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Hi there Oz. obviously you haven’t followed the conversation that led up to my comment that you commented on. Can’t blame you seeing that StanJ himself seems to have lost track of it. To sum up: StanJ and I agree on the definition of an apostle. In StanJ’s own words: “The Greek ἀπόστολος...

Guten Tag, Demi, I'm from Germany, too. Hope, you'll enjoy your time here. Be blessed!

Following your ‘argument’ none of the Apostles were commissioned by Christ then.

True, unlike the synoptic Gospels that depict Jesus as being in anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, John’s description of that scene has Jesus fully composed and in control. But I don’t think the Gospel of John cites Psalm 22 in a sterile way just to tick another box how Jesus’ crucifixion...

Erm, in Acts 26:12 Paul tells Agrippa about the commission he got from the High Priests to persecute Christians. Is it possible that you just got your concordance rolling for “commission” and picked a random verse to make a void point for the mere sake of disagreeing with me? Because this is...

You find me at a loss, StanJ: What exactly is it that you take issue with in my post? I looked up “to commission” in my both my English-German dictionary and the Collins English/English dictionary and both say it means exactly what I thought it meant...

I’m glad you agree with me on what an apostle is. That’s why Mary Magdalene is sometimes called “apostle to the apostles”: according to John 20:17–18 she was commissioned by the risen Jesus to inform the disciples of His resurrection, which according to Paul is the very basis of our Christian...

The actual issue that caused me to start the thread is, that “the ancient Greeks did not have terms or concepts that correspond to the contemporary dichotomy of ‘heterosexual’ and ‘homosexual’” (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/homosexuality/). If you want to find out what homosexuality is you...

StanJ, read the thread and you will see that my line of agumentation - which you are of course free to disagree with - covers any mention of same-sex relationships in the Bible. No Biblical author knew the modern term "homosexuality" and what we in the 21th century connect with it. Get yourself...

I have already explained to you how this smaller episcope fits into the bigger picture: the 1 century Roman practices Paul had in mind must indeed have been unnatural and unloving. We know now that such is not the case for homosexual practices per se. Rest assured that I am well aware of the...

We also have the option to have a fresh look at the Bible, that is not blurred by our church traditions, and see for example that Paul himself describes the deaconess Phoebe as his patron (Romans 16:1-2), that Priscilla taught Apollos (Acts 18:26) and that many house-churches were led by women...

You think Jesus wrote 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy?

That’s what I meant by bias. I prefer translations that are as close to the original as possible. Imho the NIV seems to make a good job of that: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I...

Well, as I see it the four gospels all give witness of the same event, but each evangelist has his own perspective, focus and interpretation. All are equally valid and the fact that the Canon includes 4 gospels rather than just one goes to show that it is ok for Christians to have different...

You’ve overlooked that the Bible itself tells us about women taking on pastoral roles. I’m afraid it’s your traditional bias that makes you deny that Paul counts Junia as an apostle. I have already answered your question on paedophilia and bestiality: neither children nor animals have the...

What’s frustrating is that I might as well speak to a wall. What I was trying to point you to via the example of traditional Protestant Anti-Semitism was not just the danger of getting things wrong, but also that it is bad hermeneutics to randomly pick verses that seem to support our personal...

Oh dear, quite annoying, when that happens! Not sure whether it is the board that is to blame or the internet-connection. A little tip: ever since it first happened to me I type in my text-program and copy-paste. You are right that I should keep myself shorter, but the last time I tried to...

You don’t strike me to be much of a self-proclaimed prophet yet, and to the degree that I do call you that I welcome you to return the compliment. :D Which secular authors are you referring to? I was talking about consulting Christian scholars concerning Gen 6, who are so inflamed with love...

Did I misunderstand this welcome message? "We are a nondenominational Christian forum in that we welcome the diversity of Christianity and we are not attached to any one denominational Group."

Wormwood, with all due respect for you as a fellow-Christian, I’m beginning to get frustrated by the thick-headed arrogance in which you accuse me of merely following my culture, whilst apparently not stopping for a second to ponder how you and your own views may have been shaped by the culture...