Looking ahead

Is Melchizedek a proto type for Jesus? These are the sort of questions I'd like to discuss in a small group, ideally four, in a conversationally church sponsored setting. Also, the problem of cliques in churches should be constantly attended to, especially in Protestant ones. 

There are also more than one hard parables and other difficult topics ignored. Unfortunately in many churches  most are usually, as I think Paul says,  forever learning and never coming closer to the truth.

some Christians are also atheists

The definition of faith calls things that are not as though they were. The world, and some Christian-atheists would call these same things lies. If we want future results we would think the Christian way. If just stating the static way then the present tense is fine and a favorable result is side tracked.

Before we speak of anything like this today we first must define our terms. Sadly, many Christians are found calling faith all lies just because they do not know the definition of faith. The observation that God is nonsense is almost always concluded based on their reaction observing hypocrite Christians. In addition, as Jesus said, Christians are stupid compared to the children of the world.