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Fervent · 2025-11-15T21:04:27-0600

BobRyan said:
2. 2 Tim 3:16 says scripture comes from God, and not "the best idea that primitive man could think up"

The Greek concept of pneumotheos wasn't what you think it is. It was applied to things like combs and other such religious paraphenalia and was used to indicate that they took on life through their association with the Divine. It wasn't a theory of inspiration.

Bobber · 2025-11-15T21:03:11-0600

rambot said:
I also think his brain is now at a place where he shouldn't be running the country. It's too far gone.

Y'all need to make your government far, far younger.

I don't think anyone should be allowed to be President past 74 in running for a term. That means they would be done at 78. A two term ambition you should start no later then 70 and be done by 78.

GodAndChocolateVanilla · 2025-11-15T20:59:04-0600

Me and my Husband had a good day today. ^w^ =3

I am very grateful to God.

Dan1988 · 2025-11-15T20:58:59-0600

fhansen said:
And that’s what makes the alternative, that hell is God’s choice for some, all the more repulsive. The pain of hell is the absence of God, the absence of love in favor of the cold, selfish, pride that already causes the harm we see everyday in this world.

And my opinion is at least consistent with the millennia-old opinion of the Church Christ established.

What sort of fool would make a such a ridiculous claim, "that hell is God's choice for some". That would have to be the most absurd statement I've ever heard. I don't know, where you heard t but I can tell you that it is a lie straight from the pits of hell, as it portrays God as being evil.

It sounds like the same teacher told you that "hell is the absence of God", that's another demonic doctrine. The Bible says that God is in hell, tormenting sinners with fire, so the sinners see Him. I'm not going to give you any more verses to confirm the above statements, but they are all biblically sound, you can search the scriptures to see for yourself.

Your opinion couldn't be further from the truth, which the Church has been teaching for the past 2000 years

Jipsah · 2025-11-15T20:50:31-0600

contratodo said:
Prophetically we therefore see truth related to the stars being cast down.

Seems kind of a leap from poetic imagery like that to Spacemen & Flying Saucers, unless you already believe in SM&FS a priori, and are just looking for some way to stick 'em into Scripture. I don't believe in them, and thus see no rationale in the Bible for doing so .

Healing with Jesus · 2025-11-15T20:49:48-0600

Single mom needs prayers about relocation and new housing, after suffering in isolation for many years

rockytopva · 2025-11-15T20:41:02-0600

Well... A proud Jeff Bezos for rivaling Elon Musk!

Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket ace its epic landing on a ship at sea (video)

Relive a big part of New Glenn's big day.

www.space.com

BelieveItOarKnot · 2025-11-15T20:33:09-0600

bling said:
Is it what they had or did not have which caused them to sin?

Adam and Eve ceased to be individuals the moment God spoke His Words to them, ala Mark 4:15

From that point on it was Adam and the tempter within him, as well as Eve, with the tempter within her.

They left the garden with the tempter intact, in their own sorry hides, predetermined to the death of their own flesh and so on to today

Konnie King · 2025-11-15T20:16:20-0600

The Mighty Heros

The Barbarian · 2025-11-15T20:14:11-0600

Lukaris said:
Yet he was arrested during Trump’s administration and a few months before his arrest, was working with demo operatives to undermine Trump.

He was actually first arrested for sex with young girls in 2006. He got a slap on the wrist. The prosecutor who gave him this sweetheart deal was Alexander Acosta, later Trump's Labor Secretary. The AG of Florida at the time, Pam Bondi had the power to intervene, but did not. She later became Trump's AG.
Pam Bondi, Alex Acosta, and the Shadow of Epstein
How Two Officials Rose in Power After Overlooking One of the Most Notorious Criminals in U.S. History

“The Price of Looking Away: How Bondi and Acosta Benefited from the Epstein Cover-Up”

“Promoted by Silence: The Strange Rise of Pam Bondi and Alex Acosta After Epstein”

medium.com

DavidS · 2025-11-15T19:56:37-0600

Apple Sky said:
Of Saul ..........

The army of the Philistines approached and had threatened the covenant people, which disturbed the king (1 Samuel 28:4-5).

He was not able to consult the Lord through any of the legitimate ways, so in desperation he sought for the very people he banished.

He requested a medium and was sent to the home of a woman at En Dor (v. 7). Saul met the woman in a disguise and asked her to “bring up” Samuel the prophet.

The woman was aware of the law of the land and that Saul had banished her kind of people from practicing their sorcery. (vv. 8-9). After a promise from Saul that the Lord would not punish her, she attempted to bring up Samuel and to her own surprise, he actually came back to life! (vv. 10-12).

The exchange between Samuel and Saul at this point is reminiscent of prior conversations. Saul asked Samuel what to do about the Philistines, and Samuel responded by reminding Saul that YHWH had departed from him and gave the kingdom to David because of Saul’s disobedience.

Samuel then told Saul that he and his children would die in battle and be “with” Samuel (vv. 16-19).
And he did.

..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

So do you believe that ghosts do come back to visit us ?

Yes, because (apparently) Jesus did! After His resurrection, when He appeared to His disciples, He told tham that He was not a ghost because ghosts do not have flesh and blood. He did NOT tell them that He was not a ghost because ghosts do not exist, even though that would have been a good opportunity to say this, (see, eg., Luke 24:37-43)

MarkSB · 2025-11-15T19:49:33-0600

Always in His Presence said:
Premiums have increased by 80%.

From 2010 to 2023, the average premium for family coverage increased 80%, from just over $13,000 to nearly $24,000.

Total healthcare costs for a family of four now exceed $30,000 per year—increasing from $18,000 per year when Obamacare was passed.

So to be clear, you think that you can lay the entirety of those increases at the feet of Obama and the ACA? Health care cost inflation was a thing before the ACA existed, and it will continue to be a thing even if the ACA were completely removed.

On the graph below, I see a straight line right through 2010. No major change in the slope whatsoever.

How does medical inflation compare to inflation in the rest of the economy? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

In June 2024, medical inflation (3.3%) outpaced inflation in the overall economy (3.0%) for the first time since the beginning of 2021.

www.healthsystemtracker.org

DavidS · 2025-11-15T19:43:58-0600

Jesus said that if as few as "two or three" Christians are gathered together in His name, He is present.
In one sense, He is always present as He indwells, through the Holy Spirit, in every true Christian, but when as few as two Christians come together, He is present in an even greater sense in that a group of Christians gathered in His Name is a manifestation of His corporate body. He is, in a sense, physically present through His corporate body. Furthermore, because all Christians are united in the Holy Spirit, when even two Christians come together in prayer and worship, there is a sense in which the entire church of Christians (both alive and in the Father's nearer presence) are also present through the unity of the Holy Spirit. And Jesus is the Head!
As an aside, I suggest that "church" be taken as a collective noun - a swarm of bees, a murder of ravens and a church of Christians! A "church of Christians" is a gathering of born-again believers to worship God through Jesus. Thinking in this way helps us avoid the tendency to think of "The Church" as either an organisation or a building.

Ellesmere · 2025-11-15T19:41:21-0600

Valletta said:
The truth is that tariffs have had a tremendously positive effect on the U.S. economy. As Trump stated long ago he would adjust the tariffs.
Unfortunately there are people who actively want to see Trump fail and are willing to let people economically suffer in order to achieve that goal. I think those people will promote another shutdown early next year.

1) Trump was elected largely on the Biden Administration's inability to address the growing pressure of affordability in the present - an issue that average Americans were forced to confront every day!

2) Ten months into the Trump Administration and once again the American electorate is being told to ignore the present and focus on all the supposed benefits Republican policies will deliver sometime in the future - apparently MAGA supporters expected Trump and his policies to be exempt from the same criticisms that they directed at the Biden Administration

3) While political parties out of power focus on the failure of their opponents, that represent the government, to deliver on their promises in the PRESENT!

4) Once these political parties are elected to form the next Administration, however, that messaging suddenly switches to a FUTURE ORIENTATION _ politicians can be held accountable for shortfalls in the PRESENT but 'are exempt for the failure of their policies in the FUTURE because they have yet to occur!

5) Virtually every prominent economists has concluded that Trump's TARIFFS represent a tax on the American consumer _ which are forced to pay more for imported products, particularly those foods that can't be grown in the US (ie coffee)!

6) If the Trump tariffs were such a great success, why the need for the rollback on 100's of food items - this represents an admission that the previous policy of implementing "blanket" tariffs on all the exports from foreign nations was doomed to failure, creating in havoc in domestic markets, triggering rapid increases!s!

7) This ON-OFF-ON disruption of supply chains for these items, particularly foodstuffs, was also entirely predictable - the full negative impact of Trump's tariff policies have yet to exert themselves!

8) This will be particularly acute in the American auto industry, where decades of integration with Canada and Mexico suppliers that reduced production costs can't be suddenly reversed with the stroke of a pen! -

Jipsah · 2025-11-15T19:30:27-0600

pc_home said:
P.S. - So, sisters and brothers, Christians, take courage! After about 6030 weeks (until this date - June 22, 2141) - We will be resurrected!

I've set a reminder on my phone.

Jipsah · 2025-11-15T19:26:26-0600

FredVB said:
Whatever Jipsah is saying won't matter,

Of course not. You have beliefs that require Enoch to be holy writ, so it doesn't matter how much sheer thick sliced baloney it contains, you're gonna consider it holy writ no matter how much rat hair you have to strain out of it.

FredVB said:
he already told me previously I could choose to ignore him.

And so you may.

FredVB said:
He actually made sense that one time.

Maybe you misunderstood it.

Jane Chai · 2025-11-15T19:26:01-0600

Hello everyone, I would like to ask for prayer.

Lately, I’ve been feeling emotionally overwhelmed because of my father. In my daily life, I often have to be with him, and he frequently brings up heavy topics, complains, or speaks in ways that feel intense and pressing. This leaves me feeling anxious, drained, and afraid of losing my peace. I naturally long for calm, quiet, and a gentle environment, but daily life makes it very hard to find these moments.

I know that in January I will have to travel and spend whole days with him, which adds to my worry. I want to be emotionally strong, but I feel the weight of constant tension and pressure.

I am asking for God’s help to use the next two months to cultivate peace in my heart, so that I can:

Handle daily life with patience, calmness, and joy

Remain gentle, wise, and emotionally resilient when interacting with my father in January

Maintain healthy boundaries without dishonoring him

Keep my spirit connected to God’s presence and inner peace despite challenges

Please pray for God’s peace, strength, and guidance in my daily life, and that I may be prepared emotionally and spiritually for the month of January.

Thank you so much for your prayers. I deeply trust God to guard my heart, restore my calm, and fill my days with His peace.

Lukaris · 2025-11-15T19:06:53-0600

We will probably hear crickets instead of any condemnation from progressive, feminist groups. Probably if somehow this can be spun to implicate Trump at maralago , then it will be aired on The View.

Hans Blaster · 2025-11-15T18:53:04-0600

Charges won't stick. She's not a legitimate federal officer.

Shane R · 2025-11-15T18:46:39-0600

I entered a chili cook-off and finished tied for second place. Yet my pot was nearly empty at the conclusion of the event. So people ate it up but didn't vote for it. It was a recipe I affectionately labeled "church chili" in my binder. I got it off a guy from Idaho years ago who said he had been using it for ages and never offended anyone with it.

David Hunter · 2025-11-15T18:43:49-0600

"Judge not lest ye be judge!" Oh, if you're an evangelist, you've heard that one too many times, but what is Jesus actually mean when He says judge not? In today's series we'll see what Jesus said and what's he actually mean!
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Fervent · 2025-11-15T18:24:06-0600

partinobodycular said:
I might well have come to refer to myself as a Pyrrhonist if I'd ever encountered the term, but only having a ninth grade education high falutin philosophy terms are above my pay grade. So at this point, when called upon to do so, I just refer to myself as one of these three, a Christian, a Stoic, or a Solipsist, in that order. The last one being by far the least important. They each represent some aspect of who I am. To wit, my avatar is both a rather decent physical representation, and a brutally honest psychological/spiritual portrayal of who I am as a person.

Fair enough, I generally simply refer to myself as a (philosophical) skeptic given the unfamiliarity most have with the Pyrrhonic movement and its heritage in philosophy. I suppose the terms are not all that important, other than a possibility for confusion. Solipsism, for me, is far too heavily related to Matrix-style thought experiments for my tastes. I consider myself a Christian, a Eudomonist(virtue ethicist), and a skeptic. Though as with you, they are not of equal importance.

partinobodycular said:
When the bible speaks of the least of these my children, it's referring to me.

Me, as well. And when it says I am the worst of sinners, that is also me.

partinobodycular said:
My approach is to accept the pagan prophets for who and what they are, for I of all people have no right to judge someone in whose shoes I've never walked.

My aim is for the philosophies that hold folks captive, rather than a judgment on the individuals themselves. Though separating the two is often not possible in practice, so I operate as I feel led. Sometimes I am overly zealous, though, I must admit.

The Barbarian · 2025-11-15T18:21:06-0600

Fact is, even "identical" twins aren't genetically identical, because of mutations after the division of the fertilized egg.

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