HAVE I COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN?
And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forg
WHAT SHOULD I TELL MY KIDS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS?
The two problems with Santa:
1) Deceiving
2) Distracting

IS IT ALWAYS WRONG TO LIE?
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
…each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor…
St. Augustine: _______________________________________

Bonhoffer: _______________________________________

HOMOSEXUALITY

Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another…Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relati
HOW SHOULD I TREAT MY GAY FRIENDS?
I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people- not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral…In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone w
TRUTH:
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. ‘Expel the wicked man from among you.’
GRACE:
The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
DID JESUS GO TO HELL?
What does ‘he ascended’ mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?
Biblical Words

1) Sheol: deep, dark place of sorrow, pain, destruction, the grave or pit, place of the dead (used 65 times in the OT).

2) Haides: underworld, region of the departed, realm of the dead.

3) Limne pur: Lake of fire (for more study,
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell… KJV
because you will not abandon me to the grave… NIV
that (Christ’s) soul was not left in hell… KJV (Hades)
that (Christ) was not abandoned to the grave… NIV (Hades)
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Exodus 20:16, Leviticus 18:22, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 16:10, Matthew 12:31-32, Acts 2:31, Acts 2:31, Romans 12:426, 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, 2 Corinthians 2:6-8, Ephesians 4:9, Ephesians 4:25 and Revelation 20:14-15