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JD, how are you now?
I hope your surgery went well.

I came across this lovely passage in Titus today that I thought I would share:
12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

I rarely contribute to discussions, but in this particular situation, I felt it necessary to share my personal knowledge on the subject, as I have an unusual amount of experience in this area and I felt the advice being offered was spiritually hazardous.
Paul encourages us to speak, exhort and rebuke, and to be a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
I hope that I've encouraged you all to do that.
Grace be with you.

That scarecrow one is one of my favorites.

I'm trying to stream Titanic,
But it keeps syncing.

Hi Jappel,
It's ok, I'm completely calm but would like to give a final response to what Onfire said about my comments.

When I asked:
"Can a Christian commit any kind of sin and still get to heaven?"
I was trying to show that some sins are very serious and may preclude Christians from going to heaven.
For example, I met a young man at church decades ago who told me, quite unashamedly, that he regularly committed a particular sin.
He had also been to Bible College and was surely convinced that grace would cover him, and he would still make it to heaven.
However, Ephesians 5:5 says that he won't inherit the kingdom of God as his sin was listed there.

So you can see that this question is a long way from asserting a requirement for sinless perfection.

Now, on the subject of Halloween, if an ex-satanist can't convince you of the dangers of participating in Halloween, then it seems futile for me to attempt to do so.
I was only trying to help you.

I hope the discussion was helpful for any readers.
I personally found it very helpful to sharpen my own conscience and to be more motivated to practice what I believe.