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Hello dc87, as a non-Christian I am not supposed to post here but despite asking for help I am not able to start a "conversation" with you. Would you start a conversation with me please as I have some information that you may be interested in. Thank you

Over the years I have heard several different explanations of what makes a Christian. Many people suggest that it happens when someone sincerely says the “sinners prayer” of repentance and commitment. Other possibilities that believers have told me include: A real Christian speaks in tongues...

Troy Rambo wrote: Your relationship with the Lord is the best part. He takes away the loneliness and insecurities and gives you purpose. Why are you having trouble with the easiest and best part? I was hoping that someone responding to this thread might tell me the answer to that question. And...

Troy Rambo wrote: How in the world would you lose your hope for the future and purpose in life by having a relationship with God. Its quite the opposite. I think you must have misunderstood. The problem was that I did not manage to have a relationship with God. It was when I realised that the...

Troy Rambo wrote: Why not just take a chance and get to know God? What do you have to lose? Take baby steps if you have to. If only … I would love to get to know God. But how? I could read the Bible and go to church regularly and talk to Christians and try to live a good life. That might...

Psalm3704 wrote this, between the quotations from the Bible: If you wanna follow this footstep, this is what I would do if I was in your shoes. Find a quiet place and say the sinner's prayer but this time cry out for Him, yell if you have to. Tell Him you want this relationship. Repent and be...

I began this thread with a specific purpose. From my own experience, and from conversations with many believers, I have some ideas about what it means to find real salvation. If I am right, it implies that many people will think they have found salvation and call themselves born again...

To Psalm3704 and oi_antz Psalm3704 wrote this: I see you've listed yourself as an agnostic … Many Christians mistaken John 14:6 as the resurrection into heaven to be with God upon death, but that's not the case. This passage is referring to a personal and intimate relationship with the Father...

Thank you to Food4thought, oi_antz and Troy Rambo, all of whom have shown their concern today for my spiritual progress in different ways. Thank you also to everyone else who has written a response to try to help my understanding, and to anyone who has read this thread and been moved to prayer...

Troy Rambo wrote: I can tell you that its hard being a believer because you are always on guard for tests. You have to be conscious about every choice that you make. But at least you have love in your heart. You love and are loved. But what is even harder about being an unbeliever is that you...

Another thought Since writing my original post about the parable of the sower, another idea has come to me. When the sower scatters the seed, the aim is for all of it to fall on good ground. Not for it to be adversely affected by a path, rocks or thorns. I am asking then, do the three...

Food4thought wrote this: As for those who once had faith and no longer practice it (perhaps you are one?), some may have fallen away permanently, some may only be backsliding and will one day return, and some may have never really been known by/known Jesus in a real way... many people have...

Food4thought and oi-antz have discussed what I think may be important aspects of my attempts to understand the parable of the sower. In particular, they have considered what it means to have soil contaminated by rock or thorns, the effect on plants trying to grow in such soil, and what might...

Paul1149 wrote this: There is no reason to "lose hope" in Jesus, because Jesus is always Faithful and True. Men are going to fail, but Jesus never fails, because His perfect love never fails. Do not give up hope. Jesus paid such a very high price to bring you back to the Father. He is not going...

Thank you to all who have responded so far to my original post. I did not post with a view to discussing the idea of once saved always saved. Instead I wanted to investigate what really has to happen for a person to be saved. What is the difference between the new believers who are rocky...

The parable of the sower describes four different ways of responding to the gospel message. I am asking about those who are rocky ground, accepting the message but unable to sustain it because they are not rooted, and those who are thorny ground, who also accept the message but lose faith when...

I have injections about every six weeks. Some people get them every three weeks; it depends on your metabolism what is best for you. For some people, having T levels going up and down does give them problems. I am OK with it. But remember, women have to cope with varying levels of sex...

When I began this thread three months ago, I was hoping that Christians would give their opinions and learning about what really is meant by a conviction of sin. I know it is something that I have not experienced, at least not to the intensity that people have described to me, and that the...

I just could not get on with the James L Morrisson book. Too many inappropriate assumptions. It means that, for me, anything built on those assumptions is worthless. Built on the sand. Well, I tried to download the kindle and get it to work. Unsuccessfully. They keep asking for...

Chapter 3 – The power of God’s word The chapter begins with this paragraph: I read this paragraph and thought of it as right over the top. Exaggeration and some very dubious claims. Or maybe I just do not understand the style of language that he uses. How can the Bible be alive? How...