Bump for Jodi and general interest. It's a great topic. Some believe you have to be baptised to be saved!

Quote (Jodi @ April 27 2008,17:43)I am not baptized. Why? Well, who is there to baptize me ? I don't belong to a church. Can a person baptize them self? If not, what is the criteria a person should have in order to baptize someone? Or better stated, what should be the criteria that I hold to the person who performs the baptism on me? Personally I…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ April 27 2008,16:32)My point is their proposed God is no different than the God of the OT, if God just sits in the heavens and does nothing when he has the power to.I don't know. I've been thinking about this as I've read this debate.I think there is a difference.The difference is that in the OT God seems responsible for…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ April 27 2008,16:10)Intellectually I can’t hold a candle to you.I don't think this is true at all.You're candle was burning pretty bright, bro.

Sis Irene,Thanks again for the invite, really, I appreciate it so much. But when I am on heavnnet, most of the time everyone is sleeping. So if I start to bust out in song, I will wake everyone up! It sounds like you guys are really enjoying it, I'm glad. Sing on,Mandy

Sis Irene,Thanks again for the invite, really, I appreciate it so much. But when I am on heavnnet, most of the time everyone is sleeping. So if I start to bust out in song, I will wake everyone up! It sounds like you guys are really enjoying it, I'm glad. Sing on,Mandy

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ April 27 2008,09:28)Really, So then when a pedophile rapes and murders a dozen children and gets caught and is out on the street in a few years then he got his just reward?Keith,With all due respect, can you change the subject matter that you keep on and on with? I'm getting tired of reading about the “….little girl…[Read more]

Quote (seek and you will find @ April 24 2008,04:17)Joyful, Joyful We adore thee God of glory Lord of Love, Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the cloud of sin and sadness, drive the clouds of doubt away, Giver of imortal gladness, fill us with the light of days. All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and…[Read more]

Quote (seek and you will find @ April 24 2008,04:17)Joyful, Joyful We adore thee God of glory Lord of Love, Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the cloud of sin and sadness, drive the clouds of doubt away, Giver of imortal gladness, fill us with the light of days. All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and…[Read more]

Along these lines, another good read, and one of my favorite books this last year is, Leaving Church by Margaret Brown. She was a priest who eventually lost her “faith” in the church but remained a believer. She found other ways to express her spiritual-self. It's one of my favorites. I've read it twice. Both times with tears running down my…[Read more]

When I was a nurse (so many years ago now), there were many girls that would come into the office for post abortion care and/or counseling. It was always sad. But there were sometimes when it wasn't sad. One case especially haunts me and it was of an incest case. The girl was relieved to not have to give birth to her father's child! She…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ April 26 2008,13:10)Quote (Not3in1 @ April 22 2008,17:06)Hi all,I go tomorrow morning for a MRI of my knee.  Please send your good thoughts and prayers my way.  I tend to freak out in confined places, and I hate taking drugs, so I'm left to meditate and visualize myself in a wide-open field.  Sometimes it works, and sometimes it do…[Read more]

I'm alright. Thanks for asking.I'm chill'en out for a while and doing some praying and reading……Trying to find my faith. Press on,Mandy

Quote (WhatIsTrue @ April 25 2008,02:11)By the way, thanks for being one of the few Christians on here who actually try to answer some of the hard questions. I am sure that it would be much easier to ingore this section of the forum altogether.I agree!Thank you, Keith. I'm listening in these days. Praying. Pondering all that is being said and…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ April 22 2008,17:48)But if God is all loving and all powerful and all knowing, and he is the creator of this universe and he can stop a little child from being raped and murdered and hacked to pieces and doesn’t, then that God is no less evil than the God that you criticize in the OT who punished men for sin.Good p…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 22 2008,17:47)Quote Will you kill your children if they disobey you? I am not God, Mandy.Are you? You may want to re-read your post and use the edit button!No we are not God – he kills his children (so the bible says) – we do not.

Quote (david @ April 22 2008,17:43)True, some even interpret it in a way so as to paint God as a monster, as injust, as cruel.Hey, I'm just reading the words in front of me.

If God is love, who would want to oppose him? A better question in my mind would be – why would we want to oppose him? But that is another thread…..Do you honestly believe that a human being would turn down love? Possibly if they are defective in some way, but otherwise love is a common need that is basic. No, I believe you are talking about…[Read more]

Hi all,I go tomorrow morning for a MRI of my knee. Please send your good thoughts and prayers my way. I tend to freak out in confined places, and I hate taking drugs, so I'm left to meditate and visualize myself in a wide-open field. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I'm praying for grace to get through it. Ultimately I will…[Read more]

Oh! I just realized that I have been at Heavennet a little over a year now. Wow. Thanks HeavenNet! This place has meant a lot to me. The people have meant even more.Love to all and thanks to all,Mandy