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I'm currently reading C.S. Lewis' 'Mere Christianity' so this is a timely discussion....I do think there are central key points that are agreed upon by 99% of Christians. That Jesus is the Son of God, that He died and rose again....but beyond that, when it comes to smaller points related to...

I am going to disagree with you on this specific point...and interestingly its a current and contested debate within my home church....we do not have women as elders in my home church....its something that is decided by a vote, and to elect women as elders would require a 2/3rds majority to...

Well now....that settles it, I'll never even be able to try one now. I used to like Arby's once and a while, but that was until I saw a couple of less than flattering comments on 'The Simpsons'....ever since then I've wondered "hmmmm, what's wrong with Arby's" and haven't been able to go back.

I've read about the Impossible Whopper and Real Meat....these vegan "meat" products, but I haven't been able to bring myself to try one yet....although my reluctance isn't due to any divine revelation, I am about as far from being a vegan as is humanly possible, I love meat. I saw a meme that...

Hmmmm......modern day constitutional Churches? I'm not sure if my home church qualifies as such. I think it does, but I'm not sure. Assuming it does, then you're saying that the pastors at my church are sinning in receiving a salary and they need to repent....you also seem to be suggesting...

I've wondered about this myself....and I do personally believe that 10% is a good benchmark, its something I use as a guideline but I don't keep a strict accounting. I know the figure based on my annual income, but I personally work off of my net figure, not my gross income. I know some...

There is one type of post here that I must admit gets under my skin a bit....uhm, maybe a lot. There are lots of theological points that are very much up for debate and many various schools of thought. One that springs immediately to mind is the whole debate over grace and works and the role...

Welcome, the start of any journey is the first stop.

No worries, I speak French as a second language and have had similar experience....one time my neck was sore and someone asked me how I was feeling....I thought I was saying 'I have a sore neck' but because I pronounced the word cou (neck) as ceu (hard to type how it sounds) instead I announced...

I must admit that when I read the subject line about 'coming out to family' the first thought that sprang to mind was NOT of a Muslim informing family of a conversion to following Christ. I don't know if this will help, but at a worship service recently our retired pastor who fills in on...

Personally, teaching students about Hell presupposes that there must be a Heaven.

I'd be interested in engaging with others about one of my favorite old movies, 'Inherit The Wind'. Done in 1960 it depicts the historic 'Scopes Monkey Trial' of 1925. I've read that much of the courtroom dialogue is taken verbatim from court transcripts. I'll link the opening scene which is...

When I'm on here I check new posts to see if there's anything of interest to me, or questions where I think maybe I can contribute. I know this is in the Christian Teen forum of the site, so maybe I shouldn't be replying here....I'm hardly a teen at 53 years of age, although I was for a time...

Reading your original post I found a lot I could agree with.....scripture has many passages admonishing the reader to BE STILL. For me a lot of that stillness is in the mind, and its hard to "still" one's mind in a crowd, you need to be alone for that. However the post quoted above seems to...

Now that I have to see a link for.

Thanks for that, I'm in Ontario and have never really experienced a earthquake. I say "really" because back sometime around 2000 when I was living east of Toronto there was one which registered about 3 which I experienced but I didn't know it was an earthquake until a day or two later when it...

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/2-more-earthquakes-off-b-c-coast-9-now-recorded-since-monday-1.4743957 This number keeps going up, first it was 2, then 5, 7 and now 9. Its very much 'ho hum, nothing to see here folks' kind of reporting. That largest quake was 6.2 and all of the quakes are reported to...

This will be my last post here for a week or so as I'm heading on a southern vacation, an escape from Canada's cold and dreary winter. Mine is a journey back to faith, one that has been going on for about the past twelve years. And its a journey that has become more intentional over the past...

I'm sure this is a not an all too uncommon experience for many people. Yesterday (Monday Dec. 23) I needed to visit the bank....not the ATM but a teller, a real live human being. I wasn't worried about being late, I had two hours to make it and its just a twenty minute drive. On the way there...

The book I just read had numerous early church leaders arguing over this point....starting around the year 200. The ordination of women clergy was also a bone of contention back then....and some churches, when they met....they drew lots to determine who would deliver the sermon or who would do...