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Did Paul ever meet Jesus before he died?

My one brother is liberal and hates organized ones religions. He thinks Christians are all sexist and homophobic and judgmental because we don’t believe in abortion or gay marriage. This makes me so angry and frustrated Bc I believe that’s what the world thinks of us. Just because we think...

The problem with this America is that everyone thinks there is one correct way to live and believe. I think that we are allowed to believe whatever we want to believe and that should be respected (not necessarily agreed with) by everyone. As long as no one harms anyone! And by harms I mean...

Ok I know that this is a very complex topic and Christianity has a lot of denominations but as an attempt to simplify it, is it safe to say that Christians can be divided into two categories (before dividing them more), those that believe in the Protestant reformation and those that don’t? Is...

What's your favorite translation to study? Or just to read daily?

What are things in the Bible that you believe to be cultural and not necessarily to be followed today?

Can we talk about this. I don't want to get into a huge debate, or an argument.

When I got saved I joined a great community that was open and honest about our own struggles. It's a fact we all sin. Talking about our struggles makes us stronger, makes us vulnerable, makes people trust us, and the awareness of our own sins helps us combat it. Denying and pride is the devils...

https://youtu.be/bVV2Zk88beY Just watched a ted talk on a women who left the westboro baptist church. This ted talk showed me once again that kindness changes people. Love and kindness which Jesus teaches us, is so powerful and the only thing that can stop hate. I don't understand how westboro...

I hear all the time, complaints about the poor lazy people who live off of us and I don't want my taxes going to them while they use their food stamps and buy cigarettes and Taco Bell blah blah blah. I always defend them, and I always believe in helping the poor. BUT I am blow away at the 2...

Spinning off from the Sabbath thread... Do you personally keep the Sabbath day holy? How do you keep it Holy? Do you practice it on Saturday or Sunday?

Is this accurate?

Does anyone have any suggestions for a bible dictionary? Or Hebrew/Greek dictionary? I don't know exactly what I'm looking for but I want help understanding words in the original language in the original context. Example... Love aka agape meaning... Blah blah blah. (I know what agape means I'm...

So I am going through a time in my life where I am re-evaluating things and trying to be the best Christian I can be. And I am right now trying to figure out how I interpret the bible. So how I have been doing it is... Taking the Old Testament as little to do with today and how I live my life...

I am around a lot of Jewish cultures and families here. I am Christian, I believe Jesus is God. But A few things that I, as an outsider observe that I like about the Jewish culture is... They appear to be very tight net group of people that just focus on their own religion and they don't worry...