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Google AI — “The phrase "God hardened Pharaoh's heart" or similar wording appears nine times in the book of Exodus. Specifically, these instances are in Exodus 4:21, 7:3, 9:12, 10:1, 10:20, 10:27, 11:10, 14:4, and 14:8. Additionally, the text describes Pharaoh hardening his own heart three times (Exodus 8:15, 8:32, and 9:34).”

34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

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Maybe Jesus was even annoyed with Peter at this particular point in time. So, be it. He still loved Peter, and in fact, all the disciples.

The videos below show 2 tai chi practitioners being able to generate enough body heat or channel their energy to ignite a fire. I'm more interested in seeing approach more than trying to solve if these feats are real or not. I'm predicting that some would dismiss these from the start, others...

On another thread, a Christian member states the following:

Scooter said:

Salvation is by faith in Christ alone. Nothing else is required to be saved:
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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I wonder how can babies be saved if they don't have the ability to confess their sins nor understand sin and salvation. They obviously can't be saved by works either. So how are babies saved?

First Journey

So, Paul’s 1st journey was overwhelmingly in what we’d call present-day Turkey, quite a ways from Jerusalem. I conclude that the beliefs, practices, how we define various emotions, etc, etc, of what was to become mainstream Christianity— all this was already pretty far along!

I've read many times that the New Testament writers did not intend for their writings to be viewed as Scripture.

Is this the case?

“ . . . a disruption occurs after Mark’s story of the feeding of the five thousand, as Luke seemingly skips everything from Mark 6:45 to 8:26. Then, from 8:27 onward, Luke resumes his faithful copying of Mark. . . “