I feel very old and I know not how long I have to live so I'm in a hurry. At the moment I'm attempting to understand the history of the "creation of the state of Israel" and I came across the following.
I think that Israel's Declaration of Independence was an excerpt from Martin Gilbert’s...
I have a son in law of 51 years of age who is dying of Motor Neuron Disease. He is an active and committed Christian. With all the pain and worry he is experiencing he is helping me in a re- introduction to Christianity. During my studies I felt obliged to look for help in answering the...
The books that I have recently been reading are:
“Life after death.” Dick Perfect
“ John for Everyone Part 1” Tom Wright
“ John for Everyone Part 2” Tom Wright
“Hereafter” David Winter
“At the end of the day.” David Winter
“Your Bereavement.” Cannon Talbot Mohan
I was seeking inspiration for a letter I was writing to a man who knows that he is dying and I came across a piece in one of my books commenting on the need to keep in contact with god. The writer referred to the days when people rose from their bed they were expected to pray and then read a...
I find this forum disappointingly infected with cynics and trolls with apparently no moderators to deal with them. I was looking for answers not abuse so I will withdraw from this forum and seek the truth elsewhere.
If you consider that the thread should be elsewhere I have no problem with that but as it was my first post it seem OK to me.
As I said above, "It would be so much simpler if I could have a C. S. Lewis experience where he wrote that he resisted the call from God and it was with reluctance that...
“I think it is important to appreciate above everything else God is just a word.”
I am unable to accept that statement because such a word cannot be subjective its very meaning must be precise and meaningful.
This is because the word God only exists in our use of words and language.
It depends...