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    Substitutionary Atonement

    The big problem with penal substitution is that it doesn't make any sense from a logical and moral point of view. Substitution for compensation makes sense, but not substitution for punishment. If one child behaves badly, how could I possibly be satisfied in my righteousness by punishing another...
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    I Need Help

    It's a heart-breaking story .. I'll pray for you .. Missing out on family, father/motherhood, friends and loneliness in general means grief and suffering. Survival needs starting with the basics. Being ground in God as your Father and Jesus as your Master/Lord in all is first. Then find a...
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    I wanna end with Christianity.

    Some conditions can be spiritual indeed, others can be physical (hormonal imbalances, brain/blood chemistry, etc.), others can be purely mental .. e.g. burn-out, PTSD, etc. Just to give some examples ...
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    I wanna end with Christianity.

    Your English is fine by me - I'm also not a native English speaker, don't worry about that. I know some Christian circles don't believe in the usefulness of mental health science or Psychology or even Psychiatry, but I believe these circles are mistaken. These fields have great value and can...
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    I wanna end with Christianity.

    Your therapist and and your pastor will be better positioned than us here to accompany you on your journey to healing and dealing with past trauma and current challenges. But do you really think this is of no help at all? I don't expect you to share your medical file here, but what makes you...
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    I wanna end with Christianity.

    Please seek pastoral care and further guidance from your church ... You must be doing it tough ... Don't give up.
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    Feeling betrayed

    Seek Christian friends, try to find a counsellor/coach to find out what the problem might be in finding and maintaining balanced bi-directional friendships. If it's always the others that seem to withdraw and not seek your company, there may be something going on you're not aware of yet. Getting...
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    Does the "reign in the influence of Israel" movement need a Tucker Carlson to be credible?

    A few remarks to combat unfair or even untrue info: Before 07-10-2023 the Gaza Strip was not an open air jail - tens of thousands of Gaza workers earned a daily salary in Israel in the construction and agricultural sector and Egypt controlled the border at the Philadelphia corridor (that was...
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    Honoring Mothers

    Any woman can hug nine women ... :-) They don't have to be priest/pastor for that - and actually I hope the women in your church do that already. Be blessed ..
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    I just don't understand anything anymore

    Given your profile I presumed you live in Colombo Sri Lanka, and that's what I'm referring to - there are Charismatic churches there; if you want to have more info, PM me.
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    I just don't understand anything anymore

    You need some sort of support group / male cell group / accountability and possibly therapy (online or in-person) to treat possible addiction. If your RC church has insufficient facilities in that regard, try another church in Colombo - there are more Charismatic churches there as well. PM me...
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    Seeking Christian fellowship and friends

    I realise your info would be scratching the surface, but your ex is not a believer? No chance of reconciling with him? With God the impossible becomes possible.
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    Who is Biblical Israel Today?

    Do you believe that consequently all promises to Israel from TNK/OT and NT now apply to all believers/church? And that the physical/ethnic Israel / descendants of Jacob have become irrelevant as the chosen people? Would you advocate for Jews to stop circumcising their boys? Just curious ..
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    Hello and so glad to be here! (Guten Tag und sehr angenehm for our soon-to-be fellow mission members in Germany!)

    Welcome to Europe - be blessed with witnessing - Mission usually is hard in secular and prosperous areas. It's great you undertake it. Have you got contacts with other missionaries or churches in your target area?
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    Question About Fasting

    It all depends on whose definition you are looking for, or whether you are willing to draw up your own. Biblical fasting is always for food (multiple days) or food + liquids (max 1 day is doable). You are free to define a luxery or digital fast yourself, and if done for faith dedication reasons...
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    Still not adjusted to my situation after 6 years. Feeling doomed to suffer

    A lot of misfortune - results from bad treatment/circumstances and partially also some bad decisions on your side ... Get counselling/coaching/Pastoral care from a believer/church etc. It will be very difficult to detangle this messy situation and stabilise the emotions that go with that on your...
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    You ever realize that a secular song is actually about a bible passage?

    Sometimes in unexpected areas - secular very good song, but several hints of Biblical truths:
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    My new theory on Christian ideology...

    I think you're overthinking the whole thing :-) Your AI word-search is correct - 'baal' just means master / lord / owner in Hebrew, it's a normal everyday word, and was also used for an idol. E.g. in Israel nowadays one can still use the word 'baali' to say 'my husband' (literally 'my owner')...
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    Ai Companion: Yes or No?

    These days if one works in IT - if you don't use AI you're out of business, it's as simple as that. As for the marriage vs single debate - let's rephrase that in its consequences: sustaining the species/Biblical values vs going extinct ... God celebrates life .. Judaism has always valued...
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    Annialationism

    Not trying to nitpick, but the correct spelling would be 'Annihilationism' - it's an expansion of the argument that Gods proposition to mankind revolves around the choice of life vs death, so also eternal life vs eternal death.
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