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I was wondering if its a spiritual practice of some churches to allow their young people to spew all of their hate, anger, aggression, and past hurts onto another, making them their punching bag if you will, so that they could gain their freedom and let it out on people who did nothing to them and have less than they do? Am I misunderstanding something? With what I've experienced and how I took it, some churches use intimidation, yelling, and fear tactics on the congregation even changing their name to someone else's and they don't even necessarily have to say anything. I know this may sound crazy but I know I'm not. I'm sure other people have experienced this. Maybe these people didnt realize, know or care as to how much I was hearing or able to hear if you know what I mean.

The Fall Back John:21.3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are going with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. There is nothing as frustrating as falling back, falling back into old habits that you want to over come, falling back into the same temptations, falling back into what you are fighting to get out. Sometimes fall back is unavoidable during growth. In this verse Jesus had died, resurrection Sunday had passed by, Easter Monday passed by..and it was now days and the disciples didn't know what next. They didn't know what life would be without Jesus. Jesus was the man. He walked on water, calmed their storms, turned for them water into wine, multiplied bread, healed those that were sick among them. Life without Jesus seemed hard for them hence the temptation to fall back. It is funny the things we go back to do when we nolonger have someone to be accountable to us. Its funny the things we do, when the ones we relied on are gone. I can't forget when Mama passed on and breakfast ceased at home, I wondered how long it would be till we had milk for breakfast as usual. Peter is naturally a leader, and his choices affect the rest in the group. You may not know it, but you might have people that look up to you, they do what they do because they see you do it. That is why you must watch what you do and say to those in your circles. The profundity of this text is the fact that, even in the fall back. Jesus still appears to his disciples. Because of his endless love for you and me, he is always in the bussines of pulling us back from our valleys - the fall backs. I know its resurrection, but I feel like its hell breaking loose on me, Yes...even if that is the feeling; Jesus says I have come...and I just want to know one thing... "Do you love me Simon Peter Do you really love me? Do you?" Not only do I want you to feed my flock, but also tend them. Nevertheless, most importantly, However, FOLLOW ME! That is the unending hope and the grace of God, for people like me. Who are weak but yet strong in Him. I know I am a Simon Peter and its my prayer that all of us that identify with Simon shall be transformed into the Solid Rock #SpiritualBread

Almost every assertion we make only begets a new question. If we claim that heaven is a spiritual existence with God, then what is hell? We can't really call it a spiritual existence without God because God is omnipresent, existing in all places at all times. Even the unsaved will spend eternity with God then. Hell may be better described as an eternal existence against God, an eternity of living in unchanging, irrevocable opposition against that which you can never change, the overwhelming presence of God's omnipotent Spirit. Mankind's ongoing problem is that we are born as creatures of the flesh, and as such, we are in natural opposition to things of the spirit. We live in the flesh which goes against the grain of the spirit. And since God is the One True Spirit, we end up in a natural, lifelong opposition to Him. This is the battle between spirit and flesh, between good and evil that we are all destined to fight. It is an internal Armageddon going on inside all of us. This battle going on within the hearts of men could well be in perfect accordance with God's plan for us. This battle in and for the hearts of men may be how all flesh is eventually brought into willing subjugation to the greater Spirit, the Spirit of the one, true and eternal God. Please check out the rest of the article here

Hi, what does it mean to he spiritual? Spiritual or carnal?, spiritual or soulish?

Fluffy clouds and harps aside, what is heaven really like and what is it's true location? Based on a Belinda Carlisle song dating back to 1987, heaven is a place on earth. It was a great song, it was very sweet, but not very convincing in a theological sense. It did serve to highlight the age old question though, where is this place we go to when we die and what is it like there? Two thousand years ago in Luke 17:21, Jesus Christ spoke of the Kingdom of God, which is a term considered interchangeable and synonymous with the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ told us in that verse that this Kingdom of God (or heaven) is within us, interpreted by some as amidst us. But regardless of which interpretation you use it means the same thing, the Kingdom of God, and heaven has already been with us, right here on earth for a long, long time. The experts of Christ's era were apparently missing that fact, just as we seem to be in our modern era. But with all out angst, poverty, war and injustice, how can heaven possibly be here on earth?

When ancient prophecy is ultimately fulfilled and the walls of Babylon come tumbling down, will the remnants of your church and mine be found amidst the rubble? None of us like to think so. On the other hand nearly all Christians believe there are other churches out there with false teachings based on the values of human civilization rather than the Bible. It's not bad to think that way if you keep it in perspective and remain civil. Churches don't all teach the same doctrine so disagreement is unavoidable in our fallen world. But it does beg the question, are there any Christian churches out there with doctrine and teachings that are totally without error? If not, then to one degree or another, Babylon has infected all Christian churches. What becomes of these churches when Babylon ultimately falls at the feet of God?