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Or to put it as my old pastor used to say: "Sunday is a meeting, the rest of the week is the service!"

Roman Catholics don't pray in tounges, have them interpreted or make any prophesys at a mass.

Well if your saying Catholic doctrine is universal/first group of christians from the early church how come Catholics don't utilise spiritual gifts like this?

Well for instance Paul talks a lot in 1 corinth 14:22- 40 about how spiritual gifts should be conducted correctly in a meeting/service. Making reference that they should be used by a group of...

Yes I read the link but It kind of lost me after the death of John.



But what about the letters Paul wrote? For instance, the book of 1 Corinthians has a very good outline on church doctrine....

But what about the early church in Acts? They didn't follow Catholic doctrine but shouldn't they be counted as the first group of christians?

While not Catholic myself, I've seen this referenced a few times and Im interested as to why Catholics say they were the first 'group' of christians.
Im not having a go at anyone, I just wish to be...

You need to be in a church that's teaching the correct thing, biblically. There's plenty of churches and groups out there and many do differ from each other because of their view point on scripture...

Of course, the thread ends up with people arguing about Revelation.
Can we be anymore irrelevant?

Salvation is a gift...
Generally, gifts arnt taken back.

For example, when God gives us his Holy Spirit as a gift, he doesn't take it away from someone if they later decide to stop going to...

I kind of disagree, there is very little discussion about the Holy Spirit these days anyway and I think there should be more emphasis on it, since the Holy Spirit is the one who Jesus talked about...

Why have you started attending a new church? What was wrong with the past one?

I agree with the others, its more acting out of respect.
My girlfriend attends a different church to me, so...

Yes its somewhat normal.
Ive been with my girlfriend for a while now, and visually see other girls who are attractive, if I'm walking down the street or whatever. Doesn't mean I go around checking...

Having your first is like this: "man! thats not what it looks like in the movies and its not how it feels in a dream!"

What scripture?

Doesn't that mean that things like 'flings' and other stuff outside of marriage is harmful then, if they hurt you?



Read Genesis 4 where Adam "made love to his wife"
are you looking for a...

Fr Chuck, you seriously arnt condoning premarital sex are you?

By the way I was using NLT version

You can get free webhosting... all you need to do is code the site, then Google 'free web hosting', create an account and put the site on with that account. Free webhosting isn't the best thing (if...

I don't think that's God...


Doesn't that kind of defeat the point your trying to make?



1 corinthians 6:12
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I...

well... as a male with a girlfriend, I can say that I would prefer the company of the girlfriend over porn...
the idea of watching it while knowing I have a girlfriend makes me uncomfortable. ...

Hey thanks guys, your words have really helped me understand. And I think its an important topic too.

There's deffinetly a fair bit of miss use and under-use of spiritual gifts and the correct...

Thanks hauntinghelper, that's helped me a bit.

It was more the thing of, for instance, my church that I attend normally people speak in tounges and such (not always loudly), but no one really...

Cheers guys

Im more so asking... is it normal for me to be questioning what a church preaches (not that I'm saying they are wrong in what they do, but how/why they do things differently which...

Hello!

So just a few things to get it off my mind...
Ive been going to a single church for about 3 or so years now, the first church I've started going to, and for those 3 years I thought it was...

By "types" I think he means like, Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal etc

If she's finally making a go to talk back to you then maybe she realised your there for her?

Its not nice being put out in the dark like that but as I said, if she made an attempt she either...

Ahh probably. If your on Facebook (and if he is to) drop him an inbox. Or just text him with some general conversation and see how he responds. Then maybe say something like "would you like to hang...

Just looking for some opinions atm.

OK so I'm 20 and currently studding to become an IT tech. I currently live in a town of about 20,000 people. The job prospects arnt huge, the place is...

Just say something, otherwise you will miss your chance

good luck with that.
although you're a christian you will still sin. Admitting you have sinned and asking for forgivness is better then not doing anything.

god doesn't look down when you sin...

You said he's shy... so that probably answers you question. He may have never been in a relationship before either so he may not know what to do, considering age. Just talk to him about it I guess

Right, its about jesus' crusifiction

Not exactly true...



Uhh yes he has?



God didn't create machines.

Annnnnyway...

Is a cross tattoo a sin? I don't think so...
People wear cross'es as jewellery don't they? A lot of christains wear cross necklaces as a symbol they are christian. People wear...

Hmm... it fairly early into the relationship anyway...
Maybe wait a bit to see if it keeps happening, and if it does, tell her your concern

No no no, God KNOWS we've sinned but he wants us to ADMIT it and come in humility.

In 1 john 1:9 it does not refer to a Priest. From 1:5 to 1:10 it is all refferenced to God.

In john 20:23...

Ummm...

Romans 6:23 "... the FREE gift of god is eternal life through Jesus christ our lord"

Romans 10:9: "If you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God...

I once had a girlfriend who was a year older then me. Nothing was weird about it, but I guess its not "traditional"

Communication is important in a relationship (like, REAL important) being on the same wave lengths etc.
You said "I must say that I do not really listen to her either"

If you want to be in a...

"Blaine, being a Christian doesn't mean you now walk perfect everyday"

very true.
salvation is a gift. No one doesn't NOT sin when they become christians, we're still human.

Simply put, you missed the boat. You'll have to wait your turn. And even if she breaks up with the guy, you'll still need to give her time to cool down before she's ready for another relationship

Here is a story that's relevant:

A guy stops going to church and several weeks later his pastor visits him. They both sit by a fire in the guys house. The pastor gets an iron rod and pulls one of...

Correct.

God loves you and wants you to grow, what your doing is not the "wrong" thing, its just another step to becoming a growing christain. Seek out fellow christians, pray for direction from god, you'll...

He's still going, but he is also pushing 60 years now... so he would be slowing, however he may pull a fast one like tour with Black Sabbath again, or maybe write some new music and what not...

If your interested in him, then why don't you just ask him yourself?

Its not possible to survive 4 days without drinking anything...

Concerning the chorus, change and add your own words though, you don't have to use what I've said, its only an example

Well that line along, could be the bridge, as its powerful enough on its...

Well. I can't play piano. Or guitar. So we'll start with lyrics.

From that sentence, it would seem "dreams" is the key word.
So lets try a basic chorus:

And they told me I couldn't achieve my...

Well yes.
What type of instrument will you compose the music on? Piano, guitar, etc?