that's good realy funny

I agree with what they have stated. I know of a couple that only one of them is a believer. honestly their marrage is not what most people whould call a marrage at all. in fact currently they do not even live in the same house. before the believer moved out for years infact it was horrid going to their house. you could just feel in the air the conflect in the spirit realm.

I have to agree Phillip

I don't claim any denomination.

I don't see how it is any different to do the works out of fear vs. out of love. You have to realize that when the bible talks about the fear of the Lord it is not talking about being scared of Him it is talking about a reverance for Him. in other words we are to fear [have an extreem reverence for] the Lord God. If you have a reverance for God then you will truly value and put into practice the things that He has told you to do. We also do this because we love Him. As Christ said if you love me keep my comandments. and when you keep His commandments you will live a life that is drastically different from what the world lives. Though we can never be saved through thw works they simple show the fruit of a changed life by the Holy Spirit.

as to the latter statement about tongues I have to admit that it is one thing that I have some difficulty with butat the same time I know that it is still active in the church body today. Just as healing and all the other gifts that are mentioned are. do I say that everyone that claims to speak such is telling the truth, no. unfortunatly there are a lot of people that try to fake the gifts and that is a sad thing. nor am I going to say that the only evidence of the infilling of the Holy Spirit is tongues. I believe that another use for tongues that has not been mentioned above is in romans 8 where the Spirit helps us to pray when we know not what to pray for. This is for edifacation of self as mentioned in 1 corinthians 12.4. also tongues are ment as a sign to the unbeliever. Paul did go on to give instruction in this though so that things would not be done in a caotic way. as mentioned in 1 corinthians 14.22.

I would have to answer no. the bible teach that we are not to have anything to do with darkness and holloween is a celibration of exactly that. Beside why would you want to glorify death and distruction. We have been told to do everything for the edifacation in 1 corinthians.
Also I don't see hiw it would bring glory to God to glorify death for He is the God of life. Jesus said that He was/is the way the truth and the life. and that God is the God o the living and not the dead when He rebuked the saducess.

Hi guys I'm new here. Just wanted to say hi and tell you a bit about me.  I have been saved since mid 03 and growing since. I know that when God deems me ready that I am supposed to go to England. I'm not sure about all the details yet though E told me that in January of 06.

I was recently asked why I believe what I believe. This is when it comes to my faith. I really was not sure how to amswer. I mean I believe because of the things God has done in my life and the miracles that I have seen. And because of my relationship with Christ, but how should one answer this. For context of the conversation, I had been talking to a mormon that stopped me while I was walking down the road. I realize that there is a lot of kooky things that some of these cults believe, but what is the best way to go about bringing the gospel to them?