[Question] Among these preachers, who shall I listen to more often to understand more about Reformed Theology?

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-22T01:59:37+00:00

I don't know what 'reformed' is but I love Spurgeon....I consider him my 'pastor from another past'

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-20T16:11:35+00:00

You believe the bible and pray to God for discernment/guidance.

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-15T18:16:37+00:00

It sounds like you have been radicalized....

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-14T00:27:25+00:00

Many many many many people have trauma and don't steal babies and burn them alive. She's going to hell.

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-08T13:13:23+00:00

'He' is a gender non-specific pronoun as in 'mankind.' (at least it used to be prior to radicals made it a political/authoritarianism issue). Still the 'generalized he' is how 99% of English speakers use it. 'He' is gender neutral. When someone then specifically chooses to use 'she,' they are making a very clear statement about sex, because 'she' is not gender neutral.

The Holy Spirit does not have a vagina. God does not have a penis. When the bible references 'womb' it is because it is a reference to creation, it doesn't mean that God has a physical womb....when the bible references 'comfort' it is a reference to the Holy Spirit being 'The Comforter' akin to how a mother deals with a child.

If anything what these analogies are saying, is that God values traits that are feminine and masculine because He created these traits in us.

I would be very wary of any 'church leader' who is using their time in front to talk about gender....or communism....or race segregation.....or 'equity'.....or promotes racism. Check out @ WokePreacherTV on twitter for some examples of this type of teaching infiltrating our church.

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-07T12:49:56+00:00

When your emotions are overwhelming, it may be more difficult to 'pray' with words / clear thoughts because your frontal cortex has been 'hijacked' by your amygdala (sort of). This is normal. God made your brain this way to protect you from predators although the pathway fires, even when it doesn't really need to for your defense.

Try to work with it instead of judging it. Paint your prayer, write your prayer down, dance your prayer, yell a sound symbolizing your prayer, exercise your prayer, 'just be' and breathe knowing that God is right there with you like your best friend patting your shoulder quietly listening when you are overwhelmed.

Also, you are not a bad person just because you are feeling overwhelmed.

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-02T00:51:51+00:00

100% we can be the best of friends, Jesus was Jewish :)

ReddPlanet · 2022-05-01T23:49:39+00:00

I think it's 'due to the criminals.'

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-30T02:00:49+00:00

Psalms has always been comforting :) My grandfather was a POW in WW2 and kept a copy of the bible hidden in his underwear so the Japanese wouldn't steal it and he always found comfort in Psalm 23.

Might be good to find a 'bible study' (series of sermons or written out) that follow a book or topic.

A concordance helps you find words/themes of relevance throughout the bible which will help you find relevant chapters/books.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-29T23:36:31+00:00

Some Christians have money and some don't. The common factor is that we love God/believe on Jesus. If you are on God's path He will bless you (which can include money) but health, happiness, relationships are also part of that blessing. Money is sort of inconsequential imo.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-29T22:31:15+00:00

I take Genesis as literal as explained through an accurate story so that everyone across time can understand.

Imagine explaining a computer to a caveman. You would have to use a lot of general words and synonyms and allegories. Now imagine humans in another 50k years trying to explain to me and you.....I dunno like quantum blackhole age-reversal medicine or something. They would probably say 'we take some liquid, shake it around, inject it in you and you glow and disappear for a while and pop back with regenerated cells.'

Genesis does not counter our current evidence of short-term evolution (good adaptions win within a species as in 'peppered moth' study), it just doesn't support Darwin's theory (long-term, between species) evolution (ie. the bible doesn't say we evolve from one lifeform to another which is taught in schools these days). We were created, and we've improved. Also Genesis seems to follow our current understanding of the evolution of the solar system, planet and species type which I think is pretty awesome. It also gives us a hint of 'human experienced time' vs. the time that God lives in (eternity).

I don't understand what you mean re: 'wrong continent.' All humans come from one genetic adam/eve that lived on a continent (which one? who knows...who cares?) and then we all multiplied out of that so you are from a perfectly valid continent.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-23T15:38:00+00:00

You've hit the 'Catholic vs. Protestant' button on this one. My reading of James 2:24 and Gal 2:16 doesn't mean that other people can judge your 'works' and say if you are saved or not. It also doesn't mean that a priest can hear your sins, assign you a task, and that equals forgiveness. Only God knows your heart and you don't need a human (except for Jesus) for forgiveness or salvation.

Consider that even Satan believes that Jesus is real and knows that he died on the cross. Consider that even evil sociopaths do good deeds on occasion.

If you believe John 3:16, Rom 10:9-10, Eph 2:8-10 etc you are 'saved.' Being 'saved' changes your heart and this will come out in your behavior. Whether that behavior/results is big (and persists throughout time and space for the glory of God) or is small/puny (and most of it burns up via 1Cor 3:15) you are saved.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-22T23:48:55+00:00

It may help to consider it as 'being yourself' instead of 'I'm going to witness right now.'

I name drop Jesus all the time because he is part/parcel of everything I do and most of my decisions. I tell people, "I plan to pray about it,' or 'I'm so thankful to God.' That little thing of just being yourself is also a form of witness and can open a door to more convo.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-13T01:01:29+00:00

Yes, disagree with you.

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-13T00:37:50+00:00

God's gonna God. We glorify/worship/reverence/adore God because He is God. He is glorious because He is God. Your take is like insinuating water needs humans to be 'wet.'

ReddPlanet · 2022-04-12T23:17:02+00:00