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So, what would you posit to be the difference that Jesus is highlighting here?

The universal patristic interpretation is that this means we are ethereal/spiritual and therefore without gender as we know it in our sinful corporeal world.

No, they don't. Right from Jesus' lips:

23 The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother. 26 The second did the same, so also the third, down to the seventh. 27 Last of all, the woman herself died. 28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For all of them had married her.”

Matt. 22:29   Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his teaching. (Matt 22)

This. Generally employers think of the "cost of benefits", which includes insurance (and is worth citing here since it's higher and therefore would make the workers seem greedy, which they certainly aren't). You'd be surprised how easy it is to get to $120K COB, just by covering one's spouse and children with standard, high-quality union health insurance.

There is a middle place between legalism and antinomianism. I think the best way to summarize it is: trust in God's grace and promise of forgiveness while also asking for Him to sanctify you with His righteousness.

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I am praying for you.

To your question: It is God's will that His people know abundant life.

Sin (capital S, Original Sin, NOT anything you personally have done in particular) limits this for those of us here on earth. If there is any reason whatsoever for your suffering, it is the fact that we live in a broken world, not because you have done anything wrong.

Fortunately, God has given us His son. Through Him we experience abundant life here and, because of His resurrection, we will experience it fully on the other side when we are united with God. Your child knows this union with its Savior now, but I know that this is small comfort compared to the hopes that grew in you along with its body.

May God give you His peace.

Well, he actually says something closer to "crap" (at least according to the leading lexicon of New Testament Greek, BDAG).

The relevant word is skubalon, which basically means stuff you'd throw away because it's as worthless as scraps/fecal matter. Paul uses this word once, in Phil 3:8:

"More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ" (NRSV, bolded word can be translated as "crap").

Depends on the church district/congregation. More common among the Mennonites than among the Amish, but surprisingly varied depending on church leadership. And, of course, there are those who don't agree with the official stance and keep their dissenting opinion (pro or anti) quiet. Consensus is very important in most anabaptist congregations, as it is seen as a gift from God.

Remember that faith is a gift, and it's something you can pray for God to strengthen in you. I will be praying for you, too.

I have seen many people struggle with faith, but it's my experience that most people who seek God's face see it. But remember that you need to be in the right context, with believers who are stronger than yourself. The men's group may be the right place for that, but it may also be in another congregational setting.

In my church, some of the very best Christian fellowship happens at bible studies...the men's and women's groups are primarily social/surface-level. Of course, that has its place--but it doesn't sound like what you need right now.

I have done a fair bit of work with the Office of Aging and they will definitely know what to do; I don't think it's you "snitching on your neighbor", since it's very likely that they won't do anything but help your neighbor find services and perhaps also somewhere to live.

But it may be best just to encourage your neighbor to contact them directly, since otherwise you will be involved in helping her find programs, and it sounds like that isn't something you want to do.

I agree.

It's just as Luther said in his explanation of the First Commandment: "We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things."

Holiness theology (which would say don't dress up as a furry, don't smoke, don't drink, don't dance, don't cavort with sinners) is not really scriptural, it's more a result of our consumeristic society whose message is: "Do this, get this!"

One problem: grace doesn't work like that, and our holiness comes from Christ's declaration in response to our trust in Him, not from that which we do. See Eph 2:8-9

Not at all. Swedenborgianism was founded in England after Swedenborg's death.

Since Lutheranism's unique contribution is the doctrine of justification, built on St. Paul's writings with a dash of St. Augustine, I would say that Swedenborg was nominally Lutheran because of the heavy persecutions in Sweden against any heterodox teaching, not due to any theological common cause.

That makes a lot of sense. A bit more searching online shows that stoles are indeed somewhat common. Yours, however, is the most stole-like I've seen, which I love!

I really like this icon and this theme. One question: why did you choose to write a stole instead of the more traditional veil?

Bach.

Exactly. It's not optional, it's a command from our Lord and probably the clearest case in the gospels of Christians being judged at the end for having a dead, fruitless faith (cf. St. James).

It's a terrible idea to only use Duolingo. I say this as a professional teacher of Esperanto who has made it a part of his mission to fill in the gaps that Duolingo leaves.

Duolingo is incredibly strong on vocabulary through its spaced repetition model. Because of this, I'm now able to teach at the post-beginner level totally in Esperanto, which would have been a pipe dream in the days of Lernu 1.0. You will understand a lot of what you read or hear once you're done with the course, but that's about it unless you supplement.

Duolingo is bad on grammar, culture, and actual production of the language. The new Lernu! course is good for the grammar and makes a good compliment to the first month or two of Duolingo. David Richardson's book is a good one to follow the basic Lernu course, and it's available as a free download on Esperanto-USA's website, here.

But neither of these things will help you understand Esperanto in context (Duo only gives you a sentence or two, after all), nor do they help you produce it. Get out of your comfort zone and join a meeting on Eventa Servo. There are lots that are intended for beginners, as well as some that will be over your head. Go and listen; don't feel like you need to contribute. You can always say, if someone asks you a question: "Ho, mi estas komencanto, kaj mi venis por aŭdi la lingvon kaj aŭskulti vin ĉiujn." But be sure to speak--talk to yourself in the car, speak to animals in Esperanto, practice your pronunciation in front of a mirror. And it's not a bad idea to keep a journal in Esperanto. Use full sentences, but keep them simple and brief. Aim for a summary of whatever you did that day. That's practice that helps with creating your own sentences about things you are likely to talk about in your first real Esperanto encounters.

Once you've done all that, try out Ekparolu!, which is a part of Edukado.net. You can meet with an experienced Esperanto speaker 10 times, and they will help you find your voice and identify a few things you should work on.

Don't stick to Duo alone... especially because, due to the passion of the Esperanto community, all the above resources are TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE.

This is the right answer. Fiat money is possible due to taxation being payable in that currency alone, which immediately makes it universally necessary. It's also so much simpler to manage as a central banker, and one of the reasons our modern, post-Gold Standard fiscal crises have been so much less severe than prior ones.

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When we bought ours you had to be a member before the specific promotion began. So you could join now, but you would need to wait a couple of months until this promotion ends and the next one inevitably begins.

Good luck on your EE, man. Good times! (I did the IB diploma programme last decade...which makes me feel old AF.) If you need suggestions about resources to use, most are in Esperanto but a good overview in English is "The Esperanto Movement" by Peter Forster. It's wickedly expensive but should be at most university libraries.

I basically learned Esperanto because I was working nights at a hospital and was bored sitting in the on-call room waiting for my pager to buzz. I always liked to learn languages, the more obscure the better, and Esperanto scratched that itch without being too hard (since I am not a night person at all).

Now, six years later I have travelled the world using Esperanto (saving tons of money in the process), made lots of friends throughout the world, taught the language professionally, done professional translation in and out of Esperanto, had articles of mine read in over 100 countries, and generally become entirely convinced that Esperantists are my people.

I've used them all, and YNAB works best for me. Spreadsheet to track savings and retirement accounts, though.

Is it you, Marcion?

The First World War really cut the momentum of both languages, both at the level of leadership (Mudie being an example on the Esperanto side) and at the grassroots level, with countless local leaders and enthusiasts also dying in the war.

There's also the larger context: a war of that scale and destruction, with such futile loss of life, also makes an IAL look a bit futile while showing the dark side of technology and modernity (which was, interestingly enough for us today, a large part of the pre-WWI IAL argument).