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  1. I don't drive. I have a license [which I have had for 25 years] but for the past ten years have chosen not to, due to health issues. I love driving, it is a privilege to be able to get in a car a just go where and whenever you please [with respect to the law of course]. Since I run my own business from home I need to get around. Public transport is virtually non-existent and thus I have to rely on my wife to get me around. She is not overtly fond of driving but she is an excellent driver nonetheless.

  2. ... they are predictable. You may observe the inside of cells and how they function' date=' you may watch them reproduce, under a set of certain predictable circumstances you can cause cells to reproduce exactly how you want them to. My husband does this all the time in cell culture--he is a cancer researcher. This is called [b']science. It is observable, testable and repeatable. period. Psychology is not. You can see the brain, you can see nerve cells. You can test nerve "impulses". That is the physical aspect of our bodies. There is a non-flesh aspect to our bodies that is NOT predictable, and cannot be seen. Only God can see our thoughts and they are not observable, testable and repeatable by a researcher. You can point to studies all you want about how they can stimulate certain parts of the brain to elicit emotion, but they are still only stimulating the physical, not the non-physical. Am I saying throw out all psychology--not necessarily, but keep it in its place--it is not science, and cannot be compared to biology!


    Amen. Psychology is not a science despite what it's proponents say. Instead of dealing with the spiritual it deals with the mental. I reject it outright, especially the term Christian Psychology, it's an oxymoron. psychology has NO place in the church. Christianity and psychology were enemies in "evangelical" circles at least until the 1960s. It is not far from the truth to say that the modern church has been invaded by pop-psychology on a grand scale. The sufficiency of Scripture is a subject that many are soft on. The modern church has abandoned or forgotten our resources in Christ Jesus altogether. The physical side as discussed by Dwayne is of course a different matter, it would be criminal to withhold medication in such cases.
  3. According to Jesus they were married:

    4 And he answered and said unto them' date=' Have ye not read, [b']that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
    Matthew 19:4-6
  4. I attended a Independent Fundamental Baptist church in my youth and as a young adult, but had a rough patch and strayed, later the Lord chastened me, I returned. However I returned to a Independent Fundamental Bible church. Their doctrine was the same with the only difference being that the latter is under elder rule. I also found that there was much more grace [vs. made made rules] without losing any truth.


  5. Praise Jesus!!! I got several of my goth friends to go with me to my church this Sunday. It took several months of persistence, but I don't believe it's in vain--but rather a divine appointment. Salvation is a miracle and the Lord is known for working His miracles, so let's pray in agreement folks. Thanks in advance!


    Alison, how did it go with your goth friends?
  6. Hi John

    I would suggest the book "Shepherding a Child's Heart." While much of it deals with young kids, it has a section in which your son would fall. The book's author is Tedd Tripp and the principles are biblical and work well. The major principle is that we should not be dealing with outward behaviour but rather with issues of the heart. When we deal will these issues we get to share the word and the gospel in a meaningful way.

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