Recent content by Hazelelponi

It might make a good thread.

Yesterday I was here earlier on but then my house turned into grand central and I couldn't get back to it but a few seconds at a time here or there, but largely the insults looked to come from you. People had excellent arguments from Scripture and reason, yet you STILL have not addressed the...

I largely agree with you. Labels are not meant to obscure or replace substance; they are simply a rough shorthand for identifying a set of beliefs. Used properly, they actually aid discussion by bringing clarity rather than hiding anything. They invite light and examination instead of confusion...

Since it's so popular on this forum then let me be perfectly blunt. You are not my daddy. I give loves for myriad reasons, everything from support and encouragement in the Lord to just enjoying the Scripture cited to sometimes even full-on agreement with a post. It is not now, nor will it...

I am not following your conversation much but the thread was looking for former adherents to Rome who might be able to lend a hand to assist a brand new Christian with an Islamic background (like myself) who could lend a hand in teaching this brand new Christian why he may not want to join the...

I think there may be some misunderstanding here, so I want to respond carefully and plainly. I agree wholeheartedly that we must submit to the Word of God, just as Jesus said: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). I also agree that...

You’re demanding exhaustive lists as a precondition for interpretation, but that isn’t how semantics or exegesis works. Your engaging in a fallacy called illegitimate totality transfer, ironically something that was mentioned by name in a thread I was reading earlier. This is the error of...

You are demanding an exhaustive concordance of every NT occurrence of zaō and zōē as a precondition for interpretation. That is not how language, any language, or exegesis works. Your claim is universal (“zaō never refers to spiritual life derived from God”), and a universal claim is falsified...

Scripture teaches that there is one gospel and one Savior, applied across redemptive history. Romans 3:25 explicitly states that God forgave sins committed before the cross in view of Christ’s atoning death. Paul likewise says that the gospel was “preached beforehand to Abraham” (Gal 3:8), and...

I'm not he thread's author or the person you quoted but I hold an Amillennial eschatological position so I hope you don't mind my jumping in. Amillennialism unequivocally affirms the bodily resurrection of the dead at the last trumpet and the visible return of Jesus Christ. The disagreement is...

The concern raised in this thread deserves to be taken seriously: no Christian should redefine Greek terms or biblical concepts to force a theological outcome. But that standard cuts both ways, and when the Greek grammar and usage are examined carefully, the charge against Amillennialism does...

As your now being intentionally insulting I'll simply take my leave from the conversation.. I was just trying to enter into a discussion with you Soli Deo Gloria You're falsely representing me.

The appeal to “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” as though it requires Christian political passivity misunderstands both history and Scripture. Around 200 CE, more than 150 years after Christ’s resurrection, there were perhaps 150,000 Christians in the entire world. They lived under emperors and...

Before God, governments are instituted to protect those under their care, not to abdicate that duty in the name of misplaced sentimentality. A ruler who refuses to restrain evil is no less morally culpable than a corrupt judge who refuses to render justice. Scripture is clear that civil...

What do you mean imitate Islam?