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I love what you have written. Being pulled away and out of the world is a strange but real feeling. Things previously enjoyed diminish while other things just become repulsive over time, parts of the past included.

"Is it possible that the last 10 years that i was living in sin have broken me to a point of no return?" No! Nope! It is amazing, it is true and it is hard to grasp with our minds, but no one is beyond the reach of our Lord. There are people in the Bible who were in way deeper than you...

Welcome to CC Esteban99. There are some great conversations here. I am sure you will receive blessings from the thoughts and prayers you find. Many of us started slow and cautiously. I do hope that as you browse and read topics on the forums you will find places to join in on the...

I'm right there with you friend, welcome to CC. I hope you join in on some of the conversations here, we surely need your wisdom.

Agree, Agree, Agree! Bradford's classes are exceptional. I have found no one else who even comes close to explaining scripture is its historical, cultural and even linguistic context. Well worth the time.

Praying for you and your family.

Me too!!!! Welcome to CC. Looking forward to seeing you around.

I am old enough to remember when people were willing to charge a reasonable interest rate and were not so quick to take advantage of those in need. Somewhere along the way greed took their place. There are those charging well above the 22% rate you mentioned and I won't even go into the "Buy...

Thanks, that site looks very interesting.

I find this to be one of the most troubling posts I have read on CC in a long while. I want to say to this young family, "Don't go into debt!" They have no house payment. They are getting by as a family. They have somehow saved $5K; use that however you must. Lynx advice is sound. If...

A big hardy welcome from one life-long seeker to another. Keep up the chase, let nothing turn you away from the search. The journey is joyous. There will be some who will tell you to just believe and leave it there. For some, that is just not enough. Some saints throughout history have been...

Oh I am well aware of a few of those "worldly troubles", unfortunately so is she! ;) Anyway, God created real human beings with real feelings and drives. These were given us to serve his purposes. Equating those feelings with lust is an error. Lust is not the feelings. Lust is an...

Welcome and thank you for sharing your encouraging story. Subtle abuse presents some unique and very difficult issues. Sometimes we struggle for years over our relationship with the abuser. Subtle abuse is also easy to hide. We avoid confronting the abuse head-on, but then internalize the...

This issue is thoroughly explained in Romans 14. The continued controversy is a little amazing (and baffling). 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them...

I believe you are correct. The Babylonian Empire did fall to the Median/Persian Empire but were more incorporated than destroyed.

Yes there is. The Commandments were given directly to God's people by God himself from the top of a mountain in fire, smoke and earth quake. He then physically wrote them in stone for his people and commanded them to keep them forever. All other "laws/ordinances/etc." flow from them. The...

The Pharisees who accused this woman were arrogant beyond belief. They brought this woman before a man they thought to be a real "country bumpkin". Their intent was to publicize his ignorance to everyone around. "Can anything good come out of Galilee?" They knew Yeshua was not a priest and...

I do not think Christ appealed to the conscience of the Pharisees when he suggested who should throw the first stone. These evil men knew the law, they were well aware that they were breaking the law when they presented the "Adulteress" for stoning. They also knew that if their false...

As I have posted this before (sorry if this is redumbnant). I believe the answer to this question can be found in Numbers 5. Jesus is perfectly referencing the process given to Moses by God to test a woman suspected of adultery. Every element of Numbers 5 is present EXCEPT the required...