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  1. Doug Melven

    Programming

    I have noticed with my YT account that after watching the videos I like to watch that channels I would like to watch are recommended more and more. But, every once in a while videos and channels come up that I do not care for. I click on the "Not interested" button and my recommendations get...
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    What is that song that moved you?

    Post any Christian song that moved you or you really like. I listen to various artists and have a hard time deciding which one is my favorite. Jason Gray's I am new is definitely one of those songs that really move me.
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    For God so loved

    John 3:16 says For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Many people believe that God loves everybody and wants to bless everybody. But they don't believe that God loves them personally. You could...
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    Discipline and tribulation

    Discipline is how God builds us up into maturity. Tribulation is what God uses to increase our dependence on Him and bring us closer to Him. God does not being tribulation. God uses the Word for discipline. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for...
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    Blessings of Justification by Faith

    From Romans 5:1-11 These blessings are the results of the first and some of them build on the previoin trus. First blessing: we have peace with God. Second blessing: By faith we have access into this grace in which we stand. Third blessing: Because we have access to this grace, we glory in...
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    Living sacrifice

    Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what...
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    First Elementary principle

    Hebrews 6:1-3 lists 6 elementary principles. The first one is Repentance from dead works. A dead work is a work done thinking this will gain you favor with God. 1 Corinthians 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it...
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    Memorizing Scripture

    I like to memorize passages. Sometimes just a particular verse that I really like. But passages are a tad more difficult. A long time ago I had memorized Psalm 103:1-5. But almost every time I tried to recall all 5 blessings I would always miss either the 3rd or 4th one. I use acronyms in other...
  9. Doug Melven

    First love

    Ephesians 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Normally people interpret this verse to mean the believer has stopped loving God and they need to get back to loving God with all there heart, soul, mind and strength. I would like to give a...
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    Practicing the Presence of God

    There was a 17th century monk named Brother Lawrence. He had written some letters to friends of his, and one of them compiled them into a book. Practicing the presence of God. If you google it, you can find this little book real cheap. One of my favorite prayers of his is: Lord of all pots and...
  11. Doug Melven

    Bullengerism

    This from Appendix 181 of the Companion Bible. Having now before us all the "sequence of fact" (cp. also the Structure, p. 1575, and Ap. 180), we can trace "the progress of doctrine", the development of dispensational teaching in Acts, as well as in the complementary "Church" Epistles of Paul...
  12. Doug Melven

    This day in history

    This is an article from the "The American Minute. I always knew Darwinism was evil, but had no idea of the true extent of just how evil it was. Darwin & Lincoln were born SAME day but had OPPOSITE views of Man made in Image of Creator!
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    The song "Even if"

    This song by MercyMe is quite popular. Even If MercyMe even if lyrics - Google Search The only part of the song that is right is at the very end "It is well with my soul" Song edited to comply with forum rules. This song being so popular shows what a sad state Christianity today is in. It...
  14. Doug Melven

    Libertarian freewill vs limited freewill

    I myself am a believer that we have complete freewill. God does not make choices for us. He knows all of the choices we will make. He urges us to make the correct choice, choose Him and live. If we choose anything besides Him, down that road is death. Proverbs 14:12 I do believe God is in...
  15. Doug Melven

    Lukewarm Churches

    I was going to respond in the other thread, but I felt it would be off topic. Why do we need to confess our sins if we are saved by grace? Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and...
  16. Doug Melven

    Repentance defined

    I have seen on these forums that there are some who believe that repentance is about turning away from sin, that is the breaking of the Ten Commandments. It is not about that. The Greek word for Repentance is metanoia. G3340, change mind, think differently or reconsider. Meta, meaning change...
  17. Doug Melven

    The power of God's Word and prayer

    God's Word is living and powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword. His Word is as powerful as it was when it was written. His Word should permeate every area of our lives. It isn't something we hear on Sunday and maybe for a few minutes after we wake up. God said in Proverbs 3:5-6 that we are...
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    Do we need the law to stay righteous?

    This thread is for those who believe that we are saved by grace alone through faith alone and because we are righteous we will do good works. We have been justified apart from the works of the law. So, the big question is will not obeying the law make me unrighteous? I believe the answer is no...
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    Prayer of Jabez. Selfish or not

    I was reading in another thread about our favorite translations. And someone said that they liked a certain version because of the way this prayer was rendered. And someone else replied that this was the most selfish prayer in the Bible. 1 Chr 4:10 kjv And Jabez called on the God of Israel...
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    Mark 14:51-52

    4:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. I have always been curious about this passage. It just doesn't seem to add anything to the story...