New Posts For Thread: searching and seeking advicehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_adviceFor many years now I have been spiritually conflicted. My roots are in conservative/evangelical christianity. Most of the churches I attended or were exposed to in my childhood/adolesence were along the lines of southern baptists, pentecostals, nazerYou reject all who stray from Your statutes(Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8), for their deceit is a lie. - Psalm 119:118, HCSB PAUL: They traded God’s truth for a lie … - Romans 1:25, Common English Bible (CEB) My brethren, if any amonghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=531946347#531946347You reject all who stray from Your statutes(Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8), for their deceit is a lie. - Psalm 119:118, HCSB PAUL: They traded God’s truth for a lie … - Romans 1:25, Common English Bible (CEB) My brethren, if any amongThu, 02 May 2013 18:43:04 -0500… follow the Lord, keeping his commandments (1Cor. 7:19/1Jn 2:3-4), his decrees, and his statutes (Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8) … - 2Kings 23:3, NRSV JESUS: Whoever serves me must follow me … Whoever serves me, the Father will hhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=530934867#530934867… follow the Lord, keeping his commandments (1Cor. 7:19/1Jn 2:3-4), his decrees, and his statutes (Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8) … - 2Kings 23:3, NRSV JESUS: Whoever serves me must follow me … Whoever serves me, the Father will hTue, 02 Apr 2013 11:47:16 -0500You reject all who stray from Your statutes (Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8),for their deceit is a lie. – Psalm 119:118, HCSB You rebuke the proud—the cursed,Who stray from Your commandments (1Cor. 7:19/1Jn 2:3-4). - Phttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=529757873#529757873You reject all who stray from Your statutes (Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8),for their deceit is a lie. – Psalm 119:118, HCSB You rebuke the proud—the cursed,Who stray from Your commandments (1Cor. 7:19/1Jn 2:3-4). - PTue, 12 Mar 2013 09:28:45 -0500PAUL: God made the nations so they would seek him, perhaps even reach out to him and find him. In fact, God isn’t far away from any of us. – Acts 17:27, Common English Bible (CEB) DAVID: Blessed are those who keep his statutes (Acts 2http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=529757147#529757147PAUL: God made the nations so they would seek him, perhaps even reach out to him and find him. In fact, God isn’t far away from any of us. – Acts 17:27, Common English Bible (CEB) DAVID: Blessed are those who keep his statutes (Acts 2Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:12:33 -0500… What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying him?It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams. – 1Sam. 15:22, NIRV … Abraham obehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=529224815#529224815… What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying him?It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams. – 1Sam. 15:22, NIRV … Abraham obeThu, 21 Feb 2013 09:38:43 -0600You reject all those who stray from Your statutes (Acts 2:1/ 1Cor. 5:7-8),For their deceit is falsehood. – Psalm 119:118, NKJV You rebuke the proud—the cursed,Who stray from Your commandments (1Cor. 7:19/ 1Jn 2:3-4). - Psalm 119:21,http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=528869145#528869145You reject all those who stray from Your statutes (Acts 2:1/ 1Cor. 5:7-8),For their deceit is falsehood. – Psalm 119:118, NKJV You rebuke the proud—the cursed,Who stray from Your commandments (1Cor. 7:19/ 1Jn 2:3-4). - Psalm 119:21,Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:18:18 -0600According to the Scriptures, humans are not an evolutionary accident but a special creation. Human beings were purposefully produced by God to fulfill a preordained role in His world. They have peculiar qualities that somehow reflect the nature of Gohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=526379625#526379625According to the Scriptures, humans are not an evolutionary accident but a special creation. Human beings were purposefully produced by God to fulfill a preordained role in His world. They have peculiar qualities that somehow reflect the nature of GoMon, 26 Nov 2012 10:04:41 -0600Hey Becka...another late reply!If one looks hard enough, usually in every denomination, you can find what I call a:DOCTRINAL STATEMENT...A series of "we believes" that outlines what a member can expect.Go here please...for a statement of principles fhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=516256443#516256443Hey Becka...another late reply!If one looks hard enough, usually in every denomination, you can find what I call a:DOCTRINAL STATEMENT...A series of "we believes" that outlines what a member can expect.Go here please...for a statement of principles fSun, 12 Feb 2012 08:57:07 -0600Hi Becka,I'm not sure if you're still checking for a reply, but just in case...I understand that feeling of going in circles. I've spent the last several years in a merry-go-round, trying to find where I belong, religiously. To make a long story shorhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=516159715#516159715Hi Becka,I'm not sure if you're still checking for a reply, but just in case...I understand that feeling of going in circles. I've spent the last several years in a merry-go-round, trying to find where I belong, religiously. To make a long story shorThu, 09 Feb 2012 18:21:55 -0600For many years now I have been spiritually conflicted. My roots are in conservative/evangelical christianity. Most of the churches I attended or were exposed to in my childhood/adolesence were along the lines of southern baptists, pentecostals, nazerhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44061/28290799/searching_and_seeking_advice?post_id=507038423#507038423For many years now I have been spiritually conflicted. My roots are in conservative/evangelical christianity. Most of the churches I attended or were exposed to in my childhood/adolesence were along the lines of southern baptists, pentecostals, nazerWed, 21 Sep 2011 23:16:24 -0500