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I suspect that life was unpleasant for many people living in Germany in 1944 as the Allies bombed the Nazi regime into submission to end the terror of WW2 that Germany has started. The government of Gaza chose to start a terrible war (by attacking civilians and taking hostages and using the...

… that’s a LOT of “basics”. ;)

Do you really have such a great DESIRE to sin? Is that REALLY what would please you? I lived in great sin prior to my salvation. I felt no guilt or restraint holding me back, merely weighing the “risk vs reward” of legal/illegal and the potential consequences. I held ZERO fear of condemnation...

A closer look at the history of the Two State Solution will reveal the truth about it. Israel has accepted the terms of the Two State Solution at least THREE TIMES so far. Israel has just ONE CONDITION to the Two State Solution: Palestine (the second state) must publicly agree that Israel has...

“It is a fictional story written during the Babylonian captivity bolster a national origin mythology. There are no such thing as ‘miracles’ because there is no ‘invisible unicorn’.” - best Scientific Explanation

I suspect that ALL of the OT is a lesson. What we NEED to know is contained in the Gospel of John (at least according to John), and the Old Covenant has “passed away” and been “rendered obsolete” (at least according to Hebrews). Technically, the Law was THEIR tutor … I was never instructed...

Differentiation. The RULE was never for Gentiles, but the LESSON behind the LAW (all 613, not just the 10) is still valid for us. Pagans (the WORLD living apart from God), drank the blood of animals as part of their worship services because they wanted the “magic” and “power” contained in the...

In a sense, Jesus cared MORE about those people than we do. Jesus cared about what was NEEDED for their well being (the TRUTH) and was willing that they might be offended rather than DIE IN IGNORANCE of the very Truth that might save them. We fear offending anyone, so we are prepared to allow...

Stone the heretic. It was all this “everyone has their own truth” that led to Priestess performing ceremonies for same-sex unions and calling it a Christian Church. (Actually, I wouldn’t do anything either … Baptists have this “distinctive” called Individual Soul Liberty. I just found all the...

Genesis 1:2 (Pirate Bible) The land was a mess, nary a speck of shape, 'n all was shrouded in dark over the deep abyss. But then the spirit of ol' God sailed across the waters. Galatians 5:18-21 But if ye be led by the wind, ye ain't subject to the Code. Ayy, the scurvy deeds of the scallywag be...

Doesn’t this all overlook the 600 pound Gorilla in the room … Jesus was crucified and his body disappeared from a guarded tomb (even the Secular Historian Josephus acknowledges this as common knowledge of that time) and thousands of people saw him resurrected and many died rather than recant...

I see the two thieves as living out this teaching by Jesus: John 3:14-21 [NASB] "And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes will have eternal life in Him. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son...

[not a Catholic, but …] Yes, I think Catholics are often treated badly (online) without just cause.

Yes. [Act 13:10 NIV] 10 "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? [1Jo 3:10 NIV] 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children...

Needs a new topic, but several Baptist Distinctives deal with AUTHORITY and if you all agreed, you would be Baptists rather than part of a large Denomination.

A worthwhile topic … the Baptist/Independent (non-denominational) answer is a bit different from the Lutheran/Methodist/Anglican answer, which differs from the RCC answer which is slightly different from the EOC answer. So the general topic has some broader roots than “let’s all pile on the...

You believe we will recognize all of the OT saints, but none of our family? OK, then.

What about Bette Midler?

Did Peter recognize Moses from his statue in the Temple Courtyard? (Peter recognized someone dead that HE HAD NEVER MET … how much more will we recognize those we knew.)

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