• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

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Spiritual growth is a good thing. But it requires change in us. Not only change in behavior but also attitudes and often beliefs. Sincere Christians see both. We want to remain firm in the faith yet grow, be transformed, sanctified. But what about when our beliefs hold us back?

One painful example in our history was church sanctioned slavery. Beliefs had to change. Or should I say interpretations and applications of beliefs.

We all must cope with life and we use our faith to help us. But have you ever had the experience of your faith not helping? As if reality does not fit with beliefs? Or beliefs clash with reality?