The Town of Odyssey

HOWEVER, even if we sin, even if we do not ask forgiveness for a particular sin, we are still under the righteousness of Jesus Christ. I think this depends on whether God tells us to repent or not. Obviously when we gte saved for the first time, you can't make restitution for every sin you've ever ...

Well, I think it's nice that they don't have a rule against cell phones. I think they do confiscate them, if you play with them during services and stuff.

I think this is the problem with trying to set up rules for getting into heaven you always have to be making exceptions for special circumstances and if you can bend the rule here how does it stand elsewhere? We're not trying to set up rules. We're just doing what the Bible says. (This isn't just a...

Thank you, that helps. So you do basically agree that Christians aren't perfect and still sin, but because we love God, we should try not to and should do our best to obey Him, repenting when God's Spirit prompts us to recognize our wrongdoing? And that sin is an ongoing struggle that we must overc...

What's the point of long sleeves if everyone rolls them up, anyway? There's not a rule about long sleeves at camp. They can T-shirts, but I guess a lot of them don't since they are Midwest PHC'ers. Just no cap sleeves and tank tops. Actually, lots of them are wearing three quarter length sleeves, I...

I'm going to be a tactless hyperbolist again and say I really hope you never come into contact with any non-Christians and spew idiocy like that. This is why people are turned off from Christianty. Ah, but I'm not talking to non-christians (at least I assume the people in this discussion profess) W...

Please explain this verse. Certainly. We can't get to Heaven by our own goodness. We do have sin, but when we ask God to forgive us he takes it out. This is talking to sinners, and new converts. Not the saints. I'm not being mean-spirited when I say this, but could you please explain all the 1 John...

No, I've been to the camp several years, and I love it.

Odysseyfan, you can't just push them out of your mind. And lets say you do. Even thinking them for that second is a sin. No it's not. We are human, and will think these things, but we can't dwell on them. That's when it becomes sin. We ask Jesus to help us, and think about something else. I sin and...

@ Soccerlotr: What I mean by mistake is for example a lie or a bad attitude. You need to apologize to God and the person. Only when u don't repent is when your relationship is ruined @ Dr. Watson: Let me ask u a question: After reading 1 John, do you think Christians should be righteous, or evil? @ ...

I really don't know. I'm going to youth camp in about a week. I'll see how many of the girls are actually wearing braids.

How do you switch to grayscale? It's awesome!

Me, and a friend (who believes in eternal security) were talking about this yesterday. What an interesting coincidence. Or is it? :shock: Consider these verses: 1st John 1:6-7: "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the...

First off I'd like to thank odysseyfan1 for starting this topic. Because I thought he was wrong, it inspired me to join. (Not kidding.) So you do you still think I'm wrong? :p And no, I don't agree with that. We don't sin every minute of our existence. How is that even possible for a Christian? Or ...

Hmmm, good point. Check out what Stop Wooton Around said.

That's disappointing.

@ Bookworm: I meant bun, not braid, sorry. I don't think braids are really considered ornamentation anymore though,but I haven't seen much of it, except maybe in some younger girls/teens.

You think the church only split after the 1900s? Which church are you thinking of? Rock music has been considered wicked by some since it's beginning no doubt but I'm saying I don't think the church in general considers it so, I mean have you noticed almost no one else on this board agrees with you...

OK, first calm down. We won't get anywhere good getting all hyper and mad. ;) The church has always stood against it? Really? My church hasn't always stood against it and I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find people on here whose churches have "always" stood against rock music. My ...

And even if you aren't for the whole rock thing, I do think there are cases where minor exceptions can be made to genre selectiveness--say, insubstantial humorous children's songs? Perhaps, for a song like the "Cheeseburger Song." But once you open the door to a little, why not just liste...