There is a lot of ground to cover here. An annulment would be the more practical option before divorce is to be considered. If trickery is...
Wonderfully put. We judge others for their actions, yet judge ourselves by our intentions. If we recognize that this is wrong, then we're closer...
The power of words has a persuasive effect on people because you never know who might be listening. Angels especially understand this. Welcome...
Ahoy Lowly Layman, We may have never formally met but I have found your input over the years on this forum very insightful, even bookmarking much...
Ahoy Nosegay of Virtues, Welcome to the forum. You come across as a very down-to-earth person! Personally, I'm still finding my way, you can say....
Ahoy Distraught Cat, My understanding is that for Reformed Christians, especially Presbyterians, scripture is the basis for everything...
I concur, One problem I am seeing in my area is not the absence of moral leadership, but the lack of quality teaching. Churches are struggling to...
In Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, the limits of reason are not identical to the limits of reality. That means that what reason cannot know can...
Ahoy CRfromQld, Whenever "God is in all" or "All is in God" comes up, one way of looking at them is to see them as relational statements, as in,...
Ahoy Brett, In order to know where we are going, we have to know where we have been. God forgives freely to those wanting to change themselves...
Reverend Hugh MacMillan, in his short piece 'The Lord's Prayer', says that evil understood in the moral sense is not meant to be taken as a...
There is a troll creating chaos. I have reported to the moderators. Please keep a watchful eye out for any suspicious activity. Let's all work...
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That is very informative and personable. It's little wonder there's a minimalist trend these days. Hopefully, it won't go the other extreme:...
This is reminiscent of the Jewish idea behind shalom, that we treat our body the same way we are to treat our soul, whom of which is granted to us...
I don't think credit, as understood today, can be considered usury. The reason why is because credit is backed up by some kind of collaterial,...
EDIT: I meant this as a reply to Ananias' earlier post in this thread; the one talking about needing to catechize everbody. My apologies for the...
I am reminded of a statement our effable fellow Ananias aptly observed - "Drama is a fine vehicle for Christian themes and stories." Below is a...
If my lips could sing as many songs as there are waves in the sea: if my tongue could sing as many hymns as there are ocean billows: if my mouth...
Just in case this applies, here's something to consider: Unlike an angel, which is a spirit with a bodily shape, a spirit without a bodily shape...