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I think you are both right. Too many parents use the "If you don't stop xyz, you are going to go to hell!" statements far to frequently and far too flippantly. The statement should never be made in anger or as a punishment. Kids, youth, children, need to be told the truth about what a life of...

We don't really do any advertising. Most of the people that start coming are referrals from current members. The church has a large home/premise school program that draws in a lot of people and that spills over to the church side. Also, we have a dedicated youth minister that actually tries to...

Nope, you are not mistaken, that is correct :)

We take them off at the door. I generally wear slippers around the house, but barefoot in bed.

Its a bronze prutah, sometimes you see them advertised as the "widow's mite" coin.

I did it last year, it was really fun. Although, my friend did cut his finger pretty badly, but that was because he dropped the axe...it was avoidable. I definitely would like to do it again, but the place here is only open on weekends, and those for me are usually family days/nights.

Psalms and Proverbs are great to add to daily readings. Personally I don't read the books through in a couple hour sitting, I think it is best served in daily chapters. Meditate on the words and what God was saying. In particular, Meditate on the Psalms and their relationship to Christ and the...

I enjoy the historical books a lot, so it is one that I read around Hanukkah annually. That said, I think that some people take parts of it out of context to justify certain things (like prayers to the dead) that it was not meant to do.

I think my personally most prized item is a coin minted in Judea during the Maccabee period. It is not particularly rare or expensive, but it means a lot to me.

Nice! my most prized firearm is a J.C Higgins 16 gauge bolt action that was my uncle's (not the recall one).

I have read the entire Bible a few times, not cover to cover, however. I actually really enjoy the detailed historical parts about the Temple and Temple rituals. Understanding those things helps understand the culture of the Hebrews/Jews and where Jesus came into as a human. Judges, Kings, and...

I lived in four homes while I "grew up". Ages when in each: Home 1: 1-5 Home 2: 5-8 Home 3: 8-17 Home 4: 17-21 But all of those home are within 3 miles of where I currently live. I moved about 30 miles away for 10 years, but moved back 6 years ago. I also lived out of state for 6 months, but...

Yes, but they need to be read in light of the rest of the Gospel. That said, in their proper context, the Psalms contain the entirety of the Gospel. I think Martin Luther said it best: “The Psalter should be precious to us if only because it most clearly promises the death and resurrection of...

I think this is the most pragmatic approach to the subject. Scripture does NOT state that Mary remained a virgin or not. It just doesn't say that either way. There are ways to read it that can support that she did not, and ways to read it to support that she may have. There is a very old...

Just because she was a virgin does not mean she remained so perpetually. My wife was a virgin, but she is not now. That verse is not relevant to the conversation

As a Jewish person who is also Christian, I see no reason to not celebrating a holiday that Jesus also celebrated and is not technically a religious holiday. I "celebrate" it in as much as we light the candles and say the prayers below. I don't think that anyone can really take issue with the...

Yeah, I have stopped sometimes, but then I feel compelled to again. Probably not worth my (our) time. He is as set in his beliefs as we are ours, which is something to be admired to a point. Especially Protestants like several here, including both of us I believe, that were active Catholics but...

That does not prove she was ever virgin, it simply proves that she was a virgin when Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and when she was espoused to Joseph. The scripture quoted in no way is saying that "she always remained a virgin". None of us are debating that she was a virgin at the...

It certainly is confused. Most sedevacantists will not claim to be part of another denomination or church, if they even admit to being sedevacantist (usually sticking to "maybe" statements) they claim the "modernist heresy" is the one that left the True Church, generally since VII or VI. Never...

He is not in communion with the church, as a sedevacantist he has chosen a path that willingly has taken him into schism, ironically.