Recent content by easternstar

That's wonderful! All good things come from God. I take solace in my belief that nothing but good awaits us when we are reunited with our loved ones after we finally depart this place.

I welcome good-faith input, even if I strongly disagree, but I feel I can't respond appropriately if I don't understand the point somebody is making.

Thanks. Jesus is almost always depicted as having long hair. Would Paul have disapproved?

I know what you mean about modesty, seems to be a thing of the past. What is an 'effeminate color'?

Since I don't know how to respond to him, I just don't respond at all.

While I appreciate everyone who takes the time and effort to respond, sometimes I don't get what someone is trying to say.

And do you make sure none of your women cut their hair short?

Then you'd better require your women to wear a head covering in church.

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Some excellent posts here. I've enjoyed reading them, so thanks!

And where is that?

Who does communion today as it was done by Jesus and the apostles? With them, it was not just bread and wine, it was a meal!

I watch a lot of Christian television. I see a lot of Pentecostal preachers on there, teaching that Christ procured our healing in the atonement. They say that we are alreday healed but that we have to receive or take that healing. One precaher in particular says that we should nit talk to God...

I don't have the answers either, that I once thought I had. But I do firmly belive this: Nothing bad comes from God, but from Satan and the evil kingdom. So, while I don't believe God causes the bad, what I don't understand is why He often doesn't prevent or stop it.

I meant that if people had the freedom to accept or reject God under the Old Covenant, then under the New Covenant so do we. And once we accept Him, our right to choose is not taken away.