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The Venting Thread

It's crazy that you'd have to wait until Monday to get back in. There's seriously no one there on the weekend who could get you into your classroom to retrieve them?
I would have to make a call to someone with a master key—either a janitor or a school administrator. I don't wanna put anyone out of their way on a holiday weekend, especially when the weather is this terrible.
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Hell doesn't exist and there is no eternal suffering, instead bad peolle just cease to exist

"7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah." Genesis 7 - 7 NIV

You have forgotten someone, and his wife, and their sons, and their wives.
Oh' my, thanks for correcting me. I thought Noah and His family and animals all drowned :wave: See, even a wise guy like me, makes mistakes now and then
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Why we are not supposed to keep the Sabbath

Premises:
1. The Sabbath was a part of the Mosaic Law and of the Mosaic Law only.
2. The Law was only for Jews, since Moses till Christ.
3. Even the book of Genesis was a theological part of the Mosaic Law and is not literal (namely in its creation account).

If these premises are all true, we are not supposed to keep the Sabbath.

If people are obeying Moses instead of Jesus, then Jesus is not Lord in their lives.
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Porneia, sexual immorality and romantic love, committed love in marriage.

I'm in agreement with @Michie on this. Porneia is any kind of sexual immorality. That could be porn, or masturbation, or lust, or homosexuality, or adultery, or fornication. Anything that is not sex in the confines of a marriage between one man and one woman for one lifetime.
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The law, the commandments, and Christians.

AND just asking as to. where Jesus commandments under the NEW COVENANMT. are written ??

They are not written down.

They who have been born again and received the filling of The Holy Spirit are directed and taught by The Holy Spirit,....


Gal 5:18 But if ye are led by The Spirit, ye are not under The Law.


As a Gentile born again, Spirit-filled believer, I pay attention and obey what Jesus tells me, not what I read from the OT.
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The End Time Puzzle

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+1 on this comment. :) Couldn't agree more. When bombs go down, we go up. :)
The so-called rapture occurs when Jesus returns to judge the living and the dead (aka the sheep and goats judgment, the white throne judgment, and the final judgment). The people who are still on earth will rise to meet Jesus and his saints in the air, and then they will follow Jesus to the Kidron Valley (Valley of Jehoshaphat) for this final judgment. In other words, this rapture will occur at the end of time.
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Hello!

Hello! My name is Emily. I am twenty years old and I'm new the forum!

My life thus far has been defined by isolation, rejection, and mental suffering. I never felt like I could connect with anyone, and I saw how many others in the world were suffering too. It destroyed my trust in God for years and I stopped calling myself a Christian. One night when I was seventeen, I wanted to take my own life, but I had the urge to pray for the first time in years. Then the Holy Spirit told me to read my untouched New Testament. That's where my story began - at what seemed like the end.

Right now, I'm enduring another period of complete isolation and even heartbreak, but I am also more strengthened than ever in Christ. Although I'm very shy, I am also glad to be on this forum among fellow believers. :) Thank you for having me!

Today I learned...

Today I tasted my first banana "heart." Which basically is the flower of the banana that can be cooked and eaten. It was wrapped in a salad dressing that looked like shredded chicken from a catfood can. I tasted this mainly Asian food, and found it to be quite good.

"A banana heart is the fleshy, teardrop-shaped flower that hangs at the end of a banana cluster. It can be eaten raw or cooked and is a traditional food in many parts of Asia and India. The edible parts, which have a meaty texture similar to an artichoke heart, require preparation like peeling the outer layers and soaking in an acidulated water solution to reduce bitterness and browning before use in dishes like salads, curries, and soups"

Here is someone else who blogged about it (with photo) Hearts of Banana
Interesting! I think the most interesting food I've ever eaten was a century egg. My Developmental Psychology professor, a woman from Taiwan, offered century eggs to the whole class, but only a couple of us were willing to try them. I felt very proud of my bravery lol. But in defense of those who opted not to try, the stench was absolutely terrible.

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I started a new book today. A memoir written by Brian Johnson, singer of AC/DC.

When the band was touring in 2015, Brian had developed an ear problem that would not go away. He finally saw the doctor. The doctor explained to him that the fever he had during the tour caused fluid build up in his ears. Then the untreated fluid had crystallized! The doctor told him he had to be operated on and that he had to use a chisel to get the crystals out! :oops:
My dad loves AC/DC. Back when he coached my travel basketball team, he always played "Thunderstruck" during practices. And oof, that does not sound pleasant. I had no idea that doctors using chisels to break crystallized earwax was a thing. Very bizarre. There are so many things that can go wrong with the human body; it's a miracle that it works as well as it does most of the time.
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Washed and clothed in Christ: The beauty of the Sacrament of Holy Baptism

I can’t even think of a heretical sect that believes that, except perhaps the Mandaeans, who use baptism to maintain ritual purity, but that’s not the same as sinlessness.

I don't even think we can place the Mandaeans in the realm of heretical sects--theirs is a fully de-Christianized gnosticism; given that they consider Jesus to be a false prophet. I actually don't know how to properly classify Mandaeanism, it's almost its own religion--as distinct from Christianity as Islam is.
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Are there still Apostles today?

Paul stated the entire group of people and their roles as they spread the Gospel through the centuries.
Correct - he never said it would end.
In other words, there is a train of evidence and they were all appointed for a specific purpose.
Still are (everyone of them)
Just because the first few are no longer in service there still remains those who carry the message under different roles, a gift by His Holy Spirit.
That is where we differ I don't believe the 'first dew are no longer in service".
As far as demarcation, there is no need for that as there is a seamless connection in the Body of Christ and in the Kingdom of God.
Correct - and each are still needed today.
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