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  1. RDKirk

    Disney/Marvel's "Ironheart"...a modern retelling of "Faust"

    What offended me, right off the bat, was the concept that Riri Williams couldn't find a way to raise money. Her "excuse" was that she couldn't stand the idea of working for someone else ("having to pretend to like people I don't like"...as if that's not a sign of a personal issue in itself)...
  2. RDKirk

    Priests demand probe after arson at ancient church in West Bank's last remaining Christian town

    Israel existed as a nation even before they occupied the territory. Israel existed as a nation even while they were in Babylonian captivity. But Israel did not exist as a state during those times. See the difference?
  3. RDKirk

    Should pulpits remain silent on politics?

    The Christian nation is the Body of Christ.
  4. RDKirk

    Should pulpits remain silent on politics?

    Jesus was repeatedly confronted with political enticements or traps throughout the Gospels. In each instance, He either avoided the political snare or reframed the issue to focus on His Kingdom rather than earthly power. 1. Taking up an earthly kingdom Himself Scripture: Matthew 4:8–10; Luke...
  5. RDKirk

    Should pulpits remain silent on politics?

    They were in His Father's house, which is why the aggression was justified. Is that really something you've missed all these years?
  6. RDKirk

    Should pulpits remain silent on politics?

    It was "...my Father's house." We should be that aggressive within the Body of Christ. Notice that none of Jesus' volitional travels took Him to the palace.
  7. RDKirk

    Should pulpits remain silent on politics?

    Not being political does not mean not having influence in society.
  8. RDKirk

    Priests demand probe after arson at ancient church in West Bank's last remaining Christian town

    A state is certainly a "political group." A nation may be only an ethnic group.
  9. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    The problem is, we don't necessarily know whether a given individual is--in essence--any of those things. If we look at people from God's absolute position of holiness, then everyone is at least one of them. But that depends on whether God sees us as essentially the acts we commit. Is a...
  10. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    It does nothing. It has no spiritual or material effect. It's nothing but a belch.
  11. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    It does nothing. It has no spiritual or material effect on anything.
  12. RDKirk

    Priests demand probe after arson at ancient church in West Bank's last remaining Christian town

    This is why Christians should not get involved with supporting specific political groups, such as the State of Israel.
  13. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    No, a person saying "You are going to Hell" does nothing. I could say, "You are going to the moon," which similarly and for the same reason does nothing.
  14. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    You had a point to make, but started off with a disingenuous question. That's a mistake in delivery which caused several unnecessary tangential debates. Unless confusion and obfuscation was your intent.
  15. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    Criticism is part of what a Christian should do, but it's not all a Christian should do. Criticism does not send anyone to hell, however.
  16. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    There's a mistake in your delivery. If that's the point you intended to make, you should have opened the thread making that point.
  17. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    I've never heard any Christian say that a Christian has the power or role to condemn anyone to Hell.
  18. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    No. First, human beings do not have the power to assign anyone to Hell. Second, that's not our mission. Our mission is to continue the work of Jesus in this world. What was His work? "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be...
  19. RDKirk

    Should Christians Condemn People?

    Your question was not "List everything a Christian should do."
  20. RDKirk

    People who die as infants go to Heaven, right? Is there a good argument to the contrary?

    Having had both a boy and a girl, and having made a hobby of studying them as infants, I will testify that even at six months it's clear that they are intellectually exploring and studying the world. They're not merely learning by trial and error. If you watch them closely, you see them...
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