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Concluding Reflections on God’s Qualitative Nature Everything we have seen so far concerns the kind of being God is. We have not yet spoken of how much He knows, how powerful He is, or how long He has existed. Those are important matters, but they are not primary. The true foundation of...

I was being kind. There was effectively no argument made at all. I see. So scripture walls are going to be a regular feature with you. Okay. That's fine. It's hard to follow but I've seen worse. So, your solution is to not make an argument? I don't get it. My "preconceived idea" is that...

Let me understand this claim. Are suggesting that you asked God a question and you got a direct answer from God's lips to your ears. Is that what you are claiming or was this some sort of figure of speech or what? That's 100% a real question. I am not making fun of you or being sarcastic or...

Define common sense! You're either unable or unwilling to establish what you claim is common sense with anything more substantial that your own declaration of your doctrine and text-book examples of how to read that doctrine into the text of scripture.

God is Good Because God is Living, Personal, Relational, and Logic, it necessarily follows that He is good. Not merely by declaration or by force of will, but by nature and by necessity. Any being who Life itself, who is personal rather than impassible, who exists in perfect relational harmony...

Okay, so with this next essay, I sort of begin a process that is going to have the effect of destroying the three by seven structure I presented God's attributes in when I started the thread. I've realized that being holy, righteous, just, loving, wise, etc are all part of what it means to be...

That's because you don't want to be convinced otherwise. That English translation of a Hebrew idiom, which you ignore the real meaning of, is the straw you're grasping at, trying to cling to unbiblical doctrines that you love more than the truth. Go look up the phrase "confirmation bias". It...

Let's all hide a watch to see if @annabenedetti alters her stance at all when the Epstein files show nothing at all about Donald Trump or his family. TDS is real!

Nope! Words mean things! Concepts are given names. Those names are what words are. "unto" names one concept, "into" names another concept. The two are not synonyms and there is no way that the context of Romans 10:5 supports "into" as a proper English translation. It is "unto" - period. This...

Notice the reading into the text: First the pump is primed with, "God knows everything there is to know." and then the verse is quoted and followed up with "You cannot be almighty if you don't know all things:" This is how proof-texting works. By this method, all doctrines are created and...

Okay, first of all, the translation "UNTO" in Romans 10:10 is accurate. The Greek word "eis" does NOT necessarily mean "INTO," as your post implies. In fact, the KJV translates this word in a variety of ways depending on context. Strong’s G1519 (EIS) is translated in the KJV as follows: INTO...

Romans 5:18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s...

The Pharisees were looking for a spectacular, undeniable, heavenly sign that would authenticate Jesus according to their expectations of the Messiah. They were expecting a revolutionary to overthrow Israel's oppressors and to sit on David's throne. They wanted to see some evidence of this kind...

In Jewish culture, there was a widespread belief that the soul hovered near the body for three days after death, hoping to re-enter. That is why Jesus waited until the fourth day to raise Lazarus, so there would be no doubt that he was truly gone (John 11:39). This cultural understanding made...

The list is endless! The exact moment you will sneeze next The precise number of photons emitted from Alpha Centauri in the past three seconds The total amount of gasoline you will burn over the next month What you will choose to eat for your next meal The specific thoughts someone is hiding...

Lunatic.

The same sort of posts were inches from getting me banned at that other website. I've never in my life seen a group so thinning skinned in my life! Wow! To be clear, I don't suffer fools lightly and I don't mince words. It's an internet forum, not the lobby of a church. If you want to...

Thanks for laying that out. I indicated in our previous conversation that I had never come across this teaching before and so I appreciate the clarity you've provide here. Even if I disagree with your conclusions, it's refreshing to see someone who takes the text seriously and is able to...

God is Relational God is not a solitary being, closed in upon Himself, nor a detached abstraction, He is relational. This is not a trait He acquired when He created the world, nor a mode of interaction He chose to adopt. It is who He is. Relationship is not a consequence of creation; it is a...

So what? Who in the world ever thought that either was going to happen? Biden will go down in history as the single worst president this nation ever had. The entire world knows he had Cottage Cheese for brains and that his son, along with his entire family, is a festering cesspool of sexually...