The Puritan Board

WHat is your take on christians using the words, 'f**got' and 're***ed'?

I have noticed that christiabs are using these words?

Also, your take please on pastors that say cussing is NOT a sin?

Greetings,

As I was reading Ezra 2 this morning, I noticed something interesting in verses 7 and 31 about those who went to Jerusalem.

7: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
31: The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

How is this so? The text indicates that these are two differen...

The Rev. Charnock on God's attribute of Patience for our evangelical use of repentance (Works, vol. 2, pp. 538–39):

The consideration of his patience would make us frequent and serious in the exercise of repentance. In its nature it leads to it, and the consideration of it would engage us to it, and melt us in the exercise of it. Could we deeply think of it w...

The death, the resurrection, and the exaltation of the Lord Jesus Christ are three vital, fundamental doctrines of our most holy faith, and, as revealed to the soul by a divine power, become well-springs of hope, of strength, and of consolation, in exact proportion to the measure of faith whereby they are apprehended, embraced, and lived upon. In and by his sufferings, blood she...

I'm a little embarrassed to ask about this because it feels like a conspiracy theory but I am curious if anyone has looked into it at all and can speak to it. What are they, why are they non-canon, and what is the justification for same?

I read a bunch of Frank Peretti books ages ago when I was in middle and high school and was always curious about the Nephilim.