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Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes (2)

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Should Christians Support Guns?

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Letters to My Kids: Be Who You Are- Ascension Day

Posted by Phil James on May 10, 2013 at 7:32am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Does Paul's Christ Require a Historical Adam

Posted by Scott on May 10, 2013 at 6:30am 26 Comments 0 Likes

Blessed Ascension Day!

Posted by Phil James on May 9, 2013 at 10:22am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes (1)

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Posted by Jesse Watson on May 7, 2013 at 10:46pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Spiritual Maturity

Posted by Mervyn S on May 7, 2013 at 10:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Desire Runs Deep

Posted by Scott on May 7, 2013 at 5:31am 0 Comments 0 Likes

PROVING JESUS DIVINITY WITHOUT TRINITY

Posted by John Vesly on May 6, 2013 at 3:30am 14 Comments 0 Likes

Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes - Preview

Posted by Scott on May 5, 2013 at 7:58am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Interpretation, Shmerpretation

Posted by Scott on May 1, 2013 at 8:00am 2 Comments 0 Likes

Accomplishments In Life

Posted by Mervyn S on April 30, 2013 at 11:11am 0 Comments 1 Like

Letters to My Kids: Same Sex Marriage VIII- Why I'm Not Heterosexual and I Hope You Aren't Either.

Posted by Phil James on April 17, 2013 at 3:00pm 9 Comments 1 Like

What Christians Should Know (And Do) About the Gosnell Case

Posted by Rey Reynoso on April 15, 2013 at 10:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes

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David Oldham replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Phil, Which is more arrogant, to say there is nothing that I need to change about myself or cry out to God and ask to be changed from the wretched soul that I am? What part of surrendering is all about us? Recognizing that we are nothing and…"

49 minutes ago

JRKH replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"George, I appreciate what you say below....but if suffering and death remain a curse, then how could Paul, at the prompting of the Holy Spirit "rejoice" at his sufferings (Col 1:24) Would it be proper for a minister of God...An…"

1 hour ago

George Harris replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

""And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the…"

2 hours ago

JRKH replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Ann, In John 11:25-26 Jesus says to Martha - and indeed asks all of us.... "

2 hours ago

George Harris replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Now we have moved on to "the faithful".. The faithful have hope in life eternal...but that does not make suffering and death a blessing...it remains a curse. it simply gives hope to the faithful that death is not the end. If Christ is not…"

2 hours ago

JRKH replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"The Wages of sin IS death, but corporeal death and spiritual death are different things. Jesus tells us that the Father is the God of the living, not of the dead. He tells us that he who believes - even if he dies, yet shall he…"

2 hours ago

George Harris replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"If you understand The wage of sin is death why is it you say "...But yet the suffering remains unexplained"? Are you saying the death process should be without suffering? Also, would you explain what you mean by "a child with an…"

2 hours ago

Peter John Ellway replied to Peter John Ellway's discussion William Lane Craig

"that is kind of a Zen or Pythonesque response (and I suspect that was the intention)! Like answering the question of whether evolution or special creation explains how we got here with a "no". Maybe I could draw you out more by asking…"

5 hours ago

Ann Sam replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"I understand - The wage of sin is death, but then lets take the example of death of a child with an innocent faith..surely they are not undeserving.. I think its better to think that God is able to restore life to the child. It will be better to…"

7 hours ago

David Oldham replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Phil, Everything God created was indeed perfect, however, only because of Adam's sin has creation become less than perfect. Creation groans under the weight of that penalty of sin. David"

9 hours ago

George Harris replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Why try to comfort those "in the clutches of deadly diseases" by saying it's a "blessing in disguise"? Death is not a blessing but a curse. It is the wages of transgression."

10 hours ago

George Harris replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

""Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?""

12 hours ago

Robert Atwood replied to Addai's discussion Deconstructing Theodicy article

"Indeed, Ripley seems to be a monster. On the other hand, clearly there are a number of sociopaths walking around who seem to be very Ripley-esque. It is also clear that these folk hold something of an advantage in certain situations.…"

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Bernie W. replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Again, lots of truth in this. I don't see recognition of our fallenness as a bad thing, though. It reminds us to run the race, as Paul put it. It's not wrong or bad to realize there's a destruction for willing sin…"

13 hours ago

Foo Foo Cuddlypoops replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"You know, as I wrote it I was worried that it would be understood that I was saying Chris Hitchen's lived in immorality and lust. It wasn't - exactly - the intent. My guess was that the comparison being made in the OP was less…"

14 hours ago

David Oldham replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"To Bernie's point. We don't realize how dirty we are until we are shown. We can either accept dirty as normal and say there's no reason to change, or we can accept dirty as something we don't have to remain. There is dirt on us.…"

14 hours ago

Addai replied to Addai's discussion Deconstructing Theodicy article

"I've heard some of the Ripley arguments before, but may disagree on human nature. Ideas like the meme. Certain notions are really hard to get away with, and can also be very contagious. Even Dawkins nods to the…"

14 hours ago

David Oldham replied to Maurice Edwards's discussion "Why Do We Argue With People About Things We Can Only Believe?"

"I won this before I even posted, you know that very well! but thanks for the encouragement, non-the-less. "

14 hours ago

Bernie W. replied to Ann Sam's discussion Why does bad things happen to good people

"Hi Phil Tanny, The "appeal" such as it is, is a recognition on some level of God's purity and goodness in relation to our own badness. The closer one draws to God, the more pronounced becomes the difference between the…"

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Why does bad things happen to good people

Started by Ann Sam in Misc. Last reply by Phil Tanny 20 minutes ago. 34 Replies 0 Likes

We see scores of people living their life out there in immorality and lust, yet they do not seem to be suffering.However people who stick on to God, people who are helpless and needy are seen to be…Continue

Tags: good, people, to, happen, things

William Lane Craig

Started by Peter John Ellway in Theology (General). Last reply by Peter John Ellway 5 hours ago. 186 Replies 0 Likes

Is anyone else interested in Craig, the Xian philosopher whom Richard Dawkins seems to avoid? Craig's Divine Command Theory leads him to justify the slaughter of the Canaanites by the Israelites, and…Continue

Deconstructing Theodicy article

Started by Addai in Theology (General). Last reply by Robert Atwood 13 hours ago. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Due to my own personal issues the last 20+ years, I've done a lot of reading on the topic and I'm really excited what I've read so far by this author. I got his book on my amazon wish list. So…Continue

"Why Do We Argue With People About Things We Can Only Believe?"

Started by Maurice Edwards in Theology (General). Last reply by David Oldham 14 hours ago. 7 Replies 0 Likes

I've had the pleasure of participating in many discussions, debates, and down right arguments over things I or anyone else could "prove". History, religion, theology... etc. Many of the things we…Continue

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Started by David Oldham in Church History. Last reply by Robert Atwood yesterday. 61 Replies 0 Likes

How many have read even the small edition of John Foxe's Acts and Monuments or more commonly known as the Book of Martyrs? I have only read a few selections of the small edition. I have heard…Continue

Tags: faith, persecution, church, early, martyrs

"The Evidence"

Started by Maurice Edwards in Theology (General). Last reply by Maurice Edwards on Friday. 22 Replies 0 Likes

Pentecostals and others claim they've been filled with the Holy Ghost with the "evidence" of speaking in tongues. Many would agree that the first people who spoke in other tongues were the people of…Continue

Walking The Walk: A Project

Started by Phil Tanny in Theology (General). Last reply by Phil Tanny on Friday. 13 Replies 0 Likes

In other threads I've been talking rather a lot of talk about walking the Christian walk. I'm starting to bore even myself, so we might shift some focus from theory to action.If it interests you,…Continue

Fixing the Megachurch Problem

Started by Dave Z in Evangelical Issues. Last reply by Phil Tanny on Friday. 65 Replies 0 Likes

Here (from another thread) is one of the more common complaints about American Churchianity:To me, the most public example of Christian materialism are the fancy multi-million dollar Christian church…Continue

Tags: Megachurch

Xianity?

Started by Phil Tanny in Theology (General). Last reply by Phil Tanny on Thursday. 60 Replies 0 Likes

It seems I've been seeing Christianity spelled Xianity, and Christians spelled Xians around the net. At first I thought it was yet another way atheist jihadists had come up with to insult…Continue