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In response that your wife feels to feeling attracted to other guys, what really helped me with this dilemma was first off, understanding that just because you are married/in a relationship, you can't just turn off the biology of you body. You will be physically attracted to people outside of...

The problem with talking about works is that it easily turns into legalism and a list of “dos and don’tsâ€. I would rather define “works†as being clothed in Christ (Galations 3:27 - for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.) Being clothed in...

I would be hesistant just because if they're not worshipping God, it's idoltary, whether it's worshipping trees, kittens, or demons. It's saying nothing about the person but rather the force behind the person. If it's not God then it's evil. Plain and simple. My mother had a friend who was a...

Actually the part of the meal where the bread was broken and shared and the wine was shared is a covenant meal, which is why Jesus refers to it as such. In Israel society, when a covenant was made, bread and wine were shared between the two parties. This is what we see happening here. So in...

Free - That's some really good scripture you used to support your argument in this thread. Well played sir.

Teach - Good post. AND I saw that you have read Jack Hayford. I LOVE his teachings, he speaks pure spiritual truths.

Equal with different roles. When we thing of the word "submit" in our society, it has a lot of negative connotation, but when used in the NT, it actually is the same word to describe the position of soldiers in formation. For example, the soldier who was pulling up the rear would thus be...

Wait, so now Jesus is supposed to be the Holy Spirit?

Oh crap! We've been worshipping a title all this time?!?! God the Father is a person.

Actually it was the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:11) who rose Jesus from the dead, not God the Father.

I understand what you're saying, but how you're saying it makes it seem like if someone gives 10% of their income to the Church (the traditional tithe amount), they are somehow breaking NT scripture. I don't think there is anything wrong with a person sticking a percentage on it and honoring...

And exactly how effectively would a church run with no capital?

I think if someone is tithing their 10%, it's no right of ours to judge what they use the rest of their money for.

Off topic a bit, but did the Iraq War not also defend the defenseless? How many mass graves were found full of political opponents of Saddam? Would you be against sending troops into Sudan to stop the greatest humanitarian crises of our time occuring there by the government's Janjaweed? Would...

James, It’s been interesting to read your posts. I just thought I’d jump in on this point and add to it more fully. I’ve been reading a book about the Blood Covenant and one portion in specific deals with the Covenant Meal. The author talks about how in Western culture when we see...

I think it was the Holy Spirit that actually raised Jesus from the dead. I draw that conclusion according to this verse: Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through...

Well what do you mean by "support"? Do you mean specifically "supporting" the right to marriage? In that instance, I definitely agree with the Bible that the marrriage covenant is sacred and a representation of the relationship between Christ and his church, and cannot be marred by redefining...

The way that's been most successful for me to actually "live out" the Christian life is by knowing my role within the Covenant relationship. For me that essentially means stop "trying to be good" and let the Holy Spirit work in me, because that's why God seals it within us. The Holy Spirit is...

Oh absolutely, I read up on Andrew Wright and realized that’s who you were pulling your logic from. His argument about justification has also been taken to task by many other Biblical scholars, with an entire book written in response refuting his claims. I highly doubt his assertion, that for...

Yet I ask you again. If God does not need blood, why did he send his Son to die on the cross, and spill his blood on our behalf? Matthew 26:28 ...this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged...