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“Martyrdom will never kill you, ultimately. But false teaching always will.” - Sinclair B. Ferguson

Have you spoken with @gaviria.christian? He has calculated that Jesus will return in 2026 and has guaranteed it. The details he provides are extraordinary. I asked him what he will do when that doesn’t happen. He can’t be moved. He’s absolutely certain that it will. I think it will destroy...

Good. When it‘s proved to be wrong, then what?

“When God is at the center of your life, everything falls into place.” - David Jeremiah Sounds God-centered to me. Does he mean: 1. When the Father is the center of your life?; or 2. When Jesus is the center of your life?; or 3. When the Trinity is the center of your life? Being...

That’s right. There are three possible ways to read John’s prologue. Two of them are compatible with Jewish monotheism. I don’t see John 1:1 as being Jesus-centered. I see John 1:1 as being God-centered - which is to say, Father-centered. Jesus equal with God? Yes, but not in the way which...

A problem is that Nicene affirming Christians tend to claim the New Testament (and the Hebrew Bible) for themselves and deny them to Jewish monotheists who believe Jesus is the Messiah, Son of God. It’s the Nicene who is the Johnny come lately, not the Jewish monotheist. Jewish monotheism...

Isn’t the verse God-centered? (It is for a Jewish monotheist.)

Some trinitarians complain that Jesus has, for many, eclipsed the Trinity. “Just give me Jesus” doesn’t necessarily sit well with everyone in the trinitarian camp.

The Apostles’ Creed is a historical creed of the church. The Lutheran church doesn’t find anything objectionable about it and so doesn’t have any reason to reject it. The Nicene Creed takes a LARGE step forward and is a fuller expression of the Lutheran faith.

The story would have been different if I had simply said the Bible is God-centered. Adding rather than Messiah-centered was more than one of the moderators was able to take. “The Bible is God-centered rather than Messiah-centered“ was deemed to be Jewish, not Christian, and a rejection (and...

Some time ago, and on a different discussion forum, I was temporarily banned for saying the Bible is God-centered rather than Messiah-centered.