Links are used due to the character limitation here, and responsible links don't point to anyone's mere opinion on anything or anyone, but rather, what a person says or believes, in their own words...the facts of the matter. How do we investigate and learn unless we research, and read the facts from their own mouths? We can post scripture all day long, but how do we use it to warn someone of another, if any sort of research into what they believe and promote is off-limits in the first place, simply because clicking on a link is considered hateful, belittling, and unreasonable?

Say I'm promoting the likes of Benny Hinn, and people say, "Christopher, please reconsider, and be warned...here's a link to all he believes, in his own words." My response: "I don't click on links, or pay any attention to those who post them, because I follow my heart.

"Kinda strange"...More like, kinda strange that anyone would lead off a comment with that before doing their due diligence first...that's what's kinda strange.

***Draxler(owner/landlord) knew Martin was recovering from strokes and a heart attack. When she began to cry, protesting that it was winter and she had no children living nearby, he responded that was not his problem,” said Draxler.***

The church is infected with these charlatans, because their message sounds good at first glance, as they contort scripture to force their views to work their "new revelations" into their own, personal gospels, and people eat it all up. Not everyone who preaches Christ crucified, and raises their hands in praise and worship, is who they claim to be, or of Him, simply because their basic statement of faith; tenants of general belief, don't seem to have any wrinkles, or because they openly profess their love and devotion, and seem to fall in-line with the basics of biblical Christianity, etc.

They can claim to believe the basics, exactly as we do, all the live-long day, but surely, that doesn't excuse, or give them any sort of a pass when they also add to God's Word, or contort His Word to promote new revelations, and other, clearly unbiblical, heresies.

Sure has. Evil is nothing new, but there's something different. People seem colder, more callous, and more capable of things that most could never even imagine, like they're void of any sort of natural, God-given empathy.

Yes, sometimes a child is rescued, and thank God for that, but so many suffer horrific abuse, and nobody knows about it until the child's body just gives up, or they're murdered, outright by the scary monsters that their little eyes look helplessly up at. Then, there are the countless children who go missing, never to be seen or heard from again. I support missingkids.org, and when I scan through the dates missing, they range from a week, to decades. I can't begin to imagine a parents emotional turmoil, and never having any sort of closure as they cling to hope every day of their lives, praying for good news.

A Pennsylvania mother and her live-in boyfriend became enraged when her 4yr old son spilled his cereal while eating breakfast. They grabbed him, and beat the little boy half to death, then, picked up his limp little body, threw him into the tub, like a price of worthless trash, and turned the shower on with scalding hot water. The little boy died horribly that day in the tub, because he spilled his cereal.

I'm pretty busy so probably won't be able to respond, but I read through the comments, and I think there's a disconnect going on. TMC, I read through your comments a couple of times to let them sink in, so I knew where you were going with things, and I agree with you on The Spirit basically resolving error in His good time, or maybe not at all. We're all quite unique, are at varying levels of learning and understanding, and the methods and time The Spirit chooses to use to reveal and/or, correct, differ greatly from person to person, and each path to knowledge and understanding is uniquely different. Some might get it right from the very start, some might take years, and others, a lifetime, for whatever reason.

The disconnect, I think, is that while you're pondering the deeper truths of learning, and knowledge revealed, Ladybug is thinking in more black and white, and the need to have basic soteriology correct. Yes? No?

"It is a miracle of God's grace that I am still alive to do such wondrous things, and from what you have said on these threads, you can say the same thing.

So we may praise the Lord together, and thank him for showing us such mercy, who deserved none whatever; indeed, the deserving was of eternal loss."

There are a couple of things that I consider quite often, and as recently as just last night:

1) When I find myself complaining, internally; sweating the small stuff in life, I quickly catch myself as I remember that, relative to the real problems people face here at home, and abroad, such as persecution, tradgedy, disaster, missing children, impending doom, and true pain or heartbreak, etc., the issues I stress, or boo-hoo about, are a blessing, compared to what so many are up against, have to experience, or endure. Once I come to my senses, I repent of my blindness, my selfishness, and thank God for allowing me to be so fortunate.

Hi Mike, no matter how long all what we're seeing today has been going on, I'm really no less shocked each day, whether it's this story, the trans/non-binary nonsense, the push for, and enacting of new laws that remove any restraints from infantcide, the call for sodomite reparations, or the overall liberal madness that's being spewed.

Here is a statement from a Rhode Island Democrat who voted in favor of the bill:

"However, Sen. Sandra Cano, a Pawtucket Democrat who's pregnant, said she can't impose her faith through the legislative process so she supported the bill."

I think what you're saying is to love The Lord with all our heart and might, follow Him; doing our best to serve, be obediant, observe all of His ways, pray fervently for the lost, that He would make our path clear, guide us, teach us, and lead us to a proper understanding of all that He wants us to know; all that He wants to show us.

Everything will fall into its proper place when we are true seekers, with a heart bent on righteousness, and with open, pliable minds that crave understanding, as He would have us to understand, and as The Spirit chooses to reveal in His good time, and at His good pleasure.

Hi BM,
I expounded on pride after Dr Tim brought it up, as a very obvious general statement, and nothing to do with the topic being discussed. I'm not sure what's bothering you about it, or was your comment speaking to anyone who holds to differing views; accusing the other side of being filled with pride?

We all suffer from the pride virus, and it's probably the most cunning of characteristics, because it has the ability to expose itself in the most subtle of ways that we often don't even recognize within ourselves. Sometimes it's, in your face, obviois, and other times, maybe even most times, it lurks around in the subtlties of our speech, reactions, responses, body language, and eyes. Pride is an ugly beast that spends its life doing all it can to avoid ever catching it's own reflection in a mirror. We're all carriers of the virus, but it's not always easy to come to terms with the fact that we're infected, so we fool ourselves into believing that we have an immunity gene, because we don't notice any symptoms within our own selves, even though others do, as they keep telling us to go and get checked out.

Pride exposes itself in so many ways, but we're often so busy trying to get everyone else to go and get checked out, and treated, that we're totally oblivious to the fact that we're showing the very same symptoms and infected ourselves.

The link above points to an interesting study of John 3:16, breaking down some of the Greek words, and their various contextual uses in scripture, such as, Kosmos(world), Pas ho(all the), but with no English equivalent, translated as, whosoever. Houtoos gar(so for), in this manner/after this fashion.

Good morning Trying, I read through your comments, and welcome to the news forum. I noticed that you've been reading for the past 18mos or so, and was surprised that you've been able to remain silent for so long, but liked the contents of the comments you've posted.

Does God love all? Anybody?
Does God save all? Anybody?
I lay down my life for my 'sheep'- is that 'all'?
Jacob I loved, Esau I hated - what does that verse mean?
2 Cor. 5:19, 'To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not counting their trespasses against them'Does this verse mean the entire world will be reconciled to God, Him not counting their trespasses against them?
Does 'world' mean 'all' here? Anyone?"