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I am not as smart as some. I cannot "prove" gravity exists (I can only affirm its effects). I would not even know how to BEGIN to prove that my mass and the mass of the Earth exert an invisible force of attraction on one another if I HAD to prove it. Yet I have no doubt in the reality of...

Perhaps, but not THIS TOPIC. Eschatology almost always yields more heat than light in these long, unpleasant discussions. So I will leave you to pontificating past one another in long walls of text (without me). Caio. 1 Timothy 1:3-7 [NASB20] Just as I urged you upon my departure for...

No need ... I can just come here and hunt "god in the image of man" with the "biblicly innovative". :)

Van der Merwe goes to the railway station, and at the ticket office asks: "A return ticket please." Ticket Man: "Where to please?" Van: "Back here, of course, man!" Q: What do you call four little dudes in a matchbox? A: Vier okies! Q: What do you call a South African that tells jokes? A...

Ok, I admit it. I am NOT one of the two witnesses from Revelation (so don't look for me in Jerusalem, I'll be here in Florida).

Idiot first century Jews ... can't even understand their own language: they kept mistaking simple statements of reverence for BLASPHEMY. Chkl:

c'est la vie. We tried.

Paraphrase of the Bible ... "GOD is one of a kind and so far above EVERYTHING ELSE that there is NOTHING LIKE HIM ... not even other gods." Paraphrase of your comment on LOGOS ... "John 1:1 says Logos is LIKE God, but it does not say that LOGOS is God" If NOTHING is like God but God ... and...

How is this not a distinction without a difference? What other things belong in the same infinite “sphere” as God that are not God? [Exodus 15:11 NKJV] 11 "Who [is] like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who [is] like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? [1 Samuel 2:2 NKJV]...

[John 1:14 NASB95] 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. [John 1:1 NASB95] 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Did the Word become flesh? Is...

That’s what I said … if you reject John’s words, what could I possibly say to change your mind. ;)

Jane, The Apostle John and the Holy Spirit recalled Genesis 1 when they presented the penultimate argument that Jesus Christ, the word incarnate, is the same GOD that created everything that exists in Genesis 1 … and you reject the testimony of the Apostle and the Holy Spirit. What words could...

Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q15. What kind of mediator and deliverer should we look for then? A. One who is a true1 and righteous2 human, yet more powerful than all creatures, that is, one who is also true God.3 (1) Romans 1:3 [NKJV] concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of...

I have no clue. ... This is why I have no strong opinions on the details except "Revelations is a VISION", so it needs to be handled with caution when assigning LITERAL meanings to things in a vision. [Will Jesus really have an actual sword sticking out of His mouth ... or was John trying to...

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“I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages” ― Charles H. Spurgeon

What makes anyone such a special snowflake that they should be exempt from suffering? Considering what we think and feel and do, it is a wonder we don’t suffer more. 1 Peter 4:12-19 [NLT] Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were...

That’s Arianism, Patrick!

Hypostatic Union (from Wikipedia … the most easily confirmed source on the planet … even if it is not where I originally learned of it.)

As I stated in my post … Jesus described the afterlife and everyone is free to believe Jesus told the truth about what it is like or believe Jesus lied about what it is like. I made my choice and you made yours. [shrug] What more is there to say on that subject.