well, if that were true then the next question is obvious isn't it? WHat happens when the body dies? Will we just be unthinking spirits without thought or intellect?
If you have any doubts about anything pertaining to christ i very, very highly recommend the book the Case for Christ by lee Strobel, it is a book on Strobel as he probes the life of Jesus Christ. Interviewing 13 of the country's top Christian schol…
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Jesus said before Abraham was I AM... Did He mean by this that He had seen Abr…
I think the first thing that we need to do when we get this feeling is identify what it making us feel that way, more often than not you'll find out that it's some small insignificant thing, or sometimes there may not be a reason at all and its just…
I agree, death is something we can look forward too , (if we've achieved that level of spirituality) but in the meantime living our lives as best we can for our Lord and "charging up" our spirituality for heaven.
Protestant school right? I go to a protestant school. Anyway its not our place to judge who will enter heaven and who will be condemned to hell; the best we can do is trust in the fairness of God and be thankful to the extreme that He has placed us…
In the end there's nothing wrong with guys and girls talking together in church if its in purity, though we have to admit a lot of the time whenever a guy is talking to a girl or vice versa he's flirting. Hey we just can't help it we're teenagers. …
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Philosophy and science can be used to indicate or suggest God's providential work, but they cannot prove that God exists. Philosophy is limited insofar as it operates w…
Well for priest to priest conversations they say "no kabil ayadi" which roughly translates to "by kissing your hand"
Or you can say "halilni" or "akhtet" which means "absolve me" and "i have sinned" respectively
I always felt uncomfortable saying t…
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I think it's pretty clear that St. Mary was definitely a virgin before the birth of Christ. But what about after the birth of Christ? Is there anything in the Bible …
Whoa Whoa whoa, there are some really good protestant songs, and i don't count humbly thyself in the sight of the lord as one of them...
I also think that Coptic really is just a language, and that the content is what really matters. But I also agr…
The verse says this in context:
20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that…
That is a very good question, i think about it too, and i think that you are probably right, if God wanted to keep the person alive, he would, do it even if the plug was pulled, i think that only if there is no physical hope of recovery, and a subst…
The only reason i think they would appear is to make the saint/person feel proud... I dont think we have to worry about devils appearing to us though, since they are doin a pretty good job, just tempting us in the regular way