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Comment Posting Guidelines

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1. Comments violating biblical standards of conduct. This includes inappropriate language, personal attacks, and other un-Christian behavior.

2. Off-topic comments. If the essence of the post does not relate to the webpage content or to the commenting conversation, we will not post it.

3. Comments containing links to websites not affiliated with UCG.org.

4. Comments containing personal information. This may include any private or personal information such as name, phone number, mailing address and e-mail address.

5. Comments that seek a platform to go beyond normal discussion, such as using the comment functionality to enter lengthy debate, are unlikely to be approved. If you would like to suggest additions or corrections to teachings of the United Church of God, please use our contact form. 

These guidelines cannot cover every situation, so we reserve the right to edit or withhold comments and/or to revoke a user's posting privileges at our discretion. For more information about the rules of conduct for this website, read “Section 4 – Conduct on Site” within this website's Terms of Use. We make no guarantee that we will respond to questions regarding a decision to approve or reject a comment.

Other Things You Should Know

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Bible Scriptures which define our expectations for commenting on UCG.org:

Galatians:5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law."

Philippians 2:3-5
"Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,"

Ephesians:4:2-3
"With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

Proverbs:6:16-19
"These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren."