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    Becket

    I watched Becket a 1960s film about Thomas Becket who died a martyr and was proclaimed a saint within a year or two of his martyrdom in 1170 AD in England. Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 December, 1118 (?); died at Canterbury, 29 December, 1170. St. Thomas was born of...
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    How do you reconcile these two verses?

    How do you reconcile these two verses? Genesis 28:12-13 [12] He had a dream: there was a ladder, planted on the ground with its top reaching to heaven; and God's angels were going up and down on it. [13] And there was Yahweh, standing beside him and saying, 'I, Yahweh, am the God of Abraham...
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    The woman at the well

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    Ananias & Sapphira

    Church discipline does not usually follow the example from Acts 5 but what is the lesson you take from the story given in the chapter? Acts 5:1-11 [1] But a certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a field, [2] and he was deceitful about the price of the field, with his wife"s...
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    A Man for All Seasons

    I've just finished watching a film from the 1960s called A Man for All Seasons about the martyrdom of saint Thomas More. In 1520, reformer Martin Luther published three works setting out his doctrine of salvation, which, according to Luther, could be attained through grace alone; the series...
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    I was wondering ...

    In tonight's mass (Sunday evening mass) one of our readings went something like this: How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me...
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    Weird words

    Consider these two definitions of the word sanction noun 1. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule. "a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse" 2. official permission or approval for an action. "he appealed to the bishop for his sanction" verb 1. give official permission...
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    When shall these things be?

    And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came and asked him when they were by themselves, 'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be of your coming and of the end of the world?' [Matthew 24:3] What signs are we to expect as heralds of the coming of...
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    Leaders and servants

    The Lord Jesus Christ spoke of leadership in the church in this way "They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the road?' They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down...
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    Interesting history of Adventist groups since William Miller's times.

    This is a video outlining the various religious groups that derived from William Miller's Adventism in the 1830s onward. The main branches are Sunday observing Adventists (this branch includes Jehovah's witnesses) and Sabbath (Saturday) observing groups (this branch includes Seventh Day...
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    A book cover that made me laugh

    Here it is
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    Is anybody always right?

    Some people say that nobody is always right - Christ excepted of course - so individuals ought to make up their own minds about what the holy scriptures really teach. But if nobody is always right why would self-reliance work? And if one relies on the Holy Spirit to guide one into all truth then...
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    Summary of the teachings of Jehovah's witnesses

    This post is not intended to promote the teachings described. It is intended to give a summarised statement of some of the major beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses with a view to analysing them and offering comment on one or all of them with support from the holy scriptures and commentary on how...
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    Freedom

    Christ set us free, so that we should remain free. ... what matters then is faith working through love. You began your race well; who came to obstruct you and stop you obeying the truth? [Galatians 5:1-7] Freedom, like faith, love, and truth, is an essential part of true Christianity. Where...
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    Voting Libertarian?

    Have a look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMR2B5GsaNY
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    Shunning

    Some Christian groups practise various forms of shunning for former members. Some people who are members of Christian groups will shun even if their group does not explicitly teach it. I've seen books and handbooks that mention this passage as the reason for shunning: As I have written to you in...
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    Predestination, fate, freedom?

    Which is it? Is the world running on predestination? Is the world running on fate? Is the world running on freedom? If you have a preferred answer and some theology behind it then please answer and explain, passages from holy scripture will be deeply appreciated.
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    Age of legal maturity.

    In English speaking lands it's been traditional that at 21 years of age men and women are fully responsible citizens. In the later half of last century many lands choose 18 years of age for that. Is there a biblical basis for an age at which one is a fully adult member of the community?
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    Lost love.

    Is there ever a time when love ends or ought to end? What about God's love for the lost - does it end at the last judgement when they are condemned?
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    Books and myths.

    Have any of you read a book or seen a film that made a deep impression ... a film or book about a mythic world and mythic events?
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