Recent content by Begat

Thanks for that lead, MKJ. It's good to know!

Your initial conviction was right. I'm very sorry that you gave into that temptation. God is merciful to forgive, and it is a great thing that you've recognised that it was wrong and are determined to live for Christ now. That is very precious in the Lord's eyes. From experience I've learned...

You all brought a smile to my lips. I'd rather believe that it's a misspelling too. But the Guardian article definitely said 'cod theology'. So the jury's still out...

Reading an online Guardian article I came across the phrase 'cod theology' and I have no idea what it means. Strangely I can't seem to find a definition of it anywhere online, but the phrase itself seems to keep cropping up in search results - often in mainstream journalistic and academic texts...

Mais la Louis Segond est-elle vraiment la meilleure version, et non pas seulement la plus populaire? Après quelques récherches que j'ai faites sur Wikipédia il s'avere que Segond était beaucoup plus fort en hébreu qu'en grec. De plus, sa version est déjà très vieille; évidemment donc il n'avait...

This is really written from a Christian perspective, and I'd like to ask for advice ideally from a Christian perspective too. Please don't be offended by this; I just want to do what's right by God and other people. I'm trying to get rid of a Nintendo Gameboy Colour. I think I owned it since...

Thanks for your wise words, Stephanie. You seem to have had a lot of experience with people, and I imagine that the fact it took you a long time to realise these things might mean that your bank of experience is all the richer. It seems deceptively obvious to try and fix people like that in a...

Thanks for your advice, guys. I'm learning this. It doesn't come intuitively. If I'm honest, I'm tempted to call it pride or middle-class snobbery when children of God expect each other to jump through social/relational hoops before they will endure well-meant counsel from each other, which...

I've been told that I have a ministerial gift for "people". Although I'm not the 'popular girl' either in church or out, and I'm in nobody's 'inner circle', I find myself not infrequently consoling people and offering them advice. This carries relational risks and I take them: I've never been...

iAlive, that's really touching! Especially the anecdote about the iced tea and the hotdogs :).

Thank you, Emmy. It's a hard road, but it will be a great day when I can move on from the little gestures.

That's lovely :). I especially like the motivation he gave you to learn the Bible.

Some might know already, but I'm a Christian daughter of non-Christian parents (and a non-Christian brother) who have tolerated my faith for 10 years and are starting to lose patience with me. I'm 24 years old, fresh out of college, and due to the jobs market being what it is, I've struggled to...

Well, the problem is that they call it "marriage", which only God can define. I now have to call homosexual marriage 'marriage' when in reality it isn't, and in order not to violate my beliefs I might have to identify myself as one not agreeing with homosexual marriage and thereby make myself...

Thanks for your lovely advice, everyone. And for your general kindness and understanding, and all the time you took to write such long posts! The list of things to reflect on was especially useful, Parsley. I basically understand: 1) That there is a difference between faith and religion, and...