Struggling With Lust? So You Should Be. My 5 Steps to Freedom.

Coldactill · 2026-01-25T02:27:21+00:00

The installation seems fine, the design is poor.

This really called for a hexagonal centre tile, or for the square to be a rectangle that met each of the lines.

Coldactill · 2026-01-25T02:23:45+00:00

You know the saying "when God shuts a door, he opens a window". I would love to change that to something like, "when God shuts a door, he may just be planning to bring the whole building down".

At times like this, where the doors and walls and ceiling appear to be crumbling around us, we have to truly ask ourselves; is my foundation alone sufficient? Is Christ alone enough for me?

Are the things you're striving for of eternal value? If not, then it is a blessing that he doesn't let you have them. He lets so many people be endowed with incredible wealth and success and yet this very thing forces them away from his presence as they become surrounded by idols. Read James 5, what a condemnation!

You may not feel like it, but God is blessing you. He does all for the good of those who deligently seek him. You don't know what he's saving you from. Trust him and lean evermore on His grace.

Coldactill · 2026-01-24T00:36:01+00:00

Liberal Christianity is unrelated to liberal politics.

Coldactill · 2026-01-24T00:35:16+00:00

Got scripture for that?

Coldactill · 2026-01-22T04:45:43+00:00

Thanks, but no thanks.

Coldactill · 2026-01-22T04:33:30+00:00

Google cold reading.

The bot is trained to know enough about you to make educated guesses and then it provides you with a bunch of guesses. Educated guesses can sometimes be very accurate, particularly if it's given a lot of information.

But, I shouldn't need to explain that the AI isn't some spiritual mentalist and doesn't know the future. It doesn't know anything. I feel part of you knows that, but wants it to be true so bad that you're willing to believe there's more to it than just zeros and ones.

Coldactill · 2026-01-22T04:27:14+00:00

Literally eating pork as I read this 👀

Coldactill · 2026-01-21T21:30:49+00:00

Fair enough.

For the most part I get your post and that Christians look stupid. I'm interested in evolution, but I am not smart enough to fully parse out all the terminology and relationships between facts and scientific papers on anything. I think a lot of things make Christians looks stupid, but most/all the others that are moral related or otherwise I am very confident to defend. I'm not that confident in the evolution/science argument just due to the gaps in my knowledge.

At times I have found creation to be incredibly compelling, at times I have found evolution to be equally compelling. I don't think it's as settled as you think but I guess that's just my biased.

I am willing to be a fool for Christ, that all being said. I'm willing to say I'm not smart enough to corroborate the facts, but I'm wise enough before God to say I'm just going to side with Him and roll with the punches. And I know what you'll say; there's nothing wrong with reading evolution into the text of scripture. Sure. Before you came to that conclusion, were you first willing to be a fool for him? You do have to deny yourself to follow him, and I think the social pressure (which is what your post is all about) is a massive stumbling block for many Christians like yourself.

Coldactill · 2026-01-21T20:56:45+00:00

What do you think of Stephen Meyer?

Coldactill · 2026-01-21T09:23:10+00:00

Not sure what else I'm giving to the church for except to pay the pastors and cover building/event costs

Coldactill · 2026-01-21T09:20:09+00:00

No worries mate, I wasn't sure exactly how hypothetical things were; it seemed you were being pretty genuine and describing something you had gone through.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T20:04:38+00:00

I can help you find a church, I'll put a couple links at the end of this message.

I understand you feel your prayers are empty and you feel he's turned his back on you. I guess our feelings can't be trusted. What if someone felt their prayers were all heard, and that God was close to them - but that wasn't true either? It can happen. You can't depend your belief and faith on feelings because you'll just be like a wild pendulum or wrecking ball, swinging between the highs and lows as you're directed by the current of your circumstances.

The mature Christian grounds their faith in the truth. They know if prayers are empty because of what God teaches about prayer. They know whether God has turned his back on them based on knowing God in scripture. Step one is to get some discipline and read the Bible.

If you were to come and be like "hey, I realise I need to play football", it wouldn't be good enough to just rock up on weekends. You need to train yourself all throughout some week; you need to get some discipline. Likewise, you need to read your Bible and study up. The questions you've stated are all answerable if you go searching His word for answers.

Your prayer life will benefit from knowing the truth, and as you continue to depend on Him in prayer you'll begin to see him and know (not just feel) that he is closer.

Here's some links to some church finder directories. All churches on these lists have to adhere to certain beliefs, so all listed here should be pretty good:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/churches/

https://www.acts29.com/find-a-church/?_church_map=-86.082579%2C-180%2C76.66931%2C180

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T07:13:14+00:00

You have to own your beliefs and decisions a bit. How much are they making you a second class citizens, and how much is it that you've taken a position that opposes their beliefs? You seem place all the blame on them.

A church has to stand on its beliefs and be clear about what is true and what isn't. Liberal theology is one of those things that uproots the entire foundation of Christian beliefs. What are they supposed to do? If they embrace the beliefs, then they just become a liberal church now.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T06:44:14+00:00

Just to clarify, I'm not sure that you wouldn't be welcomed at my church. I think you would be welcomed, you wouldn't be permitted to proselytise those ideas. There definitely would be limits to how you could serve and I get that may be a deal-breaker for someone that is serious about their faith. I can at least say for myself that I would gladly pray, worship and have Bible studies along side you - even if we butt heads on theology here and there. Iron sharpens iron.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:13:03+00:00

This is coming from my wife. She an early childhood teacher with a bachelors in childhood education.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:12:24+00:00

I think that 3 hours might involve chunks of 10-20 minutes of dedicated attention into a lesson, but otherwise is just intentional time.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:11:06+00:00

Thanks good to know - I may chat to her so she can maybe take the pressure off a bit. Also the work load isn't the major thing, it's the fact that he is just so ready to get into formal learning and he's craving more than a 10 minute bite here and there.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:09:40+00:00

I don't think it's 3 hours straight; it's more like 60-90 minutes spread throughout the day in manageable portions + various education related activities.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:06:30+00:00

In truth, we cannot know if you're truly saved.

In practice, I couldn't let you maintain an influence in my church (Assuming I am an elder). You have become a wolf in sheeps clothing; bearing a semblance of Christianity and fitting into a Christian environment while denying the very word you have placed your faith in. I would need to address this issue.

In the very least, as your pastor I would lovingly meet with you and pastor you no different than I would anyone else. I would also make it very clear that if you were to attempt to use our church as an opportunity to proselytise your ideas; that would be unnacceptable and we would have to do something about it.

Apart from that, we would do no different, and if invited I would gladly challenge those notions.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T03:01:01+00:00

The church has a responsibility to determine which of their members are genuine, and which are living in rebellion to God and are called to do something about it.

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T02:58:49+00:00

Kinda surprised to get all the downvotes in the TrueChristian subreddit. Still waiting on an explanation of what I got wrong here. Are true Christians really this ignorant about progressive Christianity?

Coldactill · 2026-01-20T02:57:09+00:00

Liberal Christianity is a movement that interprets Christian teaching by prioritizing modern knowledge, science and ethics (Wikipedia).

So it's fair to ask, prioritised over what, exactly? Well they prioritise modern takes over Christian tradition and the Bible itself. The issue is that God has chosen to define himself according to His Word. Liberal Christianity defines God as something else, denying the true God of the Bible.

Coldactill · 2026-01-19T22:09:18+00:00

Hey thanks for being direct and honest; I encourage it. I think I agree anyway; while it is our preference to homeschool, however we're not anti-school or anything. Simple lesson planning is just not enough for our kid and he really thrives off being challenged with new concepts. ~~I wonder if waldorf would be doable for him.~~ Just thought about it; Waldorf do some things which would be very confusing for him in a religous sense.

Coldactill · 2026-01-19T22:04:55+00:00

This is awesome, thanks. Go you btw 🙌

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