We have a bunch of lovely garden fresh heirloom tomatoes we wont be able to consume and are wondering about making a sauce. Any users here adjust their sauce making recipes? I read the water content may require more simmering to burn off excess liquid?

Partner and I are renovating our house and the space that most would put a dining table and chairs, I am pushing back on, as we can comfortably seat 4-6 at our banquet in the kitchen.

A dining room set that lives in a room 365 days a year to be used by 6+ people maybe once a year just feels a waste. I'd much rather a fold up table and chairs like my parents/ grandparents did when younger the odd time they hosted more people for either Xmas or Thanksgiving.

I like the idea of the space just remaining more open. Can place a reading chair, some more plants, stereo. I don't think rooms need to be filled with stuff. Partner is struggling with the purpose of the space, so we're looking for alternate ideas.

I suggested a ping pong table lol.

We are renovating our home and ripping out most of the drywall. Has anyone here had any experience with drywall rebates?

There's over a dozen resurrections listed in the Bible, not counting all the saints that rose from their graves at Jesus' crucifixion.

Peter and Paul both resurrect someone in Acts.

Resurrections just don't seem to be too special if they were happening all the time back then. But why no resurrections today?

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. ^(11) He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables ^(12) so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!

This is what our contractor has written out and is getting quotes on, and right now 3 quotes are coming in around 40K CAD (29K USD) Does this sound about right? Are there questions you'd be asking and looking for breakdowns? We are adding 15' to the back of the house (main floor an upstairs)

Grade Beam: If needed, a total new item 7 helical piles, heavily reinforced grade beam, concrete slab or insulation and gravel, finishing underside of joists + access to the crawl space.

If a parent today said God told them to sacrifice their child, you would want to take the kid away.

Is this simply a translation error or malicious interpretation to gain followers through fear?

Isaiah 46:9-10 NIV - Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.

Would suggest he did?

If the goal was to lay waste to earths population, simply snapping his fingers and ending all life in the blink of an eye would have been seen as more loving.

We are getting such a range of quotes it's making our heads spin. On the low end we have 13k CAD, high end 35k CAD.

Also, we have signed a contract with a GC with a bunch of estimates and line items. This is our first time doing a big renovation and as numbers slide up, we can only assume we can push back in areas to try and lower.

It feels like an awkward conversation to have with him as his quote is the high end quote and we're just now getting lower numbers. My partner and I are thinking that maybe somewhere in the middle of the high and low would be a fair number to target...so 23k CAD?

Do we know how much time each artist will be allotted?

And is it confirmed that 10pm is end time? I saw online that some EI locations are 10:30.

In Mark 6, Jesus feeds 5000 and in Mark 8, 4000. Both times with a few loaves of bread and some fish.

So we have 9000 people that supposedly bore witness and were part of a miracle. These people would have told others. The Pharisee's knew of these miracles. Local Romans would have been aware. How was none of this documented at the time if this story is to be literal?

Why decades after Jesus death were these stories put onto paper?

Having a discussion with a young earth creationist friend of mine, and the topic of record keeping was brought up.

Any concrete, indisputable records from any civilizations that would prove a global flood to be impossible to have occurred?