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by Neto
Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:52 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Attitude towards apostasy
Replies: 5
Views: 169

Re: Attitude towards apostasy

Sadness. Always. It is possible, of course, that a person can 'grow up in the church' and never have a personal relationship with God. I think about this more in cases where someone DIDN'T 'grow up in the church', but came to Christ later in life, then somehow get to the point that they reject Chris...
by Neto
Wed Apr 22, 2026 7:48 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe..."
Replies: 10
Views: 200

Re: "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe..."

... But in the context of Christian faith, I think that faith must come before complete understanding (if we ever even reach that point), because it is the Holy Spirit who gives us understanding of even the rudimentary elements of 'the faith'. Then experience with God - relationship - builds "...
by Neto
Tue Apr 21, 2026 9:09 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe..."
Replies: 10
Views: 200

Re: "I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe..."

I am often impressed with the degree to which we trust complete strangers who are hurling headlong toward us on the highway passing just a few feet away from us. But in the context of Christian faith, I think that faith must come before complete understanding (if we ever even reach that point), beca...
by Neto
Sun Apr 19, 2026 3:29 pm
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 3129
Views: 848745

Re: Today ...

April 19, 1995 - Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, OKC. (A married-in 'uncle' of mine was killed in the blast. Actually the father of my second cousins, but I addressed him as 'Uncle Bob'.) terrorism is the lowest thing, whether it’s one targeted victim or buildings filled with victims. th...
by Neto
Sun Apr 19, 2026 3:23 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?
Replies: 202
Views: 32196

Re: What Do You Regret Is Gone From MD?

Thanks for making this available.
Just a heads-up: I did a search on my own user name, and the results showed just a bit into the 13th page. However, it starts repeating toward the end of the 9th page of the search results.

Again, thank you!
by Neto
Sun Apr 19, 2026 1:50 pm
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 3129
Views: 848745

Re: Today ...

April 19, 1995 - Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, OKC. (A married-in 'uncle' of mine was killed in the blast. Actually the father of my second cousins, but I addressed him as 'Uncle Bob'.)
by Neto
Fri Apr 17, 2026 7:24 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Reliability of the Gospels
Replies: 12
Views: 792

Re: The Reliability of the Gospels

I listened to him several years ago and decided that he is very convincing and I don't need that type of input. Unless I’m mistaken, he was quite convincing as to the dangers of textual criticism to me. Because he opposed it or because he embraced it? I was also puzzled about this comment. Personal...
by Neto
Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:20 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: The Reliability of the Gospels
Replies: 12
Views: 792

Re: The Reliability of the Gospels

I listened to part of this. I got to the place where he basically says that the "straw the broke the camel's back" of his remaining faith was the problem of suffering. I suspect that some of the reason for this being a seemingly insurmountable problem for him is due to the Calvinist doctri...
by Neto
Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:16 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Spouses hitting each other
Replies: 11
Views: 911

Re: Thread for discussing spouses hitting each other

Moved here from the other topic, while editing was still permitted. Let’s keep on topic. It seemed pertinent to the topic to me. The question being, when should a wife leave her husband. I would suggest that any hitting (with or without a "reason") necessitates the wife (or husband) leavin...