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This is beginning to go around in circles.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 to "Test EVERYTHING. Hold on to the good."
I wish I had the gift of understanding God's word like the Bonnie Ricks of our time
John 15:7 "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
I disagree with you on stating we Christians are MISSING anything about Jesus.
Gospel of Thomas (92):Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. Yet, what you asked me about in former times and which I did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell, but you do not inquire after it."
Why is it I feel you have this long running bitterness to wards the church?
I have no bitterness with the church. I have a sadness that the church does not recognize the brutal history of the church and because of that lack of recognition, continues to repeat the mistakes of the past.
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."