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Could you explain to us which liturgy, particular church, and/or ethnic group is the “charismatic” one?

Heard someone make a comment stating that a church in their town doesn’t teach five-fold ministry. Looked it up and it references the five ministries addressed in Ephesians. Is this teaching associated with a particular denomination? Is it found across denominations? I suppose the next time you see...

What is the difference between “Israel” and the church? Specifically, it is very clear that salvation is offered to individuals, and not a national basis. And more importantly, individuals who don’t accept Christ or who reject him won’t be saved. In this understanding it’s hard for me to see what ex...

Either lying is a measure of fitness for president or it isn't. Which is it? This thread isn’t “Is Trump fit to be President?”, although I think it would be fine if you started such a thread. Everything is relative. If we are going to propose some measure of "fitness" for a particular can...

Ken wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 11:37 am

Josh wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 10:19 am Nice whataboutism there.

Either lying is a measure of fitness for president or it isn't. Which is it?

This thread isn’t “Is Trump fit to be President?”, although I think it would be fine if you started such a thread.

Can we have a fourth option for “I disagree with your assumptions that one candidate is institutionalist and one is authoritarian”?

Nice whataboutism there.

Paul Graham: The most extreme of the things you can't say would be very shocking to most readers. If you doubt that, imagine what people in 1830 would think of our default educated east coast beliefs about, say, premarital sex, homosexuality, or the literal truth of the Bible. We would seem depraved...

Soloist wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:00 pmThe news article suggested that voices were telling him to do it, so it was either mental health or something else

More likely drugs.

steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 6:51 am Unfortunately, that's the best you can do for someone in that situation.

I've hit a point where I don't think enabling an addiction is doing good at all. That's why I like working with places that have rather strict rules, so I know the help will actually be helping.