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“We cannot live off yesterday’s manna. We need God‘s word fresh every day.” - Michael Reeves Have you been nourished by the scriptures today?

“… for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10, NASB)

* No, I didn’t. When I was a child we sometimes called them “Nature’s Flashlights” and made use of them for that. Children today are spoiled. *

* Dollar to a donut the chicken saw the Krispy Kreme light was on. *

It’s true: Krispy Kreme is “the devil’s donut.“ My friends and I always used to say that to one another whenever we drove past a Krispy Kreme store and the light was on. Light on = fresh donuts = almost irresistible = we’re going to be packing on plenty of extra calories tonight.

“The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so I may receive it back again. No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded.” (John 10:17-18, CEV) This translation presents a different...

* I really don’t like that possibility. *

Having been raised trinitarian and having taught trinitarian theology, I’m happy to confirm the accuracy of your comment. When I see non-trinitarians saying otherwise, I frequently attempt to gently correct them. My primary interest is in Jewish monotheism, not trinitarianism. I acknowledge...

“The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand.” (Acts 5:30-31) Peter - like all of the other apostles and Jesus - is a Jewish monotheist. God, the one God, “the God of our fathers” is the heavenly Father. What Jesus said in...

* He has multiple problems, but Shirley isn’t one. *

Thanks. I changed my registration status from “Christian” to “Other Faith” almost three years ago. I’m a Jewish monotheist who believes that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised and prophesied Messiah, Son of the living God. Other online discussion forums - and academic institutions - have...

“In later times the church, no longer perceiving the power and decisiveness of the agent-son-representative model, and having among its members men used to a more philosophical analysis, felt it necessary to go further in the direction of metaphysical identity between Jesus and the heavenly...

“All Old Testament scholars and commentators recognize that in Jewish custom whenever a superior commissioned an agent to act on his behalf, the agent was regarded as the person himself. This is well expressed in The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion: Agent (Heb. Shaliah) : The main point if...

If you understood Jewish monotheism you would see it plainly in the Jewish scriptures. You’ve been intentionally changing my words; knowingly and willfully misrepresenting what I’ve said. That is the act of a wicked man, not the act of a righteous man. Most trinitarians, I’m happy to say, are...

Thank you. It isn’t difficult. Yes. Paul is speaking in the passage about the God of Jewish monotheists, Yahweh. Yahweh is the God and Father of a Jewish monotheist, Jesus of Nazareth. Yahweh is my God and Father. Jewish monotheists believe in the Jewish law of agency.

You aren’t a Jewish monotheist. Jewish monotheists aren’t trinitarians. That’s right. That is also right. Paul is addressing the Lord our God, not the Messiah in that passage. Every Jewish monotheist - regardless of whether or not they believe Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah - would...