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OTOH, how does one interpret without someone to help them along? I mean, when I was Catholic I looked to the Church to guide me and interpret Scripture when I couldn’t do so, myself.

Yikes!

I’ve noticed that most Scriptures that people quote were meant for those in Biblical times, yet people quote them as if they were written for us. Isn’t that taking the Scripture out of context? We view the Scriptures as if God was talking to us, when he was actually speaking to whomever is in...

I love it. We always use the kind in a container but when we go out I get the grated kind, Yummy.

Proverbs and Psalms.

I‘m LCMS and it’s unclear to me as to whether we can or can’t take The Pill. I’m 61 so it’s no longer an issue for me, anyway, but I would like a definitive answer on it. I was told by one of our seminarians that we can’t, but don’t know if he’s right or not. Plan B is an oral contraceptive to...

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The pro choice camp say that nobody can tell them what they can or can’t do with their own bodies. The disabled child in your scenario isn’t a part of her body anymore.

Fetuses feel pain at whichever time isn’t much of a reason to oppose abortion when Plan B and the Pill are considered wrong when they prevent pregnancy and terminate at conception when the embryo can’t feel.

After my booster I eventually felt like I had the flu but when the headache set in I took a couple Advil’s and felt fine about an hour or hour 1/2 later.

It hit me shortly after I posted that. It felt like I had the flu.

I’m an only child. I’m not my parents “first born”. I’m their only born.

Kids from other streets in our neighborhood plus new families that moved onto our street made for a busy night, but we didn’t participate because we didn’t think there would be that many trick or treaters. We went to our daughter and son in laws house mid afternoon to see our new grandson in his...

I like his messages, but I’d like him more if he shared (more?) of the Gospel.

When I was little I got freaked out in a visit to a nursing home when one of the residents reached out and either grabbed me or tried to.

Hmmm. I just got my Moderna booster tonight About 4 hours ago. So far, just mildly achy.

Catholic Answers Forums comes to mind. Sheesh. No wonder it closed,

For me, mostly the problem is that when I read Scripture and the Bible mentions Jesus’ brothers and sisters it brings me back to Catholicism and their teaching which is different from what I PERSONALLY have learned about the beliefs of the LCMS. Now, maybe my pastor is only speaking his opinion...

Where Biblically does it say or even suggest Mary remained a virgin all of her life?

From LCMS Frequently Asked Q and A (a section of the official website of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) QUESTION: My husband and I recently went to see the movie, “The Passion.” I was wondering who the man was with Mary and Mary Magdalene. My husband believes it was Jesus’ brother, James...