Recent content by keithr

You just made the mistake that has led to the confusion! You've assumed that when it said "sabbath day" that it was referring to a Saturday, but you've completely overlooked the words in brackets - "for that sabbath day was an high day". A "High Sabbath" refers to seven specific annual...

Jesus wasn't crucified on a Friday, he was crucified on a Thursday. The confusion arose because of mistaking the High Sabbath (Passover) for a normal weekly Sabbath day. Here's a webpage that explains it - Jesus Was Crucified on a Thursday.

The vast majority of hateful, nasty, insulting comments that I've read in this forum have come from Trinity believers. They declare that you can't be a Christian unless you believe in the Trinity - in which case the Apostles and all the early Christians, the founding members of the Church, were...

In my experience it is people who believe in the Trinity that show their hatred of anyone who denies the Trinity, and not the other way around. I have known people to become very hateful and spiteful, and really nasty (i.e. most un-Christian, showing the opposite of love) to Christians that...

That is because understanding who Jesus is is fundamentally important (and so discussing it should not be banned). Building your doctrine and understanding on a false belief is like building a house on sandy foundations. It's important to get the foundation correct - the correct foundation is...

Referring to the prophet Samuel, 1 Samuel 9 (WEB): (6) The servant said to him [Saul], “Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.” (9) (In earlier times in...

You could equally say that all topics that are repeatedly discussed are fruitless. What is the purpose of this forum? At the bottom of every page the 'About us' paragraph says: "Our community has been around for many years and pride ourselves on offering unbiased, critical discussion among...

Well we can't do that. When I go to any of the Non-Christian forums it says "You have insufficient privileges to post threads here". Moreover, I disagree. Christians should be able to study and discuss Christain beliefs in a Bible Study forum. It's exactly where it belongs.

According to dictionaries close-handed means "stingy, miserly, or unwilling to spend money or give generously. It can also be used to describe someone who is secretive or keeps their emotions hidden." I'm none the wiser as to why the Trinity cannot be discussed!

Why has the thread 'Why was "I am God" thread locked?' also been locked before I had a chance to reply? In that thread Rita posted: the trinity can be discussed, and threads will be monitored. The statement of faith adds that it is now a close handed subject and cannot be debated against. The...

Why has the "I am God" thread been locked, citing that "I suggest members remember that this is a Trinity believing forum, and debating against it is no longer allowed on this forum"? There was an announcement on 6th December 2024 in the thread Policy Change - Topics On The Trinity Can Now Be...

The apostles and the Old Testament prophets also performed many miracles, but they were not God. When Elijah called fire down from heaven it was not Elijah that did that - he prayed to YHVH and YHVH sent the fire. Likewise it was not Jesus who performed the miracles (for he was just like us -...

The words "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last" in verse 11 are spurious and not found in older manuscripts, i.e. they were a later addition and not part of God's word. Modern translations correctly omit them, e.g.: Revelation 1:11 (WEB): (11) saying, “What you see, write in...

It does not say "I am 'I am'" . The obvious sensible tranlstion into English is "I am he". From the context it should also be obvious that Jesus is not saying that he was his Father (God): John 8:24-29 (24) I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I...

Yes, everyone who wants to have eternal life must believe in Jesus and accept him as their Lord - John 14:6 (WEB): (6) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. Acts 2:36 (WEB): (36) “Let all the house of Israel therefore know...