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    Any testimony here about answered prayers? It would be great to read some.

    Any testimony here about answered prayers? It would be great to read some.
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    What actually was Jesus saying?

    “Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place.” (Mt. 24:34). Interpretation please! What actually was Jesus saying?
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    Who Has Never Doubted?

    Who among us has never or even often doubted the Bible, God & Christ? Am I the only one that will admit to it, or am I the only truthful one here? That fact leaves me with the fear of God on my mind wondering if I'll make the cut because of my faith, or often lack thereof. Jesus tells us “by...
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    Speculation for a seemingly biblical contradiction

    “Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him" reads Genesis 5:22–24 2 Kings 2:11, "And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.". In John 3:13, Jesus tells us the...
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    Receiving the Spirit. How do you know?

    How do you know when the Spirit is in you? What does it feel like to receive the Spirit? Do you hear the Spirit? If so, what does the Spirit sound like? How can we receive the Spirit? I’d like to read personal accounts of Christians who know for sure they have received the Spirit.
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    Does God contradict his own commandments?

    God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. He commanded “Thou shalt not kill” then in the days of Saul and David, God commanded them and the Israeli army to slaughter the Philistines, even their women and babies in the suck and their animals also. Explain the contradiction in these biblical...
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    Personal questions

    Does the Bible condemn masturbation as sin? Does the Bible condemn oral sex in a loving marriage as sin? If the answer is yes, please provide scripture.
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    Seeking Biblical contradictions.

    Seeking answers for biblical contradictions. John 3: 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. Genesis 5:22-24 Enoch walked with God2 after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were...
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    What about the NLT version of the Bible?

    Understanding much of the Bible is difficult, What do you think of the NLT version? Are real meanings in biblical text lost or wrong interpretations in that version?
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    "All Have sinned," really?

    It’s written in the Bible that “all have sinned,” then we watch the St. Jude adds on TV and wonder what sins these unfortunate handicapped and cancer patient children have committed. Do you wonder as I do about that? Some are but babes yet. Can someone explain please?
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    How do we answer the questions & statements that test our faith?

    How do we believers answer the many, many questions presented by skeptics, agnostics and non-believers? For the sake of fellowship in our beliefs, I hope to share with fellow Christians our beliefs and reasons for them even when we’re challenged by the really tough questions that come from...
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    No Husbands and wives in eternity?

    In the New Testament, when Jesus is questioned about a woman who had many husbands, (each dying), in her earthly life and she dies and is saved along with her many husbands also saved, which husband can claim her as his wife, Jesus responds that there are no husbands and wives in paradise the...
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    Baptism a condition for salvation?

    Baptism a condition for salvation? Throughout the New Testament we’re promised that believing in Christ is the condition for being saved to salvation. Yet John 3-5, Jesus tells us “Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the...
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    What should I Believe, and why?

    What should I Believe, and why? One of my problems with the different sects of organized Christian beliefs is the argument that one, perhaps most, promote and preach is that if one dies and is saved, he/she goes immediately to paradise to be with Christ, and others, probably the minority...
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    Why I disregard "organized" religions

    Why I disregard “organized” religions. I’ve attempted to read the Bible from cover to cover. I don’t believe I’m a stupid person. According to the few IQ test contrived by humans that I’ve taken in my 83 year lifetime, I usually score somewhat above average intelligence, whatever that’s...
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    New member

    I'm a new member seeking fellowship and biblical understanding with Christians. I'm 83 years old and recently lost my wife of 60 years to lung cancer.
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    New member

    I'm a new member seeking discussion and fellowship with Christians. I hope to find answers to my several questions and thereby strengthen my faith. I'm 83 years old and lost my wife 2 months ago to lung cancer.