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  1. Treks

    Identity in Christ

    Hello I've been on a journey recently learning more about finding my identity in Christ. It seems to me that it is an essential, fundamental, critical part of faith, yet as soon as I grasp it, it slips away from me. But it feels like growth in the right direction. So, what does the phrase...
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    Small Groups

    Hi This thread is supposed to be about everything around Christian "small groups" and people's experiences with them. I'm a relatively new Christian (3 years) and have only ever been part of one small group. I'm interested to hear about other people's experiences. Are you in one? What's...
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    My testimony - Christian baptism

    Hello So, my last journal entry here was called Forever drifting where I talked about my frustration with being spiritually lost and how I thought to fix that I had to double-down on going my own way with my former religion. However, a month after posting it, I commenced an Alpha introductory...
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    Lent 2021 - What are you doing?

    Hello Christians of RF :) The season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday which falls on 17 February this year. This is my first Lent as a newbie Christian, and I'd love to hear about what others plan to do over the 40 days, and why. The obvious one everyone seems to know is giving up something -...
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    Discussion about Testimony and Baptism

    Hello I'm preparing my testimony ahead of being baptised at a date TBC but hopefully soon. Testimonies What are your thoughts about testimonies? Any suggestions, stories, words of advice? Does your church even "do" them? It's taken me a while to accept that this testimony is like the...
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    Christians: Question about lyrics in "Reckless Love"

    Hello This question is for Christians familiar with the song "Reckless Love". At my local Alpha program they've started singing at the beginning of the evening and I found this song really beautiful. Can you tell me please, what is meant by "leaves the ninety-nine", in the chorus? Oh, the...
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    Forever drifting

    I'm tired of this spiritual drift. A blog I had seven years ago still describes me today. Much has happened, but nothing much has changed. Stuck in between the beliefs I keep returning to, and the cultural disconnect the religion associated with those beliefs creates in me. No other holy...
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    Christians: Do you chalk your door?

    Hello Christians of RF- Merry Christmas! My friend sent me this link recently Chalking the door - Wikipedia I was wondering if anyone here does this?
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    Sanatan Sikhi .. does that mean .. ?

    If Sanatan Sikhs continue to believe in and worship Hindu gods, does it follow that there could be Sikhs from other cultures who likewise continue to believe in and worship the gods of their own cultures or their ancestors? For example, let's say a Greek person who followed reconstructionist...
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    Buddhists: Some Questions

    Hi Buddhist RFers I watched a discussion between a Buddhist and a follower of another path. I wanted to test if the statements I noted from what the Buddhist said hold true for you. I apologise if I've misunderstood something terribly and made a right mess of any of these statements. Many...
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    Jagraj Singh (Basics of Sikhi) Passed Away

    For those who've kept up with the news of Jagraj Singh's illness, the news has now come that he has passed away. Here's the announcement from his organisation: Basics of Sikhi on Twitter Jagraj made countless Basics of Sikhi YouTube videos and did a huge amount of work in the UK and online...
  12. Treks

    Some Pagan and Recon/Revival Discord Servers

    G'day Here are invitations for the following Discord Servers. For those who don't know, Discord is a text chat platform with voice chat option. Sanctuarium Discord Server An Independent Pagan Community https://discord.gg/FNudXzR Alexandria Discord Server For Hellenic, Roman, Kemetic, and...
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    Why modern Stoicism misses the point (article)

    This is a great article bringing attention back to traditional Stoicism and the role of Logos and Providence in this system of philosophy, in contrast to modern Stoicism which tends to drop out or minimize the role of these concepts, potentially to the detriment of the philosophy in practice...
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    I once was lost but now am found - share your story

    Were you once a seeker, like many in this subforum, wandering from church to temple to circle to shrine, seeking your place within the tapestry of the world's religions and spiritual traditions - and some time ago you actually found that place? What helped you find it? How did you know when...
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    Heathen Discord

    Mods feel free to delete if this is inappropriate. Here's an invite to a Discord server for discussing Heathenry: Discord - Free voice and text chat for gamers It has a small regular chatter base comprising a cross-section of universalist-type Heathens to more folkish (not racist) ones...
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    Gentiles in Christianity

    Hello When Gentiles read the New Testament, what do you think of parts such as Jesus and the Gentile Woman (where Jesus was not inclined to help the woman because she was not Jewish) and Paul's letter to the Romans where he reminds Gentiles that they are a branch of a wild olive tree, and the...
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    Seeker-friendly Quotes

    "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will...
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    "Modernisation, yes; Westernisation, no."

    G'day So @The Neo Nerd and I were watching Cenk Uygur vs Dinesh D'Souza on Youtube. They had a discussion starting just after this marker: https://youtu.be/v4sULDNpvqs?t=47m25s where Dinesh talks about Muslim extremists in 3rd world countries using the projection of American culture as an...
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    How Can You Worship God?

    Hello I know this questions has been asked a million times before. If you have links to previous good threads on the topic, please share them. This is a genuine question. When you read the OT, and you read about God instructing the Israelites to massacre men, married women and children, and...
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    Heathen Talk Podcast/Youtube

    G'day These podcasts are casual and informative; there's something about listening to people chat about a religion that I feel helps build culture and lifestyle. Heathenry becomes more real and every-day. They are live at 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific on Wednesdays. Here's the Youtube channel...
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