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I do see more and more Christians becoming lazy in terms of works. While it isn't a means of salvation, it should be something we exemplify. I believe too many Christians nowadays are using grace as a license to sin. It's not really straightforward though. It's more, like... well, I'm saved, so...

So, this comes in light of the whole debacle surrounding Josh Harris, author of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye." Coincidentally, also the father-in-law of one of my small town church acquaintances (I would say friend, but tbh we weren't really close, but we know of each other and served in some...

no, the annoying person would have made the attempt at reconciliation, but the annoyed refused.

the Bible does address serious sins--this isn't the crux of what I'm talking about. I'm talking about basic, mundane things, like maybe someone texts too much...so they're too annoying. maybe they accidentally said a bad word once. But truly, at the heart of this is the fact that in almost...

You see...if this was a one-time isolated incident; I would be more inclined to agree. The problem is, is that this is an all-too prevalent problem that happens time and again; not just on my end; but in many lives everywhere. I couldn't reconcile (no pun intended) how I would just have to keep...

The Lord told us to exhort, correct, and rebuke those in sin; so I do not think it is wrong to pray that the Lord would convict and rebuke them; but as for vengeance? God said vengeance is His, He will repay. So, in one essence, He already promised He would take vengeance; but we should not be...

more or less i'm trying to see from the other side; as far as i can recall i'm always willing to reconcile; however for any fractured relationships I have the other party has never been willing; in some cases sin was involved; in some cases it was just ex girlfriend; in some cases it was just...

do you feel guilty for being the person not willing to reconcile when the other party is sincere in wanting to make things work? particularly in a friendship

the pastor in question I believe used the Matthew verse. For a good history lesson on bible origins I recommend "Where We Got the Bible" by Timothy Paul Jones. Also side note....The original Greek alphabet was influenced by the Phoenicians around 500 BC; the language at the time was probably not...

I recently heard a sermon where the pastor used the phrases "trespass" in regards to the Lord's Prayer. "Forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us." But I have always seen this passage as debts...but really, more about sin. The pastor made it seem more about...

well you can find my threads on here; it is true a pastor implementing his teaching led to my study of Cloud...but my study brought me to this discovery and I still maintain my position on him.

In terms of counseling; the general ideologies of psychology are to create positive thinking about your shortcomings...this really isn't in tune with the Gospel of forgiveness and grace calling all men to repent of their sins. There is actually quite a lot of this nuance in Christianity; and...

Yes I am quite familiar with the Boundaries book and am quite confident it is garbage: if we are indeed talking about the one written by Henry Cloud--it is plagiarized from a secular mental health source. Anne Katherine M.D. wrote a book called Boundaries in 1991...Cloud wrote his in '92 and...

to be fair, I won't date a girl if she does not support my unhealthy amount of consumption of mac & cheese.

I've heard it said there is God's sovereign will and God's intended will sort of separating the due. God's sovereign will refers more to the notion God will bring good out of the bad or more along the lines of God will work all things together for good for that that love Him. Intended will...

I am quite confident I was not disrupting the group as a whole. I am generally a quiet person. While not 100% certain this seemed to be an issue with either some or all of the pastor's family personally finding my annoying, and distancing as a result.

I've heard this term come up quite a bit in Christian circles; it is clearly utilized more by females especially; though a man can certainly have boundaries. I was angry at first, because boundaries were placed on me that I felt were not biblical (I was not allowed to bible studies because...

Why not try being friends first before the dating?

Fyi, I had previously mentioned salvation should be followed by repentance...many said it should be preceded by...I agree with it; perhaps I thought it was obvious--I would say there's the initial repentance at salvation, but a continual confession and repentance of sins. As for preferences--I...

The original Boundaries book is not about marriage...at least not directly; though he later created a series of books targeted to specific demographics, including marriage, kids, and some others. The original, however, is just for all relationships. So, my request to understand had nothing to...