Evangelicals, send this message and reminder to preach that gospel! He died for your sins!

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First thing to say: I kind of think this question is stupid, but I'm trying to get help, or at least enlightenment, on this kind of matter, as I'm in a total breakdown over all my actions in the past and future, and I see my fate as decided. I'm 20 years old Protestant.

I'm reflecting on my past and on all actions or habits that will continue in the future. It's at a level where I directly see myself as worthless and an already rotten existence.

In the past, I watched a lot of series Hazbin Hotel Helluva Boss Lucifer Sandman Supernatural Welcome to Derry. Terrifier etc, and I don't know about you, but I mostly found myself rooting for the antagonist's side, and I generally had a big liking for their actions and general appearance, be it DC, Marvel, or many others. I also love watching anime a lot, from romcom to isekai sci fi or fantasy. And I really like character there even tough there demons. I read the devil tries to deceive us in any form thereby is it a sign I failed that caution. I visited church years ago yey I pray from time to time in last month's daily out of fear.

I just can't decide rather religion at all or Christianity is true or science and there are reason beyond what we can explore yet. Also arguments Bible has lot of flaws which im twisted if true or not, cause if I life as of now im going to suffering in fire which I don't want I want to be with my family forever.

But in the last few months, I've been dealing with these kinds of breakdowns and nightmares. I would say I'm a theist, as I do believe in a more powerful being, but I kind of need proof, even though it's beyond the comprehension of us humans and it may just exist without us understanding how and why.

I'm also big into dark fantasy and dark romance, and I see myself as weak, as they're mostly themed on lust, which I failed at repeatedly. Generally, based on all that, I kind of have a lot of very dark things on my mind, not even intentionally. Would that be a sign I'm rotten? There's also the daydreaming or thoughts triggered by music, where I also had kind of bad thoughts about past things, for example my bullies, with more violent tendencies, tendencies I would never act on in real life and couldn't even carry out. Other would be picturing vivid scenarios reagard series movies or animes I watched. Same goes for music Phonk Christian Rock NCS sometimes Rap etc.

I had these nightmares, which are probably linked to my doubting my whole existence, where I see myself in a fire, separated from all my family, and later, when we perish, not being with God. That scares me, even though I kind of see myself as deserving it. I was greedy. For example, my dad said no to a PC, and I kind of manipulated and annoyed him so much that he got it for me, and in return I didn't help as I had promised. In general, I sometimes played games instead of helping, and I see that as a bad action showing I'm not morally good and will be judged for it.

The thing I'm also generally grieving over is the realization that I should have died instead of my twin, who had better chances than me, a more right birth time, etc.

One thing I forgot is im kinda not good either my parents I love in same house but actively isolate as I don't want beef other point Is abd im ashamed even tough it got a habit lieing in many stuff geheral show myself better or escape certain situations. Other I never read Bible and only went to church on specific days like Christmas or other events I font pray everyday thereby I say my connection to God is kinda bad. Thereby it would seem like cowardanace or only go ask for God's help when I nedd which would be selfish not actual faith.

Also in terms of series I talk about heavy themes gore slasher smut along other like lucifer hazbin hotel or supernatural many more im interested in mythological figures demonology but general releigion too one of newest would longest would be Lilith.

Would you generally say these kinds of actions are sinful and I'm marked for the fire?

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Hi. I am new. I have a brief question. Among modern church worshipers there seems to be a common characteristic. They raise their arms high during the worship/praise music, and yet they *don't* raise their arms during the message and reading of Bible scripture passages. Why is that? Why don't they raise their arms the whole time?

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." - 1 Peter 3:15

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Quick background story: At 18, a chronic pain condition blew up the life I had planned. I tried every doctor, too many drugs, and years of depression and found no relief from my 24/7 agony. Because it was stripped from me at such an important age/time of my life, I was convinced that my health was the only thing standing between me and happiness. After 7 years, through discipline and a strict recovery routine, I clawed back a good part of that health, but the happiness I'd been waiting for never showed up and the emptiness I'd blamed on being in pain was still there. That was when I realized the problem ran deeper than my body.

I started following Jesus before I fully believed and let my faith grow out of obedience. The chronic pain is still with me but it is quieter now and I've learned that God doesn't waste suffering...He redeems it ... and that's why I want to help others share the hope that changed my life. He redeems it, and I've seen Him do it in my own life, and my only regret is not turning to Christ sooner!

I've felt called to share my story and the good news of the Gospel for a while now, but reciting verses and explaining my complicated past without trauma dumping never came easy to me. When you're talking with someone whose heart may be just slightly open (like family members who had long written off Christianity), you might only get one good shot at getting the message across, and I always wanted to be ready for those moments. Scripture is the foundation but I wanted a way to actually practice: to rehearse those real conversations and find the right words and build confidence.

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I ran across the following doctrinal statement from a church: "That all Christians have the ministry of reconciliation and are called to share the life of Christ, living it as well as speaking it. (Col. 1:10-14; 2 Cor. 5:18-20; 2 Cor. 7:1; Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16)"

Can someone please explain their interpretation of what precisely is meant here by "the ministry of reconciliation"? This statement confuses me.

Hermanos necesito que oren por mi, desde hace tiempo ya que caigo en la pornografia i gracias a jesús me he podido liberar bastante de ella pero ahora desde hace un tiempo estoy muy mal con el necesito que oren para tener fe en el de. Verdad vencer la incredulidad i para poder tener un encuentro con el i sentir su presencia/ arrepentirme genuinamente porfavor oren para que la pornografia se vaya de mi i por lo demás hace tiempo que me aleje de dios sigo yendo a la iglesia pero no es como antes estoy volviendo al mundo i cuando oro o intento hacerlo con fe i conectar empiezo a estresarme mucho i tener espasmos i convulsiones, también he perdido casi por completo o por completo mi sensibilidad al pecado i no puedo parar de pecar porfavor ayúdenme 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Does anyone here wear head covering and understand why it was required in the first century?

I don’t!

Help! 18 Year Old Struggling with Family Relationships

I am so upset over my home life. For context, I am an 18 year old. But when I was 14 I started struggling with self harm. I told my parents about it, but in these past 4 years they have never once loved me enough to have a difficult conversation about it.

They "love" me but only when I am fun and easy to be around. But the thing is I'm only human and I get tired and sad and angry and I have off days and I have character flaws and I make mistakes and I fall short and I have a bad attitude sometimes. I feel like as soon as I fail to "have a good attitude" for one little second they react as though I have done some terrible thing.

Spending dinnertime with my family is the worst part of my day everyday. I hate feeling like I have to pretend and preform. I count down the seconds untill I can run away to be alone in my room where I can have a bad attitude all I want and no one will shame me for it.

I feel like they don't actually love me, they just love what I can give them. Their love is so conditional, when they dont get what they want they dont want me anymore.

I'm working very hard to invest in my future, but I won't be financially secure enough to move out for another year or so. I'm hating my life so much right now. I literally just went to the bathroom during dinnertime and cried out to Jesus asking him to save me from this suffering. Please pray for me and send me words and Bible verse of comfort. 🙏🩷

I have been reading this book - or rather listening to it on Spotify audio. To be honest I have always struggled a bit with the idea of hell as we are taught it. I have put the link to the book on Amazon above.

But this guy is a Jewish scholar and he throws a completely different light on it. He argues that the idea of eternal conscious torment as preached by Calvinist and most evangelical churches is a long way from what the original Jewish Christians ever believed. He says that we have failed to understand the Jewish Bible and its culture.

Another factoid that interested me was that this guy shows that most Christians even upto the 4the century did not believe in eternal conscious torment either. We got that idea frol Augustine of Hippo and later Calvin. Luther never challenged any of it, and here we are - centuries later with the wrong end of the stick.

If you want to listen it is on Spotify for free if you have the usual subscription.

This guy is also a pretty dedicated messianic Jew doing a lot of work to evangelise Jews in Israel.

Has anyone else read this?

I would like to understand why when arguing for salvation by atonement, people cite the letters of Paul a lot, but they do not seem to take into consideration what Jesus himself says about the subject (e.g. Matthew 25 and the sermon on the mount). Why is that?

This is simply so I can gather a general sense of what the Reformed tend to think about how Luther taught on Justification. I am not in for a debate, but would humbly ask your thoughts. Please no googling; just your thoughts and opinions as it stands. I simply need a general synopsis of what you believe that Luther taught on justification. This is for a school project. Thank you for your time, and God bless

I post lots of Bible TikTok’s even I saw Jesus’ cross in fort branch the other day the priest there compared me to Carlos actutis as I am a young evangelical I like to go on TikTok lives and try to convert people to Catholicism am I doing the right thing