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Can non-real things be blessed. Like this website, could this website be blessed. Do only Catholics do blessings? (Isn't baptism a sort of blessing, a consecration, setting me aside to serve God, baptism does a lot of things but isn't that one of them) I am not understanding what a blessing is...

I am looking for content on things like "how involved with my decision to shop at Safeway (a grocery store, I think it is regional so it may need an explanation) or to shop at Fred Meyer (another grocery store). I also need information on what my responsibility is in the decision to shop at one...

Honestly I am reminded of Israel complaining that God only gave them bread in the Wilderness, and Manna was not good enough for them. I don't think it is a good idea to take things from people, people who may be motivated by the Holy Spirit to give, and reject them. But I may be stretching a...

They like to send the furniture they don't want to Habitat for Humanity, or to the Catholic charities. (sometime Craigslist for Free gets mentioned) So even they know some of it is good enough, they just want the highest dollar items in their store. A charity that wants to maximize profit, I...

I worked the donation door at a local charity and was appalled at the way they received their donations. They dug through the plastic bags of clothes and looked for items to reject, because they were stained, or because they were a pillow and might have lice in them. They would not accept bed...

I look forward to reading the expanded thread. People consider me a Calvanist because of my soteriology (also because I sometimes eat babies, LOL). Some people might consider me a Lutheran because I agree wholeheartedly with his statements on the 5 Solas and because of his "Here I Stand, I Can...

The world is against us, our flesh is against us, everything is against us. We have only one ally, the Triune God. The Holy Spirit is our comforter. (and our brothers and sisters in God also help us) Then many of us who call ourselves Christians, take the words written for us and deny or...

(warning: this is a little rambling because I am not sure what I am trying to ask) Here is an NASB URL for Hosea 4 Bible Gateway passage: Hosea 4 - New American Bible (Revised Edition) The NASB says "ruin" instead of "die" but what does the statement mean in general? To me it seems like what...

I was listening to some old mp3s of a preacher the other day. He said that "history was already written" and that is why "prophecy works". (he was from Tennessee) OK. I guess. Is everything already written out about my life? Or do I have some say in it? We know what happened to Jonah when he...

I am working on a prayer because I am stymied in my growth. I am following the ACTS format. I have tried to support everything with scripture. For instance, the A in ACTS is Adoration, so I used portions of 1 Chronicles 29:11-13 for my adoration in the prayer. 11 Yours, O Lord, is the...

I do not feel bad for the non-elect. I do pray for them. Our Master has perfect laws and he is a perfect judge. The Elect are no longer accountable to those laws while the non-elect are. And if the perfect judge has seen fit to have mercy on some and not on others than he is right whether I...

My friend is a Christian. She has also relapsed. What sort of information do I need? I am reading Mark Shaw's "The Heart of Addiction". Whatever it is you can recommend will need to have scriptural support for its ideas or she will dismiss any idea she does not like "out of hand". She is a...

God picked me before the foundation of the world. So he knew me, or my spirit or soul, or something. Did he know what parents I would get? How I would respond the them? What physical/mental/spiritual limitations I would have? Because it sounds like he does, but how involved is he in this...

So it is not hearing the word. It is when the Spirit speaks it to you. The power is in the speaker, not in the word. This might explain why people who have been sitting in the pews of churches for years suddenly "get it". Is this what you mean?

I don't understand this. If we are Christian because the Spirit enters us, than we one second the Spirit is not in us and the next he is. Is that correct? The time is just a matter of maturity in Christ. Learning and knowing more? Is that what you mean?

No problem, thanks for trying to help

(first off, I apologize, some things I cite, some I don't. If your a Calvanist, I assume you have a higher level of training than the average Christian in America. Anyway this question is bugging me so I will hazard it) Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of...

Genesis 3: 14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between...

What then, is the curse? I am not following. We did take death on ourselves by eating the fruit. Isn't the curse our condemnation. Our punishment, and like you said that is our natural state and our natural path is to Hell. With Christ as our Savior. So I am confused. How are we condemned if not...

I agree. I don't think making a lot of money is the problem. Unless, of course, you are cheating people. I think God owns the cattle on a thousand hills and if he has given you more cattle than other people it is so you can be a blessing to others. Being rich means that you have decided to keep...