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Hey Ken. I'm short on time, please consider...Emphasis on "but now" and "firstfruits". 2 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. The Lamb slain from the foundations of the world was an eternal decree made from...

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not...

Or you have no answer to that point. ;)

If you want to save time, don't watch the whole game, just watch the highlights of all the games on youtube. Each takes about ten minutes or so. Jacksonville is really a surprise for me this year. The Browns have their #1 pick next year. I was hoping for a top ten pick. It doesn't look likely...

BF If you're already saved, then you're already in Christ, and faith is not necessary. It doesn't say that whoever believes will evidence their ever lasting life. It says.... "...that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Faith matters. Without it, you're dead...

I put this in the news and current event forum for a reason. Maybe the political forum merits the same understanding. It's such a simple but profound statement to me. I was actually struck by it, though I understood this already. I had to pause for thought as to why it stuck me so hard. Is it...

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Faith matters!

Throw away your television sets. Their drowning kids in sex at the youngest possible age. TV these days is just soft porn with a story line. This is devastating to children and their development. Think of television like you'd think of the pharmaceutical industry, or the food industry. They are...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is the 'placing into' with the Holy Spirit by Jesus. That's what it means. We are placed into Jesus, thus "in Christ" when we receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. As we can see, being born again is the result of being "in Him", which is always the result of...

I can't believe the Browns just won that game. We usually lose these types of games. If we keep doing that we'll be out of the Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana QB sweepstakes. Sorry GB, I feel ya. Been there, done that already in game one.

I can vouch for this as I've experienced this in my life, though not as much as I would have liked. There's something about being in the wild, especially for men, that makes us feel like we were born to be out there where a man can breathe.

I have hopes that the writer meant spiritual baptism when referring to Romans 6. I didn't want a debate, I'm just going on record. Romans 6 is the spiritual 'placing into' Christ that results from faith.

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sanctified-rehearse-identity/ July 29, 2025 | Sean DeMars In an age of identity politics, where people are subdivided into an infinite number of victim groups and used as pawns on political and cultural chessboards, Christians may be suspicious of...

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/young-men-wild-places/ Young Men, the Wild Places Are for You August 6, 2025 | Fletch Matlack Young men, God has designed wild places to unlock spiritual truths in your heart. Wilderness experiences are a visceral means of drawing you nearer to...

Hey Bill I used to think the same things that you do. I believe that the "hatred" of Esau in the Bible is best understood as God's rejection of the Edomite nation as the vessel for His covenant, not a personal hatred of the individual man. I believe that it fits the context better, and the...

Interesting what is being said here in Colossians 2, when we consider that the physical circumcision basically pictured, or symbolized cutting away sin. 'Putting off the body of sins of the flesh' here is described as a work/act/circumcision performed by Jesus, not us. Colossians 2:10-14 and...

Hey JF Maybe we always had a sin nature, at least in potential, since we were never created inherently good. Adam and Eve were protected from sinning by their ignorance of good and evil, and still having peace with God, were still plugged into the source of good, God Himself. In one fell swoop...

JF Would you think it strange that God never mentions a sin nature in Genesis three, or did He? 14 "So the Lord God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this,..."

Hey JF I quote these passages often in other topics, but they apply here. When we are placed in Christ, and born again, there is a spiritual death of sorts. Should we call the power of sin the old man? Is the flesh sinful by nature? Does it become that? So when the Old man is put to death...

Sorry, I'm falling behind in this thread. Time...