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mrbilliam wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:57 pmProdigal son was given a ring by the Father.

In an utterly different context from marriage. Until you recognize that fact and quit attempting to force it to mean something else (aka eisegesis), this discussion won't really go anywhere, unfortunately.

(FYI) Jews also anciently used the wedding band. There are Ante Nicean writings on the wedding band too. Can you provide these writings? Can we change if proven? https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library_Vol_4.djvu/319 Change to following Jewish cultural practices? Now THE...

I knew a missionary couple in a city that was asked by a Wholesale Box store employee while addressing the husband (playfully) "When are you going to make an honest woman out of her". He said this as he knew them for years, seen them for years, but didn't think they were married as they h...

I knew a missionary couple in a city that was asked by a Wholesale Box store employee while addressing the husband (playfully) "When are you going to make an honest woman out of her". He said this as he knew them for years, seen them for years, but didn't think they were married as they h...

Additional optional question - Do most Beachy Amish or moderate conservatives avoid these types of questions because it would mean change to the system that makes them comfortable? More likely they just avoid it because it looks like a blatant attempt to use a 1st century cultural reference from a ...

In the NT, Christians did appeal to secular authorities , asking them to intervene. Paul appealed to his Roman citizenship when he did this. This may be the closest thing we see to voting in the New Testament. How does this inform our thinking on voting? In the New Testament, there are several inst...

You seem to think a stick can find water but a pigeon finding it’s way home is inconceivable?

I'm not mocking, as I've seen folks find water with great accuracy. But this just struck my funny bone.

I listened to it about half way the other evening. I agree that he dug pretty deep in finding the idea of uncut hair for women in the text. I plan to finish listening, but I expect weak-tea statements about men and beards. It is always interesting to hear clean-shaven conservative Mennonites, who a...

Wendell Heatwole on Hairstyles, The Beard, and Mustache: https://www.youtube.com/live/Rg54SJelHrU?feature=shared In the absence of a summary, I have managed to listen through half of this one. I was sorely disappointed by the way he attempted to make Scripture specifically imply "uncut" h...

Wendell Heatwole on Hairstyles, The Beard, and Mustache: https://www.youtube.com/live/Rg54SJelHrU?feature=shared In the absence of a summary, I have managed to listen through half of this one. I was sorely disappointed by the way he attempted to make Scripture specifically imply "uncut" h...