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All of that is wonderful but in real life Christians still sin every day. You do, I do, we all do. so everything hinges on what it means to “walk in” sin. We identify with Christ through his blood so the sins we do commit are attoned for and not our master. Though we still sin because of our...

The purpose of public forums is to give and receive feedback, so it might be helpful for you to remind yourself that when you have anxiety about posting :)

God made humans with the ability to sin, intentionally. He is 100% responsible for creating human beings with the ability to sin. That’s not even in contention. humans didn’t decide they would have the ability to sin, the potentiality for sin existed because God placed the tree of the knowledge...

Ok so God sometimes works indirectly and prefers some things over others but allows the will of created beings to operate which results in things he isn’t in direct control of but permits? If people make >choices< With their will, where do those choices come from? When we do things, we don’t...

We are only called to share the gospel, not convince, persuade or engage people into believing it. It’s a huge relief when you can focus on the fact that neither you or Billy Graham has the power to convince a single heart to turn to Christ. It’s a function of the Holy Spirit and you aren’t...

Unfortunately being a republican or conservative has become equally important in the minds of many evangelical church leaders. Instead of following the law, they can be chomping at the bit to fight the “liberals.” And this can destroy the testimony of Christ and set a terrible example for the...

A loosely organized group of people with diverse thoughts about race relations in America who generally agree that its important to highlight the fact that black lives matter and police brutality/killings of people of color are a major problem in this country. People who riot and do crazy...

It depends...do you want to be like David, or do you want to be like Jesus?

I agree with your conclusion. We should not vilify mental illness we need to respond with love, and compulsive eating is an illness.

Yeah and christian culture establishes a ludicrous sexist "handoff" of the daughter from the father to the husband, where women don't develop ambition, a career, a work ethic, an understanding of money, or independence. Then surprise, when she is unhappy and unfulfilled with a codependent life...

And black men make up 40% of the prison population even though they represent 6% of the national population. There is obviously a problem with the criminal justice system

So your position is apparently anti-protest. This is America, it’s sort of important here.

I’m so sorry for all of this pain and horrible things you have experienced. I can only share this verse that comforts me during very hard times: John 16:22 New International Version (NIV) 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will...

The modeling industry, like film and acting, is a horrifying place to work where you will face a barrage of attacks on your morality and faith on a daily basis. It’s nearly impossible to work in those industries and maintain a strong walk with God. My Christian wife had the same perspective as...

No such sin.

IMO Church discipline is a biblical principle with a structure clearly laid out in the New Testament. However it’s fine if you don’t view the scripture as your ultimate authority. Christians have a wide variety of opinions on this issue. Also it’s important to recognize that this thread does not...

I agree, we shouldn’t judge. It’s equally harmful to our brothers or sisters in Christ who are shortening their life and ruining their quality of life through food addiction for us as a Christian community to make excuses for their sin. Because harming your body and shortening your life and...

I tend to agree and learned a lot from this thread

Yea excusing sin is never the way, but we should never identify with sin or sinful desires. That’s identifying with the flesh, when Christ crucified the flesh on the cross, so that our identity will always be in him. you don’t go on doing the same sin willingly, but the vibe I got from your post...

Morbidly obese is different than obese. I think it’s logical to conclude that morbidly obese people are in their condition due to over eating. However we shouldn’t judge anyone and I wasn’t suggesting church discipline for people on sight based on being overweight. The OP is about compulsive...