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Lexicon and concordance
by PSacramento ini used the lexicon and concordance over at blueletterbible.org, a very awesome site and one i higly recommend for all, but i would like to buy one for home, any suggestions?.
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who on this boards packing heat?
by 504deist ini was just wondering who has guns on here and what are they.
i was inspired by john does knife thread.
here's my rundown:.
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I want to do volunteer work - this is classic
by heybaby init has always bothered my how witnesses are discouraged from doing volunteer work because "preaching to them about the truth is the best thing we can do!
" ok, yeah, whatever.
it's true that the bible talks about preaching as being important for christians, but that's far from being the only thing that christians are encouraged to do for their fellow humans.
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Ephesians
by PSacramento inephesians is a letter in the nt, typically supposed to have ben authour by paul to the ephesians but not only the authorship is debated but so is the target audience, the ephesians part not being noted in the earliest available scriptures.. dated at around 8-100 ad and supposedly during paul's captivity, it does gives us some insight into (perhaps) 2nd generation chrisianity and paul's effect on them.. chapter 1 has some passages of note:.
grace is given freely (we are blessed with it) by jesus ( called beloved or the one he, god, loved) -1:6. in jesus we have redemption, forgiveness of sins according to god's grace - 1:7. god's plan is to bring everything ( heaven and earth) together under jesus, god has an (unknown to us) timeline for that.
- 1:10. we have been chosen ( are heirs), predestined according to god - 1:11 and, being the first to have hope in christ, might be for the praise of hid glory - 1:12.. 1:13 -"and you were also included when you heard the word of truth, the gospel and having believed, were marked by the holy spirit with a seal".
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Adam alone for YEARS before Eve's creation
by alanv ini went to my son's witness wedding on saturday and i was interested in the comment by the presiding oversear that adam was alone for years before god finally brought eve to him.
apparantly he had plenty to keep him busy naming the animals, cultivating the ground and generally getting used to his environment.
i just thought it was funny how after the 1975 failed prophesies they now have to say that adam was alone for years, whereas at the time they said he would have been alone a few months at the most.
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Not Their Fault?
by PSacramento ina friend of mine say this, " if they had found the answers elsewhere, they wouldn't have turned to the jw's".. i recall my mother mentioning the samething to me when she became a jw, that they had the answers and that no one else did.. answers to questions that other religions just didn't have a "convincing" enought reply to.. of course i asked, "how do you know?
have you asked and researched?".
the answer typically comes back "well, er..yes..not really..or from what i was given by the wt...".
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I'm reading the Bible cover to cover...
by homeschool in....what the heck have i gotten myself into .
as a sidenote, in genesis 21....abraham threw isaac a party on the day he was weaned.
check out the history on that and find out what other religions believe about that (i checked out the jewish & baptist websites).
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Musikfest anyone in the area go?
by moomanchu inseen yes with asia last night.. 2 tickets $88.00 $9.00 for musikfest mug .
we joke that to do anything anymore it's a hundred bucks.. http://www.musikfest.org/.
goin one more time.. place is a madhouse lol..