can to prevent it, because the two cannot coexist. But we have that same Light in us, and the...

Seems to be a trend. The Stream recently killed commenting as well. I think it's harder when you use a remote commenting service like Disqus, where there are so many 'drive-by' comments. But then a local comment facility, though tamer, puts all the work on you. Coupled with Big Tech censorship...

Many times I will kneel silently before the Lord. Or I will silently "make melody in [my] heart to the Lord" (Eph 5.19) with my favorite worship songs of yore. If you are not of a mind to formulate intelligent prayer, you can either simply praise and thank Him, or just rest in His presence. Soak...

I'm not RC, and don't mean to intrude, but I would call Communion the bread of repentant sinners.

IIRC, I stopped watching The Bible series when it pulled punches regarding Sodom. That was the last straw. For me it wasn't that they had to skim a bit, but that what they did deal with was not accurate. But last I heard The Chosen is set for 7 seasons, which adds up to over 50 hours of...

The word used in Luke 24 is pneuma, or spirit. Whenever the NT refers to the departed, it is as spirits, not souls. Thus Hebrews 12.23 speaks of ,the spirits of just men made perfect,, and likewise 1Pet 3.19 talks about ,the spirits in prison,. It's hard to fathom the difference between spirit...

So sorry to hear that. May the Lord comfort you.

Is not the issue whether Christ received gifts from or gave gifts to man, with Paul saying that the basis for the grace of the domata gifts?

Here's Ps 68.18 in the NAS: You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there. -Ps 68:18 "Received" in the Hebrew is laqach, as the Greek lambano, basically meaning to take or to...

It seems that John was of the opinion that the Messiah would effect a political solution to Israel's contemporaneous woes, which was the dominant view of Messiah back then. Thus John's focus on government, in calling out Herod's sin with his brother's wife, in his mind fit in perfectly as an...

I want to be the last one to say someone will not change. All things are possible through Christ. But nonetheless we have to act with wisdom toward the outsiders (Col 4.5; cf Mt 7:6 ). Change is not always promised. I had long-standing serious problems with my own mother, God bless her. I had...

When all is known about this virus, we are going to see that 90% of what we were told about it - its origin, the best societal response to it, and treatment options - were political lies.

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. - Gal 6:1 The danger, I know from experience, is to react at their level, and get emotional. But if you can through prayer...

With every conversion of energy there is always a loss involved. Entropy. There is no perpetual motion. Over a long enough span of time all systems will run down. How long your system would stay up depends on how efficient the panels were, how efficient the bulbs were, particles in the air, etc.