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It is certainly common to want to receive a prophetic word from the Lord, and it is not necessarily wrong to do so. The problem as you state is that people hear "a word" and do not examine it sufficiently, but cling to it without examination. In 1 Corinthians, Paul encourages the believers to...

This passage is a perfect example of setting a boundary. 'Because of your heinous sin and unrepentant response, you are no longer welcome in this fellowship. We will consider you excluded until and unless you repent. You have no part in us.' Our congregations and families might be healthier if...

Why then does He number the hairs on our heads? He both knows and cares about us in the most mundane affairs. He delights to be involved. Methinks you're missing out, and instead of being curious to learn more, you've shut your mind in your quest to avoid doing the wrong thing. That's the...

You picked the most inconsequential of situations to criticize as though it were a reasonable representative for all. That's fallacious reasoning. The Lord knows how the bush will grow: whether it will interfere with another plant in "that" spot, or its roots will interfere with one in "this"...

With respect, you have crafted your question to presume the answer. How about choosing between two cars? Or which (literal) road to travel? Whether to plant the rose bush "here" or "there"? What about nudges from the Holy Spirit to call a friend or give to a need? What about asking the Lord...

They can go right to the point of death. :p Is there an upper limit? Yes, the holiness of God. Can we reach it during this lifetime? No. It's an intellectual exercise only. Rather than considering the upper limit of holiness, focus on the next step for you. Do that each day for your lifetime...

The problem is not that there is an open door to such, but rather that people do not choose to give the written word its proper place. As I have stated before, no modern "prophecy" or "word from the Lord" is an addition to Scripture, nor does it supersede Scripture. However, that simply does not...

Thanks for explaining. I believe your position on this is uncommon among flat-earth believers.

I'll stop you right there. Unless you are a scholar in biblical languages, you have no authority to toss one translation and claim that another has the "ACTUAL" words. Um, "disappear" is a synonym for "vanish". Wrong. The Law is integral to the Old Covenant. They are functionally one and...

Wrong. God's Spirit will speak truth for the individual, and it is common that the truth spoken is a verse or passage of Scripture, or a scriptural principle found in or constructed from several verses. The Spirit may also speak truth that is not written in Scripture. He may speak about a...

See above, my response to P_Rehbein.

Agreed. We do indeed need the written word. However, if God intended that the written word would be all that we need (as John146 claimed), He would not have given us His Spirit. :)

Hogwash. Don't confuse rejection of your own ideas with denial of Christ. That's incorrect. Paul told the Corinthians, "Be eager to prophesy". That is not the same thing as "seeking prophecy". Again, your comment is incorrect. Christians can indeed be called prophets. Agabus and at least one...

The Pharisees thought that too, and Jesus rebuked them.

Okay, I accept your distinction. From where do you get the idea of a "dome" if not from "firmament"?

That should be enough to abolish the idea that the ‘firmament’ is ‘firm’. The dome just doesn’t ‘hold water’. ;)

I agree with you in all but one point: our spirit is not made holy; it is made alive in Christ. :)

Welcome to CC, Ellie… I recommend that you read the book, Boundaries, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. It is biblically sound and is helpful for understanding the nature of and need for relational boundaries.

I recently re-joined the 'married' crowd after being in the 'single' crowd for a decade or so. I don't have any particular feelings about singles, so for me the first question is moot. No, I don't think singles are selfish, though if a person is selfish, I would rather them be single than...

Welcome to CC! Because the initiator of the thread (OP or original poster) has not identified what he means by ‘the whole Holy Bible’, and refuses to do so despite being asked repeatedly, his ‘valid’ question is invalidated. ;)