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The problem here is not just one of language but of theology. The post above tries to sound deep, but it lacks clarity, coherence, and biblical grounding. It reads like someone trying to piece together doctrinal truths from poetic impressions rather than from sound reasoning and Scripture. John...

Okay, so only five books into my list, I've gotten bogged down at book five, which I finally finished today. It was all I could do to get through "Orthodoxy" even via the audio book format. I have therefore revamped the list with a new criteria in mind. The fact is that I'm not that strong of a...

I think Luke is an excellent candidate for the authorship of Hebrews! It would fit both stylistically and doctrinally.

This misses the point. Once again, I think you knew this when you wrote it. The point isn't that the Jews ceased to exist or that Paul never preached to a Jew. That is so obviously not the case that no rational person would ever suggest it, which is why I think you knew you were obfuscating...

So, I'd say there are a few issues with what you've said here. Some of this may have to do with semantics. Meaning that your intent may have been somewhat different than what the words you used managed to communicate. With that in mind... First, the Spirit did not act as “Jesus’ father.”...

So I wrote what was going to be a post that establishes the fact that Paul is not the author of Hebrews but it sort bounced all over the place and was difficult even for me to follow - and I wrote it! I'm short on time and so I just fed what I had written into Chat GPT and after discussing it...

If so, then they aren't actually contradictions. Okay. This conclusion does not follow from its premise. And it ignores the fact that Paul's ministry wasn't to Hebrews and that the doctrines taught in Hebrews are at odds with "Paul's doctrinal position", as you put it. Further, it isn't...

Saying it doesn't make it so. Contradictions are false, Derf.

The whole thread is still here for the entire world to read, including post 27 which flatly proves your position false and which was entirely ignored by you. I didn't read anything else you wrote. You're a waste of time.

I don't care. Words I like, stupidity is the problem. Your posts are a good argument for leaving the formulation of doctrine to men. You've been repeatedly shown that it doesn't tie together at all. It was He who became Jesus (i.e. not God the Father) that created everything in those first...

We can do a lot more than merely speculate. We do still have the book of Hebrews that can be read and understood. We also have the whole rest of scripture to compare it to. By this alone we can know without any doubt at all that Paul is not the author of the book of Hebrews. If it could be...

Could he somehow be referring to when Jesus performed miracles or picked wheat on the Sabbath? Otherwise, his comments along this line just make no sense WHATSOEVER!!!

Within a just criminal justice system, all crimes are sins. This does not mean, however, that all sins are crimes. God delegates civil punishment only when both of these are true: The sin threatens the shared moral structure that enables justice and life in a society (e.g. when one physically...

There is a certain kind of religious talk that sounds deep but says nothing. It floats on the surface of Scripture like a film of oil, shiny and iridescent but without substance beneath. It borrows the language of revelation while ignoring the discipline of reason, blending fragments of verses...

This question gets to the heart of the gospel and reveals whether we actually believe in justice, in doctrinal clarity, and in the universal reach of what Christ accomplished. The popular answer, of course, is that only those who believe are made spiritually alive, but that answer cannot bear up...

Did Christ’s Death at Calvary Make Everyone Alive Spiritually, or Only Those Who Believe? This question gets to the heart of the gospel and reveals whether we actually believe in justice, in doctrinal clarity, and in the universal reach of what Christ accomplished. The popular answer, of...

Nice how he claims that he was terminated without cause and then immediately stated what the cause was! :ROFLMAO: Bet he had no problem with people on the other side of the isle were getting canned for "no reason"!

The logic of this doesn't follow. The idea seems to be that if God “rested,” He must have stopped sustaining creation, and if He stopped sustaining it, it would vanish. That’s like saying an architect who steps away from his drafting table causes his finished building to collapse. “Resting”...

This interpretation is just wrong and makes no sense at all. Adam was not created on the seventh day. The Bible could not be clearer. God made man on the sixth day, along with the animals. Then on the seventh, He stopped. Genesis 2:2 says, “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had...

So, maybe I'm just tired, but for whatever reason, I couldn't follow what was being said in that final paragraph. I had GPT break it down in simpler language... Here’s what the passage is really saying, in plain language: Vaccines clearly prevent serious COVID outcomes. For young people (ages...