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I wonder if the USA is in for a rollercoaster ride politically speaking.

USA politics looks very divisive and tribal from Australia but maybe it looks peaceful and coherent or something else from within the USA, as for voting for Kamala, it seemed like it might be the lesser of the evils available if you want to vote, not voting is also an option.

I like the appreciation of the complex interplay between moral issues that your post presents.

A vote for a role that directly controls abortions will elevate the significance of abortion for that vote. A vote for a role that does not control abortions will lower the significance of abortion for that vote. For example, voting for a president of the USA has no direct control over abortion...

What I am most concerned about is the extent to which Christians have confused Politics with Church. The extent to which some believe that one cannot be a Christian unless one agrees to voting for (or against) a specified party.

One is used to religion speaking about some matters in politics, but have you all had enough of politics intruding into religion?

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If the benefits of salvation hinge on the practice of fidelity - which entails a faith that endures and actively contributes to the betterment of others within the body of Christ, as well as those being drawn into it - then it is undeniable that without faith, it is impossible to please God...

If it depends on the exercise of fidelity - meaning faith that not only persists but also works for the betterment of others in the body of Christ and those who are being called into the body of Christ - then it is no denial to say that without faith it is impossible to please God.

It could be, I do not know.

Not so, it's just history. Just the facts of the years in the 1530s. It's what you'll find in history books. Henry VIII made all the bishops sign the oaths making him head of the Church in England, beheaded those who refused, and divorced his wife. The formation of the Church of England was a...

Henry VIII's quest to divorce Catherine of Aragon led to a schism with the Pope in Rome, resulting in the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church. This move saw the execution of several bishops and other notable figures who opposed the King's orders. Over time, tens of...

Brethren, tell me if this is true - if a thread asserting that Calvinism is wrong, or that Lutheranism is right only when viewed through a Catholic filter to interpret the key ideas of Lutheranism, or perhaps a thread to say that Anglicanism is built on the wish of an English King to have a...

The concept of omnipresence in creation may not fully capture the essence of where God is. I believe that God is not confined within creation, thus He could be omnipresent within it and yet exist beyond. Therefore, 'omni' in omnipresence should be understood as an infinite presence, indicating...

One chap, in another discussion forum, has suggested that the Lord's prayer implies that God is contained in heaven, I presume that he doesn't mean that God isn't omnipresent, but he appears to mean that God is "in heaven" meaning contained within heaven (whatever heaven may mean). What's your...

I'm sure I quoted many verses in a single passage.

What objectives do you pursue to achieve the unity among Jesus' followers as he prayed for? John 17:9-19 RSV-CE I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; (10) all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in...

@brightfame52, you've been faithfully posting about faith for a long time now. It's interesting how "faith" and faithful, can have such wide meanings, isn't it?

Most are Baptists and Baptists have a pastor, maybe some deacons, and rarely some elder(s) which are of the same rank as the pastor but under his authority.

I mentioned bishops because the KJV has three offices in its ecclesiology bishop elder (priest) deacon