Category: Re:
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Is a Gay Christian a Contradiction?
Is a gay Christian a contradiction? Yes, but not for the reason you might think. I recently saw someone post this graphic on social media and want to examine the claim it makes. I am a Christian. I am very conservative. I believe living in homosexuality is sinful. Let me be very clear, I do…
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How To Distinguish Between Our Thoughts and the Holy Spirit Speaking
I was scrolling through TikTok and found someone trying to answer how he knows the Holy Spirit is speaking rather than just misinterpreting his own thoughts as the words of the Spirit. After fumbling over his words to try to explain the difference, he claimed that the words of the Spirit were like thoughts, but…
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Was Jesus an irreligious, Renegade Refugee and revolutionary?
Claim: Jesus was a renegade, refugee who rejected religion and lived a revolutionary life. True or False: Partially true I have seen quite a few videos lately on TikTok, and one commercial during the Super Bowl, where people claim that Jesus was a renegade and refugee. Some claim that He rejected religion and lived a…
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Cheers! A Response to P31 Momma and The Church at Sunsites
Normally, I would respond to someone privately, even if their comments were as public as yours. Scripture teaches us to, if we see sin in a brother or sister that needs to be addressed, go to them in private to share our concerns. Instead, you posted some very public and hateful comments on the YouTube…
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Man Down- Another Christian Calls it Quits
This is the second big story I’ve heard this year about this new trend among influential evangelicals. This time it’s Joshua Harris. If you found this article, then you know who he is or, at least, who he was. I am not going to speculate as to why he and his wife separated or as…
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Dear Teenager,
When I was a preteen and a teenager growing up in church, I remember feeling as though there was no place for me. We had youth group, and our youth group averaged more than one-hundred students on Wednesday evening. We went to camps, went on retreats, did missions projects, had cool t-shirts, had awesome music,…
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Will Christ-followers be judged by their works?
“Can you go into greater detail about the ‘Bema Seat’ or judgment throne and explain the judgment of Christians?” To answer this question, I want to quote 2 Corinthians 5. Many people will refer only to verse 10, but I always want to get more context than one verse so that we can glean the…
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Dear Gay Pastor
Recently I saw an article about how you received a cake from a bakery, on which was a homophobic slur. As I read through the article, my mind raced and was troubled. It does not seem right that someone one persecute you on these grounds. Please understand that I am not addressing you with hate…
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Can I know if evolution is true or not? If someone believes in evolution, can he also believe in God?
Before I answer this question, I want us to remember that in everything we do or in everything we strive to answer, we are to remain humble. I also want to stress that there is a danger in reading something into Scripture that is not there and that God gave us the natural world so…
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Why did Elisha Curse 42 ‘children’?
Can you explain 2 Kings 2:23-25? -asked by a student at Gorman Baptist Church, Durham This is a story in Scripture where God’s prophet Elisha (who took Elijah’s position as God’s prophet) caused 2 female bears to come out of the woods and maul 42 children. After Elijah was taken up, these little youths came…