Recent content by -James-

Thanks, Dondi; I was thinking along those terms. I like how the living bible puts 1 John: 5. This is the message God has given us to pass on to you: that God is Light and in him is no darkness at all. 6. So if we say we are his friends, but go on living in spiritual darkness and sin, we...

I'm pleased you brought this up, Karen. People seem to differ when it comes to viewing what it means to be born again. I would personally like to know the "standard", or "biblical" definition of the term. I know what I think it means, but that's just my own personal view. What does it mean...

I think this thread shows perfectly how flawed we all are, as well as our need for Christ. Christians aren't perfect, obviously, and in the end we all find what we are looking for. Be it, love, or peace, or bitter contention. I was set off by this thread after it got heated, yet I tuned in...

yup :)

Thank you J23, and Faithful, I was hoping to follow this thread w/o feeling sick to my stomach. I think Ephesians 4:26-32 says it best: 26. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27. Neither give place to the devil. 28. Let him that stole steal no more: but...

Warning: This post is completly off topic, but relevant to this board today, Imo. Quahom, feel free to delete at your leisure. "Yeah, we're runnin' a little bit hot tonight I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off You know what I'm sayin' Got the fearin', power steerin'...

"Sweet Embrace" Life can be a miracle Open your heart and see. Virtue a path of beauty Existing in you and me. Straight is this passage, Always open, it is grace. Vice is but the darkness Existing in its place. Sit a bit and think it over. Absent until one can see...

My NASB reads John 15:22 this way: "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin but now they have no excuse for thier sin."

Is that ICP, 17th? I was speaking with someone the other day about the dark carnival, lol.

This is the wide margin Cambridge bible a was looking at.Amazon.com: NIV Wide Margin Reference Edition black goatskin NI206WM: Books and here's the NIV Life Application Study Bible I was looking at. Amazon.com: NIV Life Application Study Bible (New International Version): Books I'll buy...

I was thinking about buying the NIV Life Application Study Bible. Anyone know anything about this system of study? The NIV is suppose to a thought for thought translation which appeals to me for some reason. I love my KJV, and my NASB, but both can be a little difficult to read. The KJV is...

No, I meant my thoughts of you weren't worthy.. . ..not you. :) I viewed you in a manner less than myself, and that was wrong of me to do. James

Is that suppose to be taken literal, Silas? If so, then very few Christians EVER fulfill such a command. I prefer to see it as a metaphorical death, representing being born again. I'm reminded of a story Jesus told about a father and his two sons. He bid them to go to work in his vinyard, and...

My question is what's the purpose of this thread? Is it to make some Christians doubt thier faith and/or conviction, or is it to make them feel less worthy than others? Do you feel called? Is this why you made the thread? If so, my hat goes off to you, bro. You're a braver man than I am...

I'd like to think I've died for Christ already, but you're talking about a physical death. I will answer this question with all the honesty that's in me, silas. I've faced death on a several occasions, and I fought for my life in every single one. I'm still alive and kicking today, but with a...