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Husband Turned Muslim
	About all you can do is pray that God will open his heart to the holy spirit.

Husband Turned Muslim
	What about kids? Are they being raised Muslim too?

Friend Becoming A Mormon

Laurie, There are scriptures that can be quoted on both sides and the triune hypothesis is only one modern explanation for a trinitarian concept. I admit that this has been a point of confusion since at leat the first century after Christ. Since the trinity concept was so hard for so many to swallow or even comprehend, the doctrine of the incomprehensibility of God got heavily emphasized in the centuries after Christ and it still is today as soon as anyone starts asking real questions. Oddly, Christ never seemed to try to make God the Father seem incomprehensible, but understandable to all, which always strikes me as the way of all those who are espousing the truth.

Still My Wife In Heaven

Mike I understand and am sorry for your loss. I too lost my husband of 30 years at the age of 50. He was healthy and living life too the fullest when God called him away. I am a firm believer that i will meet him when i get to heaven and we will have our home waiting on us to live forever with our saviour. I am having a rough time uderstanding why he took my husband because he was such a good person but , i know God knows best and everything is done for a reason. With my faith in him he will take care of me until i get there.

My Husband Of 28 Years Died

i want you to know i am very sorry for your lost. i also lost my husband of 30 years in march and still don't understand. he was never sick and just had a massive heart attack on the job so i have many unanswered questions but one thing i know forsure is that God will see me though somehow. i am so lonly and resent these people who do not cherrish there time with there mate. just pray that God will contuine to stengthen me and we will met again on the other side with our savior

A Christian Surrogate Mother
	I don't think that is is against christianity to be a surrogate birth mother. I am a women who can't have children and my finance and I would love to have a children of our own. I would like to have a Christian surrogate rather than a non-Christian one. So I say do as you like God will bless you for it

I Want To Divorce My Husband

Rebecca! Romans Chap. 3 We are all sinners. Those who are Christians are "sinners saved by Grace" We still sin everyday i.e...wrong thoughts, lies, you name it, gossip, profanity etc. Christians are saved from eternal separation from God because we have repented and put our trust in Jesus Christ and believe that He paid the penalty for our sins by dying for us on that cross. We believe who He says He is. We confess our sins when we mess up and we move on. He forgives and forgets. Our hope is in Him. We have a relationship with Him. You however have to answer to God. You are calling Him the liar not me. I just spoke up because you have mislead many with that "I'm not a sinner" statement. That is not true Christianity.

Are Mormons Christians
	Gina: I appreciated your use of scriptures and showing how you interpretted them. We Mormons generally take it that Christ is the only begotten of the Father, meaning that He was physically born of the Holy Spriit (God?)and Mary. No other person is in this category of being somehow physically born in such a manner, so in that way, Christ is still the "only begotten of the Father".

Are Mormons Christians

Gina: Mormons also believe that in most instances,Christ is acting as a representative of the Father in the O.T. In the N.T. Christ 95% of the time seems to clearly indicate that the Father is someone different than Himself. John talks about "oneness". We mormons like to point out that husband and wife are also to be one and that we are all to be one with God. These last instances of "oneness" show a unity of purpose, not of being.

Christians Support Death Penalty

The issue about the expense of housing criminals vs. that of executions is a practical concern in our horribly mixed up world, but it is not a primary concern in such a moral issue. I am making the religious argument that God must not think it is horrible if he required it (not just allowed it) during O.T. times. As to the "turn the other cheek" I believe that is a personal path, not a way to run governments and courts.

Why Do People Leave Church

Some leave because the way is too hard. Some leave because the leaders are hypocrites. Some leave because the preaching and programs too often have less to do with Christ and more to do with money, or power and gaining followers. Some leave because they honestly have differences on doctrinal matters. We make a big mistake when we think everyone leaves for the same reason. Likewise, there are many reasons (both good and bad) that people go to church.

Christians Support Death Penalty

The O.T. supports the death penalty. Peter and God in New Testament times were involved with the deaths of a few church members (Act 5:1-11) that lied and held back some of their offering. The issue about loving your enemies is also related to loving your neighbors. I don't see how it is loving your (good) neighbors to allow them to be attacked by the criminal, or requiring them to pay for the cost of his imprisonment. A properly conducted court case and execution is not murder, but biblical justice.

Are Mormons Christians

Gina: Christ taught that God is our Father. He said to Mary,"...go to MY BRETHREN and say to them, I am ascending to MY FATHER and YOUR FATHER, to my God and your God"(John 20:17). Christ taught us to pray to "OUR Father which art in Heaven". All mankind are God's children. It's interesting that Christ uses "my brethren" which is the same in Greek as "my brothers". We generally take the bible quite literally.

Are Mormons Christians

Gina: One of the common misconceptions is that we Mormons don't believe in the Biblical Jesus, which merely raises the question of who really is the Biblical Jesus and what did He himself teach. Mormons believe that they are the closest to that truth, others believe we are misguided. Why not respectfully spend some time discussing, quoting scripture and helping another? We Mormons think we take the Bible quite literally, so we use like turning to it.

Once Saved Always Saved

We all sin (1 John1:8-10). 1 John2:29 says "everyone that doeth righteousness is born of Him". I'm not sure if John is saying that righteousness and faith in Christ brings about being "born again" or whether he means that if we are "born again" we will no longer do unrighteous things. Either way, I am still not always righteouss, so I still have some work to do either on being "born again" or being "righteous" or both.