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Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:49:33-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Dan1988 · 2025-11-19T05:49:19-0600

fhansen said:
Take a look at Institutes, Book 3, chap 21 to see what Calvin taught. For that matter, the doctrine of Limited Atonement necessitates that some are preordained for heaven and the rest for hell. And, BTW, no one but God knows with perfect certainty whose names are written in the Book of Life and whose are not. People can deceive themselves all day long on these matters.

I have never read any of John Calvin's books, I'm too busy studying theology. In any case I'm sure Calvin, never claimed that God created some specific purpose of tormenting them in hell.

The Bible doctrine of limited atonement, obviously means that those God did not elect for salvation will end up in hell. Nobody can get into Gods mind, to see how and why He does what He does. It's none of our business, God has every right to chose whom He saves and whom He leaves in their condemned sate.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:48:27-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:47:53-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:47:14-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:46:53-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Christsfreeservant · 2025-11-19T05:46:41-0600

A voice cries in the wilderness,
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight the way in the desert
For a highway for our God.

“The glory of the Lord our God,
Revealed, it now shall become,
And all people will now see it,
For the Lord has spoken it.”

A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said,
“What shall I cry?,” I know not.
“All people, they are just like grass,
Their faithfulness like flowers.

“The grass, it withers, flowers fall,
Because God’s breath blows on them.
Surely the people are like grass,
But the word of God endures.”

You who bring good news to Zion,
Go up on a high mountain.
Now lift up your voice with a shout,
Lift it up, don’t be afraid.

Say to the people everywhere,
“Here is your God!” Do you see?
The Sovereign Lord comes with power,
He rules with a mighty arm.

See, His reward now is with Him,
His reward now goes with Him.
He tends His flock like a shepherd,
For our Shepherd, that is Him!

He gathers us now in His arms,
Close to His heart, we all are;
He gently leads us where to go.
We who love Him follow Him.

Based off Isaiah 40:3-11
An Original Work / November 19, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:46:04-0600

Phil G said:
No it isn’t. You’re in denial again.

No I'm not, all that Jerry N mentioned is not true.

Normandt · 2025-11-19T05:39:49-0600

Homily Thursday, November 20 2025

33rd OT

1 M 2:15-29

"We will keep the covenant of our ancestors."

God's love is the covenant.

Lk 19:41-44

Jesus weeps over Jerusalem: "If this day you only knew what makes for peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes."

Each person is distant by a certain percentage from God's love, from joy, from peace. And these people weep.

The distance of one person, of many people, from God's love is the evil that spreads in the world.

We welcome God's love, and we have missionaries who allow God the Missionary to reach all hearts. Peace and joy increase in the world.

Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Zceptre · 2025-11-19T05:35:41-0600

I've dealt with a number of fears and anxieties before. For me, God told me my issue was a trust issue. He told me "Let go and jump, I'll catch you." Maybe this will help you too.

Also, I feel like He wanted me to share this with you. It is a really easy verse to memorize and meditate on / stay focused on that helps me daily. I use it often and it constantly comes to my mind especially when anything tries to phase me or thoughts begin spiraling about any kind of trouble. It reminds me my Father is more powerful than anything, and He is taking care of everything, just like He was with Lord Jesus while He was sleeping on the boat in the storm.

We are Sons and Daughters and He is with you.

Isaiah 26:3
You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Dan1988 · 2025-11-19T05:29:37-0600

Lukaris said:
The definition is in the New Testament and the Lord summed in His commandments to us ( Matthew 7:12, Matthew 22:36-40 etc.) which originally are in the Old Testament ( Deuteronomy 6:4, Leviticus 19:18). You will notice that the golden rule ( Matthew 7:12 per Matthew 7:1-12) is the “LAW & PROPHETS” and that on God’s commandments ( Matthew 22:36-40 etc.) are which the “LAW & PROPHETS” hang or are dependent on.

You have something against the Gospel? I don’t claim any right to speak for God but to obey His commandments ( however wretchedly I do) but He tells us to ( John 14:15-18). The ultimate thing God “hates” is evil and that is what we are allowed to “hate” ( Amos 5:14-15). I would take care to not rationalize any idea of self justification as being justified by what God may “hate.”

I would carefully read ( Isaiah 55:1-12) especially Isaiah 55:8 ( I know ya did so what am I telling you huh?) well reread it and the Lord’s commandments.

Your denomination, obviously teaches "legalism", that simply means that you guys believe that you will be saved by keeping the law/commandments. But God has never ever said that anyone will be saved by keeping the law or commandments.
The only reason God gave the commandments was to show mankind how evil we are.

You know, I know and God knows that it's impossible for any man to keep any commandment. You won't find a single verse to support this idea that we can keep the law or commandments.
I try not to sin, but IO have sinned every single day of my life and I know that I will continue to sin every single day for the rest of my life. But I thank God that the Lord Jesus paid for every one of my past sins, and every one of my present sins and every one of my future sins.

If I could keep the law and commandments, then Christ died suffered and for nothing. None of the verses you referred to above say that a mans salvation depends on his ability to keep the commandments, so I don't know why you keep trying to make them say what they are not saying.

rjs330 · 2025-11-19T05:28:57-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
Health insurance of any sort has been expensive since long before the ACA. It was expensive before we got RomneyCare in MA. Do you guys not remember that? I knew self-employed people paying $2-3k/mo for family plans in the early 2000's.

Yes health insurance is expensive. Obamacare didn't solve that even though thats what we were promised. Instead it cost us more in the way of taxes to cover the subsidies.

HIM · 2025-11-19T05:28:05-0600

BobRyan said:
hint. Days all over the world are marked by sunset according to the Word of God. "From evening to evening". "And evening and morning where day-n.

IDL determine Calendar reference for a given day. But does not determine the start and stop of each day. If one is when IDL transitions from one date/day to the next and it is noon at the opposing side of Earth, noon time does not experience a day/night change or a date change.

Having a Bible solves a lot of problems

And if I may, the Sabbath started in creation at an unknown point.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:26:33-0600

Jerry N. said:
So let me try to understand this.

Eratosthenes of Egypt proved the earth was a globe in around 200 B.C.

Copernicus and Newton proved the earth is a globe going around the sun.

There is a very long list of astronomers have shown the earth is a globe.

Columbus knew the earth was a globe, but he was wrong about the distances.

A few dozen space agencies have shown that earth is a globe.

Christian astronauts have seen the globe of the earth.

Space probes, like Voyager, have taken pictures of the globe of the earth.

Satellites prove the earth is a globe.

The Southern Cross proves the earth is a globe.

The apex of the “dome” of the atmosphere proves the earth is a globe.

Students of several schools sent up balloons that show the curvature of the earth.

Surveyors can show the curvature of the earth.

Radio operators can show that the earth is a globe.

Airplanes like the Blackbird took photos of the curvature of the earth.

The length of voyage of a cruise ship proves the flat earth map is wrong.

However, I am supposed to believe Rob Skiba. (I watch some of his video.) His refractive arguments don’t help his case.

I’m sorry he died young, but I don’t believe him.

It is not like the discussions of evolution and creationism, where both sides have legitimate arguments and you are dealing with theories with limited scientific proof on both sides. The earth being a globe is something we can see and prove in the present with actual measurements.

I know ........... All this & the earth is still flat.

Maria Billingsley · 2025-11-19T05:26:13-0600

ChubbyCherub said:
Hello all,

Can I ask that you please direct me to some scripture or lead me in prayer re: a debilitating fear I have had my whole life - carcinophobia.

It is a distracting phobia that robs me of my joy in life and distracts me from Christ due to anxiety, worry, fear, rumination etc.

Thank you all for your help, as always, God bless.

Matthew 6:34
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:21:13-0600

prodromos said:
Answer: "Because we didn't go there." CONTEXT being for that very long time

That's not what Buzz says.

Apple Sky · 2025-11-19T05:18:29-0600

prodromos said:
Running a business, cooking for a crowd, its a wonder you can spare a moment to post on CF.

Ah yes I'm back now, now where was I ? Ah yes post #1,523.

timewerx · 2025-11-19T05:17:17-0600

NBB said:
They said in Brazil they want to use AI to search the internet for post of 'hate speech'.
Youtube i think has been using ai to moderate posts for a while, posts they ai doesn't like posts it deletes.

Youtube is preventing free speech in the comments.

Belk · 2025-11-19T05:17:07-0600

Vambram said:
Perhaps, one day, liberals will accept the reality of weaponized lawfare.

They have seen it. They have seen you defend it. The only reason you seem to care about it is whom is it against.

timewerx · 2025-11-19T05:11:54-0600

mindlight said:
Rare earths are not actually that rare outside China. What is rare is developed commercial sources of them. The concerning thing here is that the Chinese understood this ten years ago while free market capitalism decided it was not worth pursuing until the numbers added up. So the obvious question is whether Chinese communism is superior to the current Western system of governance when it comes to strategic decision making?

Americans have been criticising Europeans for a similar lack of strategic awareness on matters of military and energy security and now have a told you so attitude as the EU scrambles to catch up with the modern world. But the rare earth monopoly that China currently enjoys could also have been anticipated in the same way.

So what are the new areas where America and its allies are blind to global trends but the Communists are already preparing. Do we have a plan or are we just going to let Wall Street bungle this one also as they did with Rare Earths?

This has nothing to do with the political system.

Americans and Europeans are just overly confident and overly secure.

Some worrying, some insecurity isn't always bad and can even be good because we take additional steps to plan, to be cautious and be more calculating in our actions.

So perhaps it may have to do with religion because we're indoctrinated in Christianity to leave our worries to God. In other words, never worry, never feel insecure. Yet I don't think this even doctrinally correct in context because even Jesus worried!

rocknanchor · 2025-11-19T05:06:18-0600

Is the Galaxy model your wanting not available at one of the other big retailers? Also, the new line of Samsung is set to hit the shelves in just a few months. There are some impressive upgrades set to be included in those. Just sayin. I had to get a replacement Galaxy about a month ago, and I haven't ruled out doing an about-face trade-in for the first ever Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra featuring a 200-megapixel camera. Getting the right clerk (Multi-Carrier rep) at the Walmart tech counter is key. The nice thing about the big-box guys is they are already set up to eliminate a lot of that hassle and usually have their own ample return policy.

Richard T · 2025-11-19T05:05:32-0600

JohnB445 said:
this has worried me, do I need to be a Catholic to be saved, or a Protestant? Or does the denomination have nothing to do with it?

I would quit worrying about denominations. To me the criteria is
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (ESV)
4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Most of us are not going to see someone rise from the dead but there are churches and pastors where the Spirit and power of God is moving. Why do I emphasize this? because in some churches there is little power to change much of anything. In those places a person may not be confronted with what is needed for their breakthrough. Similarly, in one church a person might find the grace to be healed, in another they might remain sick and die. Spiritually speaking salvation can be similar, in one church many are saved, in another very few. Are churches different? The seven churches in Revelations sure were.
Some churches too have better shepherd's. Some churches even have wolves in sheep clothing. So yes denominations may matter, but the pastor or priest may also make a huge difference as do the others in the church.

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