Will_Power

Welcome to the forums! I just turned 25 but you have me beat by 7 months

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Hey Devyn, So sorry to hear that you're going through something like this! I personally have never gone through something like this, so I don't feel qualified to give advice, however I did find this article that was explained fairly well on ways Christians can handle situations like this. It may help, it may not, but I figured I'd send it your way in hope that you'll be encouraged. https://pairedlife.com/advice/Dealing-With-Toxic-Parents-in-a-Christian-Way I'm praying for your situation, and praying that God will give you wisdom in the face of this trial. -Will

Welcome, snowlight! I actually have some family that lives in southern Alberta. Happy to have you here!

Anybody up for restarting this at all? I had one PM request for it, just trying to see if there's anybody else that's interested.

I read all the books in middle school, definitely my favorite fiction book series. I mostly read non-fiction, so that's saying something!

Hi Elyse! I'm not from Ohio, but glad to see you on the forum!

Hola!

Howdy TK!

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A lot, if not most, pastors do marital counseling, whether for pre-marriage or inter-marriage crisis. I would definitely reach out to a local pastor of your same belief system to see if they could help. I prayed for your situation, asking God for peace to come in the midst of this trial of yours. Although I'm not married, if you need anything I'm only a PM away! -Will

Welcome welcome! Glad to see you back!

All good thoughts so far. In my small group, we decided to define "judgmental", as we too felt that the word is thrown around way too often (and most times people don't know what being judgmental actually entails). We ended up defining judgmental as "A conclusion based off of an assumption." It could be an assumption that turns out to be true, or it could be false. But basically, if someone is coming to a conclusion before they know the concrete facts, that's what we found as judgmental. Many non-christians seem to think calling out sin is being judgmental. But based off of our definition, it wouldn't be because the conclusion was based off of evidence (i.e. they told us about the sin, or we've seen them do it). Now, if we condemned someone for the sin of stealing just by the way they look, that would be what I consider judgmental. Like Becky said, some may think calling out people for sin is a personal attack, thus "judgmental", but I don't believe that to be the case. Any thoughts on that definition, and if it holds merit?

I had a pretty deep discussion on this with my small group last night, and I wanted to bring it up here to get some discussion going. What do you think it means when someone calls Christians "judgmental". Is there a difference between how the world defines "judgmental" and how the Bible defines "judgmental". Also, how would you define judgmental?