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    I cannot bring myself to trust

    I was born with an evil nature inherited from Adam and Eve, which places me, by default, under God's condemnation. I will argue the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ until the cows turn blue and the moon comes home. But it seems I cannot bring myself to trust Christ's and the Holy...
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    Conflict between perception and reality

    What's really going on in the world and life is the war between God's kingdom and Satan's kingdom. ABC News wants to paint you another picture of what's going on. So there is a conflict between perception and reality. This conflict is enough to drive some people crazy, such as myself. My OCD...
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    I currently have assurance, but how long will it last?

    I have wavered back and forth between thinking I am a Christian and thinking I am not. I now think I am saved. That is based on some things that occurred this morning, including reading a couple of Private Messages from John. I think I totally trusted Christ and He took me, like I asked Him to...
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    Going to online AI for spiritual advice

    I have reached the point of going to online AI for spiritual advice. I have just started using ChatGPT for this. Before totally dumping water on this, please note that ChatGPT, while over all programmed, probably, by non-believers, accepts any user's world view. I tell it I have a Christian...
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    Feeling of accomplishment vs. pride

    Yesterday, I again thought I really gave my life to Christ. But today, I have reason to wonder if I'm saved. The issue has to do with pride. Can a Christian have a good feeling of accomplishment because of something they did, without being prideful?
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    God's will, moment by moment

    I know lots of Christians have confusion and questions about God's will. I am one of them. I am unsure about, am confused about, the line .... or the area, or the wall, or the chasm, or whatever....between God's will and my will. Often, during prayer time in the online Bible study that I attend...
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    God's Challenges

    One time, decades ago, I was having a conversation with one of my friends who was at that time an atheist. I made some comment relating to the concept of ‘what it would be like to be God.’ He responded, “No challenges.” Since then I’ve thought about that and have concluded that God DOES have...
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    Is a Biblical Creationism discussion group on Facebook suppressing new ideas?

    Hi, I posted here before about the possibility of an extinct ecosystem existing on Venus. I was allowed to post and people were allowed to respond. I also posted about Venus on the Facebook discussion group, "Biblical Creationism." Again, I was allowed to post and people were allowed to...
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    Extinct Life in Universe: Start Search at Venus!

    From a creationist point of view, God might have created life all over the universe, then destroyed some or all of it (except on the earth) as part of the Curse. In the search for life - present or extinct - beyond the earth, we may have to look no further than Venus! Geologically, Venus is like...
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    Rolled Away

    In Joshua chapter five, the Israelites under Joshua have crossed the Jordan and are camped in a place where God had Joshua circumsize the second generation of the freed children of Israel, after 40 years in the wilderness. Chapter five verse nine reads: “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I...
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    The Indispensable Link Between Assurance and the Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone

    For the past thirteen-plus years, up until this past Monday, I have frequently, repeatedly doubted my salvation. That is why I am posting in "Struggles-By-Non-Christians." In case there are other borderline Christians/Non-Christians who are having some of the same problems as I have had. Pastor...
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    God's plans and mine

    I have what seems to me to be a reasonable set of plans for what to do in my life in the future. But Proverbs 3:5-6 say, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart...lean not unto your own understanding..." I have been mystified by the gray area between God's will and my will. Because of my wavering...
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    Salvation in a moment versus taking up one's cross

    Because I have religious OCD, I am tending to wonder whether or not I am a Christian. Therefore, this is being posted in “Struggles by Non-Christians.” A person with religious OCD has the OCD doubt machine attack their belief in their own salvation frequently. In my today’s Bible reading, I read...
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    Should the persecuted Christians in Nigeria be armed?

    Christians in Nigeria are being killed by the thousands by illegal militant Islamist groups. It might be especially questionable for Christians to take up arms against a persecuting government; I don't know. But the Christians in Nigeria are being assaulted by criminals, not by the government...
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    Nuclear War, Israel and God

    In 1945, the first atom (fission) bomb was detonated. In 1952, the first hydrogen (fusion) bomb was detonated. But in between these two dates, the nation of Israel reappeared on the map in 1948, setting the stage for the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. This was the God of Israel saying to the...
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    Report on MSN about Christian persecution in U.S. and around the world

    Are American Christians on the path to severe persecution for their faith?
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    Salvation, God's Will and My Will

    I post this in "Struggles by Non-Christians" because it refers to my decades long struggle to know whether or not I am a Christian. I was still in doubt as of last Tuesday, so please don't say this is irrelevant to "Struggles by Non-Christians." Through the months of July and August, I was much...
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    Has the Big Bang Theory Been Debunked?

    The following appeared on MSN just this morning: The Big Bang Theory Has Been Debunked? To note, I already just posted something related recently ("How Christians Should Respond to New Space Images"). I got into a somewhat prolonged argument with one Christian who believes in the Big Bang. I...
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    How Christians should respond to new space images

    Just this morning, on MSN, I saw an article that was about how Christians should feel about new images of space, such as those from the James Webb telescope. The article includes an interview with a woman scientist who apparently is also a Christian. She seems to believe in the Big Bang and old...
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    Christian graffiti

    I have just started on a new project: Christian graffiti. How often have you been in a toilet stall in a public restroom and desired to post a Christian message to compete with the other types of messages scrawled on the wall? But, since you are a Christian, you know you are not supposed to...
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