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I’ve never been in your situation E Hess so this is very much “cluelessly looking in from the outside” but I would - pray frequently about it - research 3-4 sources around the topic of reconnecting with a child in a situation like yours. There may not be a consensus but it will help shape your...

Science vs Faith is a false dichotomy Science is the discovery of Gods created order. To the extent it pursues truth it cannot be contrary to God since God is absolute truth.

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God bless you in your search. A thought - did Jesus Christ start a Church that He intended to be a visible “city on the hill”? If you conclude He did - then pursue that Church since that would be His intent.

God created you - every part of you - and God does not create junk Brandy. I hope you can have the faith to believe that and know it for the truth it is. God is merciful and has great plans for you. I will pray for you to have peace of mind and rest in Gods love and mercy.

When you pray to God about it what is your sense on what God wants in this situation?

When you pray to God about it what is your sense on what God wants in this situation?

I’d echo Richard Ts quote of John 15. Now you have an opportunity to sincerely pray for them and let go of any malice or anger you might feel towards them. The behavior you model with them can plant seeds for the Holy Spirit.

Welcome Jake and God bless you in your walk.

The golden calf incident was the Israelites worshipping an idol. Christmas is NOT that. It is us worshipping God and celebrating His incarnation.

My research has shown me a Church that has struggled with and navigated past all sorts of heresy to preserve the truth about Jesus Christ and spread that message to all cultures of the world. Others have said it more eloquently above - we celebrate and worship the truth of Jesus Christ when we...

Do you have different names for the days of the week or do you celebrate pagan gods and the planets by referencing the Sun’s day and the Moon’s day and Mar’s day and Mercury’s day and Jupiter’s Day and Venus’ day and of course Saturn’s Day? The purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of...

Curious - what preparation did President Obama really have before HE became President? Not to be negative, but it was far less than Vice President Biden.

Those cards are a “near occasion of sin” - their existence creates an additional temptation to sin. If you throw them out you are showing a willingness to follow God and sacrifice those pleasant “memories” (potentially dubious) for the greater good of wanting to do God’s will and avoid sin...

Welcome Kerry - a believer is never alone as part of the body of Christ!

Dr Peter Kreefts book on St Thomas Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Theology-Spiritual-Direction-Aquinas/dp/1586179683 And St Augustine’s Confessions: https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/augustine/conf.pdf

The world is VASTLY healthier and better off than it was say 50, 100, or 200 years ago so I view the connection between population and the pathologies you reference as unfounded.

I’d look broader than James as we are told faith has to work in love (Gal 5:6) and that faith without love is nothing (1 Cor 13:2) and our Lord and Savior many times tells us to keep His commandments to inherit life/be saved (Jn 14:15 Mt 19:16-17 Mt 24:13). That is more than intellectual faith...

Initial justification (being made right with God) is through faith (Paul). Ongoing sanctification and salvation (James) requires us to do our part and live our faith - failure to do so has consequences - if not why would Satan tempt us to fall away. Different sides of the same coin.

Sure - there were a lot of studies referenced in the main link you provided. I didn’t read them all but followed the first one I saw that seemed to the point of your post which was #6 Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs The quote I cited is in one of the...