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If the early chapters of Genesis are 'literal', then they teach this lesson (among others). If they are not 'literal', they teach the same lessons. Ultimately, it makes no difference. I am puzzled as to why you think every word spoken by God must be 'literal'. Didn't Jesus tell stories? Doesn't...

You should know that no Trinitarian believes that Jesus is both the Son and the Father.

I was trying to make to clear that they don't doubt creation. God created the world; that's non-negotiable. But why can't Moses write 'allegorically' in chapter 1 and historically in chapter 12 onwards? There were, after all, no witnesses to what happened in most of chapter 1, so it can't be an...

Well, I shall just have to give up trying to understand you, then. If John was from Galilee, then he wasn't a Judahite; Judah was a different place, so they are mutually exclusive categories. If by 'Judahite' you meant 'Jewish', why not use the normal word 'Jewish'? "please tell me where I went...

But I can't see anything in Genesis 1:1 that commands us to "take it literally". One can be utterly convinced that God created everything in the universe, and yet still regard the creation account in Genesis 1 as poetic rather than historically literal. And when I say 'poetic', I do not mean...

I don't want to step into your logic, since you obviously don't know what you're talking about. "John was a Judahite and did not converse or mix with the Greek culture or their language." Not true! John was from Galilee, and was probably bilingual. By the time he wrote his gospel he was an old...

There isn't a simple answer to that question. Genesis is a complex book with different sections. It contains stories and genealogies. It was also written a very long time ago, when people had a very different concept of 'history' to ours, and no concept of science at all. The easiest parts of...

If we carry through that logos/ word is say the ‘divine expression’ or purpose or plan of God and is an ‘it’ right Why do you start by making such a narrow definition of 'logos'? And the fact that it is an 'it' is no more relevant than the word 'rock' being an it - it can still be a description...

But I've learned that I can't force God to speak to me. There is no 'secret' or technique - in fact, almost every time He has spoken to me, it's been in a different way. The danger with 'how-to-do-it' instructions is that we can end up misinterpreting our own thoughts for God's voice. I suspect...

I hear from God when He wants to speak to me. Which isn't nearly as often as I would like.

How can the word the Greek transliterated word 'logos' mean a person, let alone Jesus?!! I just get chirping crickets all the time and yet they will defend that 'logos' means Jesus to the end. Presumably you have the same problem with all the Old Testament Scriptures that describe God as a...

The fact is that nobody knows why so many languages classify their nouns by gender. It isn't anything to do with perceived male or female characteristics. Why should 'table' be feminine in French yet masculine in German? In our modern day we don't give female names just to cars, but to all...

Prayer isn't about getting the "right" result. Obviously, in a case like this, you do want your relative to get well. But there's absolutely no way you can 'pressurise' God or twist His arm... All we can do is ask. There's no magic formula. Just keep asking. God loves you and your family -...

'Anthropos' means 'person' (gender unspecified). Greek has a separate, specific word ('aner') for a male person.

So make your mind up. If they had already received the Spirit on hearing the tongues, why would they need to receive Him again through repentance?

It depends what is meant by "gender neutral". In most cases (e.g. the most recent NIV) it is specifically translated to reflect the reality of the Hebrew and Greek - e.g. not translating the gender-neutral word 'anthropos' as 'man'.

As I pointed out, it is not in line with Acts 2:38

I'm not convinced. At all.

This interpretation doesn't make sense. If those who heard the apostles received the Holy Spirit (and the gift of interpretation) just through hearing the tongues, why did Peter then tell them that they would receive the Holy Spirit when (and if) they were baptised as followers of Jesus (Acts...

According to John's Gospel, there was a separate cloth wrapped around Jesus' head (John 20:7). The shroud of Turin is all in one piece. I saw an interesting article about the Shroud many years ago, pointing out that in the image of 'Jesus' the arms are unnaturally long, and that one of the...