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Posted Mon, 10/05/2009 - 17:16

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The 5 Most Recently Posted Questions & Answers

How will I know the right answer from God?

Posted Mon, 01/01/2001 - 01:00
Hi Jim,,,Have just really started reading on your site and am enjoying it, but it is causing me some confusion! My particular question is about finding the will of God. After reading your comments about this, I have to admit, most of what I have done my entire Christian life may have to go out the window. Our daughter is trying to find out God's will concerning a new Christian man she is seeing. He has dirt in his past (as all of us do), which I'm not at all concerned with---he is a new creation in Christ.

In a quandary over marriage and God's Will

Posted Tue, 01/01/2002 - 01:00
Here's the situation: Daughter very recently divorced, just meets new man (twice divorced, father of 5, currently being set free from a heavy legalistic denomination), claims the "grace of God has led her" to him so that a "perfect match" is being made. Here's the question: "I'm in this head spin, because it's hard to grasp that the Lord would arrange this for her so soon after her divorce. My husband and I are just so mixed up about it. What do you think?"

Hello my dear ...

I understand your quandary!

God's will and decision-making

Posted Sat, 01/01/2000 - 01:00
Jim, I found your website through a search for decision making and the will of God, the book written by Gary Friesen. I was wondering if you have read this book. I am in a bit of confusion. If you havent read the book, just disregard this message. In Him, Ryan

Hello Ryan,

It has been many years since I read Gary Friesen's book, but I do remember it quite well. I did learn a lot from it as it helped to shatter much of my misconceptions known as "Finding God's Will".

Trinity: Read this first

Posted Fri, 02/01/2002 - 01:00

Okay, this is surely going to get me into trouble with a lot of folks who read this. But you know what? Even though it might be said, "Oh, HE's the guy who doesn't believe in the Trinity!", it won't REALLY be because of what I believe or don't believe. Not a chance.

You see, I'm not questioning or denying anything about GOD, but I AM questioning the RELIGIOUS HUMAN LOGIC THAT ASSUMES IT CAN DEFINE GOD BY A DOCTRINAL FORMULA!!

Let me tell you something, this doctrine PRETENDS to be about God, but it's really about MAN and his "handle" on God.

Eastern versus Western perspective

Posted Sun, 08/11/2002 - 00:00
From a discussion on the Shovel Shack

I think this an excellent topic because it has just as much to do with how we have learned to view the preaching of Christ in North America as for John in Japan. We have made quite a few assumptions based on Western Churchianity that need to be reconsidered ... and tossed out the door! hehe!

Now, I would think twice before passing off the connection Dave made between the Japanese "honor vs. shame" and the "right vs. wrong" one we understand here in the West.