• Welcome to Christianity Haven, thank you for visiting! If you have not already, we invite you to create an account and join in on the many discussions we have! 

    • Please be aware that when registering you must not register while using a VPN. Any registrations made using a VPN will be rejected.
    • Additionally, registration emails are not being sent out which is an issue that is being worked on. Your registration may go into an approval queue for admin approval. We work to send manual emails to the email on file, so please ensure the email you use is one you can readily access! 

Search results

  1. MoreCoffee

    What message do you take away from Job?

    Paul could not remember who he baptised after he thanked God he had not baptised any except for some names ... he was happy to admit (under inspiration) that his memory was error prone so I take that as something Paul said about himself rather than something God revealed. In a similar way what...
  2. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    That's a rhetorical question right? All I can say to your spin is I am glad that I don't have it. Christians are friends of God and brothers (and sisters) of Jesus Christ. Paul liked to speak of himself as a bond slave and considering his past the thought encompassed by that designation is...
  3. MoreCoffee

    Should Australia become a Republic?

    We make constitutional changes only if the majority of voters in the country and a majority in a majority of states agrees to the changes proposed by the politicians so it is the public that needs to be convinced to make the changes.
  4. MoreCoffee

    What message do you take away from Job?

    I don't know how to take the speech. It doesn't give any answer to Job that some pious person would not have given and that leaves me wondering if the speech is only a human being's view of how God might answer Job rather than something God revealed as the answer to Job's dilemma - namely why...
  5. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    Jesus said he sets Christians free. He wasn't being tricky and deceptive. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
  6. MoreCoffee

    What message do you take away from Job?

    In the quote from the first post the first words are "Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words? Now stand up straight and answer the questions I ask you. "
  7. MoreCoffee

    First Commandment

    Yes, any other god is a false god in Christian teaching. That doesn't change the words though. "false" and "strange" are really different words both in English and in Hebrew.
  8. MoreCoffee

    First Commandment

    Different words. Just like "strange" and "false" differ in english ... maybe :) I'll look it up
  9. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    Jesus said Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be...
  10. MoreCoffee

    Doubts in my Church

    It's what they were taught by those that went before them. They probably do not have bad intentions. Forgive them but take away the lesson that forgiveness is important. This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on...
  11. MoreCoffee

    Should Australia become a Republic?

    The only difficulty is that it requires several constitutional changes.
  12. MoreCoffee

    The Arminian Creed (a bit of joyful sarcasm)

    Catholics - in the rite of Christian initiation of adults (RCIA) - emphasise human freedom in the matter of choosing to become a Catholic Christian and the freedom of God to give grace to whom he wills and as he wills. No conflict is created between grace and human freedom. We can grasp the...
  13. MoreCoffee

    Who IS and IS NOT a Christian?

    Jesus told a story, a parable, about a good Samaritan to teach the scribes and Pharisees and the people too that your neighbour is whoever you see and can help when they are in need so maybe your brother is like your neighbour and if a brother has to be a Christian then whoever is baptised or...
  14. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    psalms 91 at its heart predestination is a mystery well out of reach of human beings to properly comprehend so it is, in my opinion, wise to acknowledge God's almighty all knowing omnipresence without any pretense to understand it. God knows what will happen but we do not so we freely choose our...
  15. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    Is God powerful enough to give freedom to a creature?
  16. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    Imagine that, God tamed by a little "no" to grace given.
  17. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    Seems people are free to choose who they will be a slave to. That's one tiny bit of freedom and MennoSota appears to claim that one tiny bit of freedom is mighty enough to overthrow God. A little bit of Kerk wisdom in a very "American" form
  18. MoreCoffee

    Do you exercise. Post here what you are doing

    Paul (not a favourite writer for you I know) writes Physical exercise is useful enough, but the usefulness of religion is unlimited, since it holds out promise both for life here and now and for the life to come; that is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt it. [1 Timothy 4:8-9]
  19. MoreCoffee

    Okay, let's talk about predestination

    I see, one little free will "no" to grace means God is not omniscient and omnipotent. Freedom is mighty powerful then. Like a rock too heavy for God to lift and a a problem too difficult for God to solve (for example a triangle with more (or less) than three angels).
  20. MoreCoffee

    Ruth's Friendship Fellowship-Everyone Welcome, Come On In Part 4

    Cuteness incarnate
Top Bottom