I am new to Christianity. When I picked up a bible I started with Genesis. The best advice I was given by a pastor was to start with the Gospels of Jesus; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. I am now trying to live more like Jesus and everything I read in scripture I relate back to what Jesus said or did. Probably the most influential passages I have read so far on my journey finding Jesus has been:
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40
With that said with almost every discussion I enter into I seek to learn, and in order to do that I have to recognize where I may be wrong, but that doesn't mean I should back down when the argument hasn't convinced me.
I'm not seeking to "win a debate", I'm searching for the truth.
Edit: with that said great post. Now that I'm older I realize my whole understanding of history is based on what people did not their interactions with others, which may have been distorted through propaganda. I'm always looking for sources to understand history better without the manipulation or "government approved" sources.
I am new to Christianity. When I picked up a bible I started with Genesis. The best advice I was given by a pastor was to start with the Gospels of Jesus; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. I am now trying to live more like Jesus and everything I read in scripture I relate back to what Jesus said or did. Probably the most influential passages I have read so far on my journey finding Jesus has been:
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40
With that said with almost every discussion I enter into I seek to learn, and in order to do that I have to recognize where I may be wrong, but that doesn't mean I should back down when the argument hasn't convinced me.
I'm not seeking to "win a debate", I'm searching for the truth.