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I hate the taste of alcoholic wine too, but I drink grape juice every day. The enemies of Jesus accused Him of being a person who drank too much wine and ate too much food. It seems like they were hyper-critical and exaggerating just to cause trouble for Him. Matthew 11:19 The Son of man came...

I had already mentioned that my pastor said that Rahab’s pagan gods were okay with lying in certain circumstances, but our God is never okay with lying.

The Lord’s Prayer is a model, yes. But I have no idea how to improve upon it. You cannot go wrong by reciting the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples.

Again you are deflecting from the examination of 1 John, where we are told that if we confess our sins, God will forgive them. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I have always been bothered by the first miracle of Jesus. Turning water into wine seems sort of inessential, unless it was a metaphor for Jesus bringing new teachings, new life, new covenant to the world. If the miracle wine was non-alcoholic grape juice, I find it hard to believe anyone...

You are deflecting from the examination of 1 John. The word “we” is not in the examples you mentioned. Moving mountains can be seen as metaphorical, meaning massive problems. God does answer every prayer of believers who abide in Him, answering with yes, no, or wait. Only the rich young...

1 John is written to believers who are in the body of Christ. Follow the use of “we” throughout the epistle. 1 John 1 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one...

It is sad to me that you cannot understand that the church exists simultaneously as a spiritually assembled totality of believers seated in heaven and as a group of believers meeting in specific local facilities. Several verses in scripture, which I have quoted for you, refer to the church as...

We belong to the universal church, the body of Christ, called out of darkness, whether or not we are physically together in a specific place. We are all spiritually assembled and seated together in the heavenlies. Ephesians 1 and 3 are not just about blessings, they refer to our being gathered...

The Greek word ekklēsia (ἐκκλησία) translated church literally means assembly, gathering, or "called-out" ones. It combines the preposition ek ("out of") and the verb kaleō ("to call"). Believers are called out from the darkness of this world to enter the kingdom of heaven. Sometimes they are...

When I was a teenager, I attended a Mennonite church, where I got baptized. I was invited to act as a pastor and preach a sermon of my own one Sunday morning. It was their style to conclude the service with reciting the Lord’s Prayer, but I skipped it, because in my youthful zeal, I considered...

Church can refer to the totality of all saved believers or to a local assembly of believers. When Jesus said He was going to build His church, He referred to the universal collective entity, not to any specific location. If local assemblies were meant, Jesus would have said churches plural...

When I quit looking for a woman, and told God I needed a wife, He brought me the perfect companion to whom I was married for 21 blissful years.

Why let Hamas and Hezbollah get away with their murders and crimes? Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Daniel Davis Deep Dive is anti-Israel, like so many people today. I could not keep watching the video.

It is strange how desperately you cling to the idea that thoughts are not deeds, so you will not be judged for having sinful thoughts. Thoughts are mental deeds and wicked thoughts are sins. Jesus clearly stated that thinking about adultery is the same sin as doing adultery. Matthew 5:28 But...

Thank you so much for your wise and helpful insights!

More accurate quote: The more things change, the worse they become.

I was attending a rather large, all black (98%) Baptist church. I made some friends there and liked the pastor’s preaching, but I eventually decided the culture was too alien for me. So now I am attending an independent Bible church, where the pastor graduated from John MacArthur’s Masters...

I tried to find Calvary Chapel Afterglow Services on YouTube. Videos were just music performances, no speaking in tongues.