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Blatant propaganda, the English government was as tyrannical as any government, but having fought a war that benefited the American colonies, naturally 3xpected them to pay for it. The Christian worldview held by the authors of the Declaration of Independance believed in those values Christianity gives. Equality before the Law, and the value of the individual .

Inorder to have justice one must believe in an absolute truth and not that truth is relative. In 5odays post modern world there is no absolute truth.

Always compare ' questionable words phrases etc' with other translations. Biblegateway gives you access to 30 different translations. The niven (UK) say:-6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. So yes Paul is saying that they were leaving the truth.

In part it was an expression of gratitude to God for what he had done, given etc 3tc etc, but it was also an act of magnifying the givers name, reputation etc. God has always commended the generous giving to him and to the needy. God has also looked at the heart/mind of the giver, worshipper. Even in the OT it was the spiritual worship that counted not the ostentatious giving of sacrifices.

Are you objecting to the work criminal lawyers do, to the fact that US law presumes the innocence of an accused, or that there are Christians involved in the legal profession.

NIV. Proverbs 29:24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify. 25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 26 Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice. 27 The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright. God is a God of justice and just because someone is accused doesn't mean they are guilty. For justice to be done lawyers are needed to defend the accused.

At 32 you are an adult. Where do you work? How do you attend church? All I can suggest is to make the hard effort to attend church, to meet with people. In the same pray group, bible study regularly.etc That way you will become accustomed to being in a social situation. Talk to your doctor, if you are really scared, you might get so etching to tranquilise you so you can function around people. It is far better to learn that people are not scary and that you can talk with them, be with them.

One of the common complaints about non domestic churches, is the lack of oversight for the minister. In theory belonging to a church organisation provides for a certain standard of minister and for a mediation process for when there are disputes between congregation and church leaders. Yes a group of friends can support someone working for Jesus or provide for those in need. Belonging to amidsionary society means there are those with the legal expertise to support the missionary, those with experience of working in a different culture, provision of support in that country and regional conferences. I find it interesting that Paul wrote to the churches, both for their benefit, but also because he benefited from associating with them. Why constantly re invent what has been invented?Yes be wise about how one's money is spent, with whom one associates and humble enough to work with those who don't dot all the same theological i's.

One starts while dating. Attending a bible practising church, bible studies, pray meetings etc etc if one leaves it until actually married one has left it very late in the relationship. Christianity is a marathon, one has to practise, practice and practise, having a healthy spiritual diet of challenging surmons, apologetic talks, theological studies gives one the energy to live a Christian life as well. As constantly checking one's practical living.

There are two meanings to ' church '. There is the eternal visible and invisible " Church " formed of every Christian alive or who has lived or who will live. This Church is not affected by man's inherent sinfulness and tendancy to be mislead. Then there is the organisation church, baptist, methodist CoE, RCC etc and the cultic off shoots JW etc These are inhabited by Christians and no Christians and are heavily influenced by man's sinfulness. Jesus created us to be relational, towards God parents, children, spouses, friends etc etc and part of that is being involved in a local church. How else are we to love the unlovely, do it All by ourselves or together with others! How else are we going to practically support those serving as missionaries. Does one pay the cost of supporting a missionary out of one's salary, or do it together with many others in a church based organisation.

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One of the highlights of my early married life was coming home from work in time to Bath and put to bed my son and daughter. Bathing them was always fun, then having dried and pyjamas them to read bed time stories, a bible story and pray with them. Does he realise how short these childhood years are. Does he not realise that he is loosing building a relationship that will last an eternity. If he isn't prepared to invest in his children now, he will find that they will not be prepared to spend time with him later to bring to see him his grandchildren. A current joy is my grown up son visiting us sharing his life with my wife, daughter and I.

Yes but it was not God who became flesh, but God the Son who became human. You are proposing that there is only one God, which is not supported by the Bible, neither is the idea that Jesus only came into existence at his incarnation.

We are going round in circles. You repeatedly idolise a mystical learning unregulated by any sort of check while simultaneously demonising all man's teaching, except your own. There was a craze in education here in the UK, that believed if smal. Children, infants etc were around books they would just learn to read. It quickly was shown to be nonsense. In the same way new or young Christians need teachers, actual people to teach them about Christianity. Even mature Christians can be lead astray and need correcting when they go off at a tangent.

How can a just God punish someone who has been sinned against? We know that God will punish the unrepentant sinner. God repeatedly calls for us/Israel to protect the weak and vulnerable, so to say that God would punish those who have suffered oppression/persecution/been victims is to turn God's justice upside down.

You are mixing two different situations. How one response to an offence against one is different to how one response to witnessing an offence. As Christians we should have a humble attitude, ready to acknowledge our mistakes, offences etc and to ask for forgiveness.

We learn through multiple means, through the preaching of Godly men, through the example of Godly Christians, through experience and yes through our own Bible study. As Jesus said it is by their fruit that we will know them. Jesus taught that it is a high responsibility to be a Christian teacher, he warned that teaching that caused young Christians to stumble would be punished. Would you trust a doctor who had never studied medicine! A theological degree is no guarantee of being a Christianm, neither does the claim of being taught by God. We have to make a judgement on what they say, do and how others one respects views them.

, it's only when we do not recognise that our words or actionIf we are repentant for upsetting a brother, and in my case that is often unintentionally, and so apologise when told. There is no problem if we are able to accept that we have offended. If we cannot or will not, for what ever reason then we have a problem.

Because we were created to be in a relationship with him. We are living in the best possible way when living with God in our lives.

It is important to seek God and wisdom, this can be learnt from Godly teachers. To deny that there are such men, means you, as a Godly teacher, are really teaching lies. Follow the reasoning. If one can only learn from God, what value is there in your posts? Either you like other preachers and teachers are of God or if one only learns from God then you are not of God.

Please stop watching these preachers and listening to lies. Please read "luke21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 ‘Truly I tell you,’ he said, ‘this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." That clearly teaches that Jesus is not impressed by the size of one's donation, but is impressed by the spirit of love motivating one's giving. Please search out a church that actually preaches and practices the gospel.

There is an art or skill in intermarriage communication, both for talking and for arguing. The key is not to accuse the other of wrong doing, but to express how their actions makes one feel. Example, ' when you leave the toilet seat up, it makes me feel that you don't care about my needs. ' If he is playing on his phone all evening, start the ev3ning off with a sit down at the table dinner, phone, TV all off and talk. Once the washing up is done, he'll be back on his phone but you can share as you clear up together.

We need to learn to r3cognise that voice, to check what it is saying and to test our understanding with the bible and other mature Christians. One has only to look at how sincere men seeking g God where lead astray by their failure to do this. We are not the sole prophet of God, rather we are among many saints whose wisdom we should seek, to ensure we are not like Frank Russell, or Joseph Smith and going off at a tangent.

Free of blame or guilt; innocent. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless Is the dictionary definition. What you missed is that it is God you enables us to be blameless, it is not something we can do.

It was far, far more than joining us. He became nothing, a servant/slave, lived the holy spotless one among g, with sinners, being dispised, rejected, brutally beaten and crucified bearing All our sin, shame, guilt and taking our punishment. Because he loved us.