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It's never easy, but we can if we take God's viewpoint that they are God's creations and therefore worthy of our respect as fellow creatures.

Sin is self-centeredness. Therefore, when we oppose some action or idea 100% to honor God with no selfish motives at all, that's when Paul's description is fulfilled. But it requires the command because we are seldom righteously angry.

God doesn't talk to me directly with audible words. Sometimes, my thoughts are only mine, but many times God does pop ideas in agreement with his Word into my creative consciousness as his creative author.

Neither, I'm a man! :D

Of course, they are. God is their Creator and Judge, as he is with all humans. They are responsible for turning away from their Creator to trust in his creation instead of him (Romans 1:18 and following).

We'll see, but Trump did initiate the Abraham Accords to bring about peace.

That's true, but Paul also allowed for differences on more peripheral, disputable matters of practice, as in Romans 14. On the central, essential beliefs we must be unified: the Trinity, Jesus' divine and human natures, his death and resurrection as the only way to the Father's acceptance, and...

Yes, babies are born self-centered, which is my definition of sin. They demand that their needs be met. One example is when one of our children was a baby, he would cry when he was put to bed, even though his needs were all met. He would quiet down and then cry again to see if we would come and...

In my basement man cave, which has my desktop computer and large monitor.

I am always reading the whole Bible all the way through or the whole New Testament. God uses such an approach gives me the understanding of the wholeness of God's Word.

The letters by Paul and Peter are to the churches. Thus, one would expect encouragement and instruction in the Christian faith, especially since those churches had only the Old Testament, not the New Testament.

Where in the Bible are we taught to pray to Mary or the saints? Nowhere. To whom did Jesus teach us to pray? "Our Father...."

However, sometimes churches split over basic biblical truths that one faction doesn't want to accept cand the other one does. But many times it's due to politics and personalities.

You have an interesting summary. It is my opinion that the Catholic Church's approach went wrong when they established a separate tradition apart from the limits of the Bible's teachings and history and that much of this summary admits to that fact. They would do much better to stick within the...

According to Ephesians 4, we must speak the truth in love. That means we should compliment them when they do well and humbly share our concerns when they fall short.

I started bowing before the idol of sports and TV at the age of nine when we got our first TV, because of the boredom of the farm. I became a Christian at the age of 16 but kept that idolatry as a rival to God until my first church where I was a pastor, when God convicted me of my idolatry when...

Biblically, we praise the Lord for his many majestic qualities and his actions for his people; and we thank him for his many gifts of grace.

Humans are often trying to claim credit for their faith or works to rescue them for heaven instead of relying 100% on Jesus' death and resurrection to get them there.

Yes, hate damages us; it is an infection that can result in death of our souls if it isn't rescued by Jesus. It seems to me that people who spread negative gossip about others have an insecurity that has to try to make them feel better about themselves. They need Jesus' rescue to realize that...