Recent content by John of Japan

Technically I eat 3 meals a day, but my lunch is usually just a cup of yogurt and some fruit. My wife insists! This has allowed me to maintain the same weight for years.

Catholics, JWs, Mormons, Lutherans, Methodists, and many others might simply identify themselves as followers of Christ. But to me, that says almost nothing about what they truly believe.

Not a distinctive. Back in the day the SBC churches usually thought a child could not be saved until age 12, but that is not the doctrine of the age of accountability.

If they follow these distinctives, we Baptist call them "Baptistic." If there is a denominational structure that local churches have to obey, they are not Baptist nor Baptistic, even if they generally follow the distinctives. The autonomy of the local church is hugely important to Baptists, and...

Almost all Americans overeat, with 3 meals a day, typically. Visit a 3rd world country. Almost no one is obese. They work hard for a subsistence livelihood.

Believe it or not, I have actually heard or read that said! But whoever says that has not ever tried to teach ESL (English as a second language) to a Japanese! They will tell you themselves that they are terrible at learning foreign languages. Confused This is in spite of them having to take 6...

So, please tell me what the equivalent of the KJV is in Japanese. (It is not the Classical Japanese Bible as Peter Ruckman thought; that version has significant departures from the TR & KJV.)(me I'm pretty sure you won't be able to do that, so instead, please give me principles whereby I may...

:D:D I don't go to gyms, but my wife and I sometimes use the walking circuit at the YMCA. For old codgers, walking is a good workout. We have a nice woods here that she and I like to walk, sometimes seeing a deer or other wild animal. I believe in full body workouts rather than one muscle at a...

My kung fu sihing (elder brother in the art) used to say this to me. Certainly. Agreed, but not that it is sin per se. Absolutely. I see a real difference between sin and foolishness. Sometimes such lacks can make us unfit, but other times not. I mentioned the fellow missionary I knew and...

I'd like to know that too. I'm sure he just misspoke. If not exercising is a sin, then: 1. How long does one go without exercising before it becomes a sin? 2. What type of exercise must it be to make it not a sin? 3. What about the guy who worked all day in a factory or another blue collar job...

Nailed it!

That we call the "Baptist distinctives," of course.

Let me add here that simply being overweight is not a sin. It cannot be a sin because it is a condition, rather than an action. So answering the OP, the sin of gluttony cannot include being overweight, but must be actions that make one overweight: overeating, not caring for the Holy Spirit's...

Good point.

Good point.