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Read the whole Gospel of Matthew and the many times Jesus says that people in hell are in "outer darkness" and live forever while weeping and gnashing their teeth. It is the forever-nature of God's just justice for their lifelong rebellion against him. There but by God's grace go I.

Following Jesus' example is impossible on our own strength. That's what it sounds like you're trying to do. That's the theologically-liberal way of approaching the Bible that I experienced in the church, while I was growing up. We need to balance Jesus' life, teachings, death, and resurrection...

Read Jesus' own explanation in the parallel passage, Luke 6:37, “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven." Judging means condemning; discerning means to determine what is sin in order to avoid it in our own lives...

I would like to know what your interpretations are of Ephesians 1 and Romans 8, both of which you seem to avoid. I quote two verses of Romans 8: Rom 8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many...

Why do you want to celebrate All-Saints' Day? I prefer to celebrate days that focus on God, not people.

I once attended a cult that celebrated the Old Testament Holy Days. However, at Christian college I discovered that the external forms of the laws have been replaced. Why? Because they were the national forms for the Old Testament people, whereas the internal principles continue for New...

I can't even imagine my old body attached to a parachute at my age (almost 82). You have to measure the risk of such sports in contrast to the Bible's emphasis on taking care of God's temple (our bodies). And persist in prayer to God for his guidance. If he doesn't want you to do those risky...

I don't think that we will ever be a Christian theocracy. We may edge ever so closely to a socialism with government control by the "fourth arm" of the government, the bureaucracy. We need to reach bottom in our addictions to "self" before we wake up to repent and turn to God in true faith...

It's just a matter of extending the laws forbidding and punishing murder to the lives of helpless humans in women's wombs. The government has the right to punish the first and should for the second. Is that "controlling the citizenry"?

Right!! Joh 8:57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” Joh 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” Joh 8:59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

I enjoy your colorful Bible quotes, Magenta!

They are the whole Gospel of John, particularly Jesus' seven "I AM" claims that identify him with the God of the unburnable burning bush in Exodus 3 and 4.

Persist in prayers that God will give you Jesus' resurrection power to overcome the sinful desire to hold onto a bad relationship and to find a healthy one (read Colossians 3 many times during such prayer times. Suggestion: Find a church large enough to have groups of people in your age-range...

I have not very often been a one-issue voter, but after last night's Trump-Harris debate, I've decided to be one this November. Harris is pro-choice, while Trump is a mild pro-life candidate. Kamala said more than once that women have the right to control their own bodies and therefore should...

A suggestion: Don't pick out a verse without considering the full context of that verse. You quote Ephesians 2:9, but the following verse says that we are God's work of art showing his good works to people around us, only to his credit. Go back to chapter one, and you see that God planned our...

God as the Trinity is a Mystery; he is three Persons in one God. There are no earthly comparisons, because God is God and we're not.

However, I think that the kind of meditation our friend is describing has no content like the Buddhist or Hindu kind..

All I know is what God says through the Apostle Paul, "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). I don't think that a person can meditate the way you're talking about AND pray all the time, the way God's Word says. I prefer to have content in my prayers (praise, thanks, confession, prayers...

Read John 14-16, those three chapters, and notice that Jesus' language assumes that the Holy Spirit is a Person, the third Person of the Trinity with the Father and Jesus as the ONE true God. In seminary, I was doing research in the library about the Gospel of John. One of the commentaries was...

Why would anyone say you supported one candidate, when you don't? It makes no sense. You might check out the debate tonight. It should be somewhat interesting. It's at 9 PM ET for an hour and a half between Trump and Harris.