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- Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:27 am
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Contentment
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10999
Homer- i dont disagree with a thing you said; if it appears that I was suggesting otherwise then I am an exceedingly poor communicator. i was trying to make the point that God DOES NOT micromanage our lives. That is why I emphasised the portion of the Chambers quote talking about US being God's will...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Contentment
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10999
Just because someone hasnt fully matured in the Lord doesnt mean their motives are wrong. it was not my intention to suggest that. My intent was to suggest that many people do, in fact, often do religious activities for the wrong reasons. i am certainly guilty of this. for example- am i reading my B...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Contentment
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10999
rvornberg wrote: Oh... one other thing? TK, are you at the place Oswald Chambers is talking about? Heavens no- not quite there yet, because I still sometimes wonder what God's will is. in fact, i do so quite frequently. i think oswald's point is that as our friendship with God (or intimacy, or whate...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:13 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Contentment
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10999
From Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest", March 20 reading: The Delights of His Friendship . Genesis 18 brings out the delight of true friendship with God, as compared with simply feeling His presence occasionally in prayer. This friendship means being so intimately in touch with God that y...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:33 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Is it rational to believe in IC?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4511
Paidion- i know you are not asking this, but do we know that number 1 is true? How can we know? Is this just an assumption? I dont think the Bible as we have it can claim it because the books are all independent of each other. i always wondered what would happen if they found a missing letter of Pau...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:30 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: The Narrow Path in Las Vegas?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4728
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: Calvinism, Arminianism & Open Theism
- Topic: Dead again?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2973
i chose "spiritual" but i dont think too hard about it. my understanding is that when adam sinned, his spirit died. we, as fellow sinners, have dead spirits that must be regenerated. however, I do not conclude that our dead spiritual condition makes us unable to respond to God's calling; i.e. i dont...
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:37 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Outrage @ Outrage
- Replies: 79
- Views: 29803
matt wrote: My post was really about why the society isn't listening to our thoughts on the matter. i dont think it has much to do with society thinking that we(christians) are hypocrites. rather, i think that the proliferation of political correctness over the last 20 years or so has essentially nu...
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:26 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Enduring trials - Pray for my family
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3955
- Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Ethics
- Topic: Outrage @ Outrage
- Replies: 79
- Views: 29803
brody wrote: How would you feel if the government legalized pedophilia? it pains me to even think it, but i do not see this as an impossibility. just as the homosexual lobbyists have insisted and brainwashed the public with the idea that it is a normal variant, I can very easily see this happening i...