Mon 29 Dec, 2008 11:30 am - Joe,
We can please or displease God with our actions. But we cannot earn our salvation or lose it in that way because humans are sinners and will always fall to sin. The thing we can do to have... (view)
Tue 23 Dec, 2008 06:29 pm - I should have been more specific in saying that protestant christianity teaches that salvation cannot be earned or deserved. Catholics also believe in original sin, but in my experience being... (view)
Tue 9 Dec, 2008 08:19 pm - As a supplement to what I just wrote here is a quote from Jim in one of my previous threads - one from about a year ago - that was extremely helpful in understanding Islam and Christianity.... (view)
Tue 9 Dec, 2008 08:09 pm - Okay, so I read through the entire seven pages just so I could make sure I wasn't repeating anybody with what I am about to say.
Much of this is addressed to our friend Michael.
First... (view)
Tue 2 Sep, 2008 03:13 pm - I always feel like if I let somebody know I care about them, I will fall too hard and too fast. Inevitably, I do fall too hard and too fast, so this anxiety isn't without precedent. Now I am... (view)
Mon 26 May, 2008 10:53 am - I guess this is all true. I just have a hard time letting go of the guilt over these sorts of things. And I don't think I am alone in that. There is something big about sex and it comes with... (view)
Mon 26 May, 2008 06:40 am - I suppose that's true. I guess enjoying myself seems admirable enough. But I'm just a little bit ashamed because there was alcohol involved. And not just a little bit. (view)
Mon 26 May, 2008 04:00 am - I had a 'one night stand' or what I thought was going to be a one night stand two nights ago. It was okay; decent sex considering the amount of alcohol we consumed. He was less attractive... (view)
Thu 10 Jan, 2008 05:36 am - I didn't succeed in leaving him. And I'm not sure I want to. But I'm not sure I want to stay either. Ugh...has anyone been here before? (view)
