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  1. Matthias

    For what reason was Jesus to be called the Son of God?

    “power. … Not knowing the rules of parallelism in biblical poetry which make it clear that ‘power from the Most High’ is synonymous with ‘Holy Spirit,’ some patristic and medieval theologians thought that the reference in 35b,c were respectively to the Third and Second Persons of the Trinity, so...
  2. Matthias

    For what reason was Jesus to be called the Son of God?

    “will be called holy - Son of God. See NOTE on ‘will be called’ in vs. 32; it is tantamount to saying ‘he will be.’ And so I cannot follow those theologians who try to avoid the causal connotation in the ‘Therefore’ which begins this line by arguing that for Luke the conception of the child does...
  3. Matthias

    For what reason was Jesus to be called the Son of God?

    “Therefore. Of the nine times dio kai occurs in the NT, three are in Luke / Acts. It involves a certain causality; and Lyonnet, ‘L’Annonciation,’ 61.6, points out that this has embarrassed many orthodox theologians, since in pre-existence christology a conception by the Holy Spirit in Mary’s...
  4. Matthias

    Bible reading plans

    “If you feel like God is ignoring you … Open your Bible. Read it. That’s Him speaking to you.” (Shane Pruitt) https://x.com/shane_pruitt78/status/1915180055669391638?s=61
  5. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    * The one that has averted his eyes from taking pleasure in evil. *
  6. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    * Still in good working order, too. *
  7. Matthias

    No more slave to sin

    That’s good. How many times have you read the Bible? How long has it been since you have? What Holy Books are you alluding to?
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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

  11. Matthias

    More on the deity of Christ

    “It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how.” - Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) “Jesus is divine and Jesus is God but you have to know how.” - Matthias
  12. Matthias

    More on the deity of Christ

    “Tertullian denied that a Father / Son relationship was eternal with the Trinity, seeing it rather as a new development emerging from God’s plan to make the world. Such temporal paternity and filiation distances Tertullian from the eventual Nicene consensus, which accepted instead the eternal...
  13. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    Thank you, and likewise.
  14. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    Read widely, deeply, thoughtfully and critically. It seems to me that you‘ve done that.