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    Anybody Familiar With Apartment Application Process?

    Hi all. My 20-year old is trying to get a new apartment. I'm happy and sad. He's been turned down for one apartment because he needed to make 3X the monthly rent. Does anybody know if typically applications are evaluated based on monthly gross or net? I want to tell him monthly - right? As a...
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    Needing Help With New Path: Planks or Crunches?

    The title... Plus Where do planks form muscles? I watch a lot of youtube on this and get some pretty good information about it. But I'm still unclear about where planks form muscles - which part of the abs and where else. Also, I hear so much about crunches being ineffective. How are they not...
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    "God cannot..."

    I hear statements too often that begin with "God cannot" or "God can't". It's unsettling. When I hear, "God can't help you if you...God cannot interfere with human will. - (the last one I read online somewhere)", I wonder if such statements reflect lack of faith in God's actual power? How is...
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    Transphobia or Sexual Harassment? Definitely Hypocrisy

    So, now if a transgender woman decides to make a persistent pass on a man but is resisted due to gender preference to biological women only, this is considered to be transphobia rather than sexual harassment. This is where we have landed in our times. WATCH: Ginuwine Accused Of Transphobia For...
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    Conservatives And Christians Are Denied Service By Liberals

    When laws are allowing this form of hypocrisy, true believers in America are bound to start facing similar severity of persecution that is taking place elsewhere. The following story is not the first that I've heard of Christians or conservatives being denied service or being thrown out of an...
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    Paul Washer On Struggling With Sin vs Habitual Sin

    I don't know who's heard of Paul Washer or listened to him. But I hope this is a blessing for others here as it was for me. The segment was published last week.
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    Different Interpretations Of "The Woman's Desire For Her Husband" Genesis 3:16

    Can anyone who seriously studies the Word please explain to me the correct interpretation of Genesis 3:16 in which God tells the woman her consequence of (her desire being for her husband yet him ruling over her)? I understand the first part of God saying there will be travail in conception. To...
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    If somebody practices a sinful life claiming to be saved, how would you minister to him/her?

    I am at a point in my life where I get really dismayed going back and forth with some loved ones about right and wrong. I find myself disagreeing about topics I never thought I'd disagree with a fellow believer about. When somebody says they are saved yet live like an unbeliever, I find myself...
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    Why Do So Many Churches Treat Adultery As Passively As David Treated Amnon?

    Betrayed spouses are already under attack by adultery itself. But at some point, betrayed spouses come under attack of many (false) accusations like: being accused of being unforgiving due to an overly emotional display of anger, being accused of contributing to the wayward spouse's affair for...
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    Wife/Mom/Daughter Devotions: "Who Qualifies To Teach Me The Word?"

    2 Timothy 4:3-4 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." God did not give us His Word so that we...
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    Wife/Mom/Daughter Devotions: What Does Love Accompanied With Anger Look Like?

    [To start off, I want to state a purpose here to do devotions with sisters in Christ. So many issues within our faith require us to examine Scriptures as they pertain to women from numerous angles - whether directly or indirectly. Examples are the following: Submission to husbands, what church...
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    Noah's Ark Parties To Counter Halloween Activities

    It's that season again. And it's an opportunity for Christians to take action while showing Christian families and unbelievers the gospel message of Jesus Christ. a Noah's Ark party also demonstrates that we can delight ourselves in the Lord on October 31 with Biblical activity. Since 1997...
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    Good Movies On Faith And Marriage

    I've been watching some really good movies on marriage and praying through marital storms while applying God's Word. In fact, I've been binge watching a movie called "What If" that's a Christian version of "Family Man". "War Room" has also be a favorite, which is an incredible encouragement to...
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    Speaking In Tongues Into The Microphone

    As a Spirit-filled believer, who I believe in praying in tongues privately - whether done behind closed doors or within a group where tongues are prayed within personal space in agreement with others praying. But I've never understood the point of tongues being spoken at the microphone. Does...
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    Trying To Understand If And When It's Ever Okay To Buy/Sell In Church

    Every time there's opportunity to browse the Christian bookstore at my parents' church or buy a ticket to a conference at mine, I face a cross road with this question hanging over my head. I don't want to misinterpret or deceive myself as I think about Jesus turning over the tables of the...
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    Why Have So Many Churches Stopped Teaching The Fear Of God?

    Recently, I was hit with the worst betrayal I had ever experienced from another Christian. When I asked "Why?", my loved one who hurt me told me, "I just didn't fear God." This person was a Christian and had been active in outreaches for years. In the past, we'd always disagree about whether...
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    Can An Adulterer Really Change?

    I haven't been on this forum in a couple of years. So much has demanded my attention in my family. But within the short time that I have till I get to work, I'll give a brief summary. I need to know if there are any testimonies. Since I've posted years ago, I've been in a really hard marriage...
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    Would You Recommend Sense & Sensibility To Teach A Teen Girl Facts of Life?

    I just purchased the 2008 BBC movie version of Sense & Sensibility. I can honestly say that I find myself watching that movie over and over as much as I once watched the 1995 box office hit version. Having watched so much, I can think of a few teenage girls who could really benefit from...
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    Recommended Christian Romance Novels Or Relationship Books That Minister To Women?

    I read an earlier post asking about books that minister to single women. So, I thought about posting a list of Christian books and novels that minister to women in general (some for single women, some for wives, and some for all.) I hope these help any woman seeking... Does anyone else have any...
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    How Are Church Membership And Church-hopping Defined And Perceived In God's Word?

    I often hear a lot among my Christian friends about the importance of loyalty to one church and how church-hopping is wrong. When I read in Acts of the Apostles, I read, not only the apostles going place to place establishing and checking up on churches in many places, I read that people who...