My son, who's something of a Biblical scholar, says that those who only pay lip service to belief in Jesus should not count on being saved. It's up to God who's saved, but you can't fool God with words. He can see into your heart.

To really accept Christ means you follow His teachings and strive to be Christlike yourself. You accept Jesus into your heart.

So says my son. A case of son teaching the father.

Jim

Same son that likes men over women James?

I don't have any such son. What have you been smoking?

Our only son has been married to a natural-born woman for fifteen years and has four kids! He's also an Evangelical Christian.

Jim

Maybe ur getting James's youth confused with his son???

Sorry couldn't help myself

Oh, sorry James.
I truly thought you'd a gay son.
My oppologies.

No reason to apologize. If I did have a gay son, I'd love him the same.

Jim

Wise son , must have gotten that from his mother

Still takin the bait...SMH.

Try again.

His mother is a Buddhist. A cultural Buddhist only, since she doesn't practice the faith.

Jim

Admit it, James, your thread was intended to stir the pot. If you miss Mark, it's because he coddled you and stroked your ego by referring to you as "counselor" and whatnot. You're clever, but not that clever. I find you a very easy read.

No one "accepts" Christ. You make Him out to be a begger.

Seems to me the only one stirring the pot here is you.

Now, run along! The adults are having a discussion.

Jim

As enlighted souls they were attracted to each other

Why would you want to hurt me like that? C'mon, counselor, you're as easy to read as a cheap novel. I prefer Shakespeare.

So what's your favorite Shakespeare play, and why do you like it? Maybe we have something in common.

Mine is MacBeth, and I like the theme of good and evil, ambition and justice, mixed with ambiguous supernatural entities.

Jim

Hamlet, hands down.

Most members noticed Mark June's dramatic goodbye. Has anyone else noticed Wolfdog91's seemingly Irish goodbye. He's been gone since the 21st of July. He normally posts several times a day.

Keith

I figured he got back from a river trip and his girlfriend ain't let him up for air yet.

Maybe his laptop fell in the river.

Hamlet has its moments. The Queen Gertrude line, "Methinks she doth protest too much," is a classic and one some forum members might take note of.

But why do you like the play?

Jim

Laertes, the bloat king, the ghost, Ophelia...like a creature native indued unto that element. I had most of Hamlet committed to memory but I've slacked off the past four or five years. Henry V is another favorite along with Much ado about nothing. MacBeth...something wicked this way comes. Just not one of my favorites.

I have a volume of his complete works along with several copies of the individual plays. Four hundred years on and the guy is still relevant.