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If you are really just wanting to know if it's ok to have a second wife, just say so!:wave:praying

What if we are created to function a certain way? If marriage (between a man and woman) is the expression of people functioning as their design the result should be positive. The result is the human race continues. If marriage(between a man and woman) is not an expression of people functioning...

Re: Chick-fil-A: True Censorship At least you admit you are making bold assumptions.

Interesting conversation. Marriage pre-dating the bible is not a problem. It is analogous to Mat 5, the sermon on the mount. That scripture is descriptive not prescriptive. This is what the kingdom of God is like, and Jesus lays it out. The account of Adam and Eve is descriptive, not...

Thoughtful response. I too am sorry for your loss. God loves you. He isn't killing your boyfriends to punish you or to have you suffer. Fight against those thoughts that paint God as mean and hateful. Life, this side of the fall, is filled with pain and suffering. God wants to be your comforter...

Very cool

I feel for your situation. This is quite a difficult situation. There are multiple challenges here. Please forgive this digression for a moment, I think it is important. I teach music so my analogy may seem far afield. Often students who are struggling with a passage in a piece will...

Re: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also... How easily forgotten. I know my own struggle with remembering this is when I am thinking I am doing well. When I slow myself down and quiet myself before the Lord I can see how much more I could be living this truth. Sometimes...

I am not Lutheran or Catholic, however the interpretation of scripture by an established and recognized leadership of the Church has many strong merits. I think the same of the Protestant Reformation and every man mining scripture for themselves. One of the criticisms of Protestants is the...

Reba, I grew up in Citrus Heights. The area has really been built up.

Very nice guitar work. I would enjoy hearing you play. Yes, the Church is responsible for the beauty, structure, and development of Western music. As I become more familiar with the forum I'll try to post about some of this richness. Sorry for the tangent....

Great scripture to quote. I really like your name choice, Jethro Bodine. I trained as a classical guitarist as a young man. I had a full scholarship to study at a university when I was a freshman in high school. I since have branched out but still thoroughly enjoy some good country and...

That is pretty funny and true. Sharing the truth so it can be received takes a lot of practice and consideration especially when we know it cuts across a persons' values. Sometimes I have a 'bad' day and can be a bit short, a 'jerk' in my own special broken way. Some people come across pretty...

Yes.. It is our faith that then provides the impetuous for the doing. It is a shame to see people grind under and chafe against the things that they should be doing. That is a sign of lack of conversion. They haven't converted to - not being God. This isn't to say that some things aren't more...

Thank you for a thoughtful post.

Hello, I am new to this forum and look forward to getting to know some of you. I am a husband and father. I grew up in a non-Christian home and came to know the Lord after finishing college. I grew up in California and went to school at UCDavis. My first pursuit after college was to a...