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10-25-2006, 06:47 PM
Thread: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
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Re: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
The 'meaning' may have changed but the origin remains the same. What it 'means' to us may be quite different from what it 'means' to God. The Apostle Paul warned of a future time at 2 Timothy...
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10-20-2006, 06:41 PM
Thread: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
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Re: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
[QUOTE=DrGrin]Scripture is being taken out of context. If you read the entire chapter from which you pulled those verses, you can see that those scriptures have nothing to do with what you are trying...
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10-20-2006, 04:39 AM
Thread: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
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Re: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas????
Dear Unicornmom77:
Until not long ago, my husband and I celebrated Xmas. We eagerly looked forward to the season and prepared for it months in advance. That all changed when we learned of the... -
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They owe me $15 and refuse to reply to any of my emails. This is upsetting but I have learned a lesson from it all ... always research a ptr before joining.
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04-11-2005, 10:31 AM
Thread: Wow, What A Wakeup
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Re: Wow, What A Wakeup
How very very true!
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04-08-2005, 10:53 PM
Thread: I don't get it....
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Re: I don't get it....
You don't sound babish at all. Fortunately, injustice will not go on forever. Keeping that in mind can help you to cope. Consider the experience of a man named Asaph, who lived in Bible times....
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04-08-2005, 02:16 AM
Thread: I don't get it....
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Re: I don't get it....
I can certainly understand your anger, grief, and frustration. I have lost many loved ones to death. I would like to share with you some scriptures that may help.
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01-16-2005, 08:42 PM
Thread: Bible Believer's Helpful Little Handbook
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Please straighten us out on these statements
I have heard these things before as well. I was told that Catholics believe that when they partake of the wine and bread, that it changes to the blood and flesh of Christ.
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12-27-2004, 09:09 PM
Thread: Putting Herod back into Christmas
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Was Mary always a virgin?
Matt. 13:53-56, “When Jesus had finished these parables he left the district; and, coming to his home town, he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished and said,...
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12-27-2004, 08:59 PM
Thread: Putting Herod back into Christmas
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Re: Putting Herod back into Christmas
Matthew 1:22-25 “Now all this took place to fulfill the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel, a name which...
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12-27-2004, 08:57 PM
Thread: Putting Herod back into Christmas
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Re: Putting Herod back into Christmas
Luke 1:26-31 reports that it was to “a virgin” whose name was Mary that the angel Gabriel carried the news: “You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.” At this, verse 34...
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12-27-2004, 08:37 PM
Thread: Beautiful Illustration - The Treasure
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Beautiful Illustration - The Treasure
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.
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12-24-2004, 08:57 PM
Thread: How to read the complete Bible in one year!
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Re: The APOCRYPHA - Part 2
We all have beliefs and we should all be mature enough to discuss those beliefs in an amicable manner. We can all provide explanations for what we believe as long as we don't call each other names...
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12-24-2004, 08:10 PM
Thread: How to read the complete Bible in one year!
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Re: The APOCRYPHA - Part 2
I am sure that you realize that amongst the various churches, not all teach exactly the same thing, even within a given religion. My neighbour (the devout Catholic) says that they are not taught to...
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12-24-2004, 04:02 AM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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The Christian religion must be founded on truth, not on traditions and practices borrowed from paganism. We know how God feels when people attempt to worship him in the wrong way.
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12-22-2004, 10:54 PM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
But the Bible does tell us when he died and how old he was when he died.
The death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish... -
12-17-2004, 03:02 AM
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Something to think about - From New York Times
"Dark days of religion"
More and more, faith seems part of the problem, not solution
REUTERS
Israeli soldier peers around wall during the siege of Church of Nativity.
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12-15-2004, 04:11 PM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
We can be sure that it was NOT God's will for Adam and Eve to sin. If I were to do something that you wanted me to do, would you condemn me for it? If Adam’s sin was God’s will, why was Adam...
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12-12-2004, 04:31 AM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
Adam had a relationship with God for quite some time. Can you imagine being able to hear God's voice, to carry on a conversation with Him? Adam was aware that God was who created him and everything...
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12-12-2004, 03:49 AM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
Adam and Eve had just sinned. They had disobeyed the one command given to them. Their covering portions of their divinely made bodies and later their attempting to hide themselves from God were...
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12-12-2004, 03:30 AM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
I agree completely. We must obey the whole Bible, not just the parts that suit us.
Adam’s home Eden was a very special paradise, providing him with all the necessary physical things of life, for... -
12-12-2004, 02:35 AM
Thread: Adam & Eve Question
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Re: Adam & Eve Question
All of those who claim to be Christian, should be endevouring to live their lives as Christ did. We should also be believing as Christ did IF we are truly Christian.
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11-27-2004, 01:42 AM
Thread: How to read the complete Bible in one year!
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Re: The APOCRYPHA - Part 2
Dear Flute,
It is not my intention to leave anyone with the feeling of being persecuted, but to educate. People who know me well say that that there isn't a mean bone in my body. If I ever hurt... -
11-25-2004, 03:37 PM
Thread: How to read the complete Bible in one year!
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Re: The APOCRYPHA - Part 2
As I said, I am sorry if I offended anyone. But the purpose of my post was to show that the Bible is complete without the Apocrypha books.
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11-25-2004, 04:06 AM
Thread: How to read the complete Bible in one year!
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The APOCRYPHA - Part 2
Tobit
The account of a pious Jew of the tribe of Naphtali who is deported to Nineveh and who becomes blinded by having bird’s dung fall in both of his eyes. He sends his son, Tobias, to Media to...
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