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Wow. So sorry to hear that, Rita. Adultery... yes, that would certainly qualify as sexual sin, as well as some other things. But beyond that, certainly a painful trial for you to have walked through. The Lord have mercy on you, my friend, and give you peace. Grace and peace to you.

Ah, no offense intended, certainly, but I say you are reading at least that one thing in Genesis 2 that far too shallowly. Marriage is a high calling; God created woman for man, brought her to him, and called her to be with him, even as one flesh, and yes, his helper. But that word 'helper,'...

Hmmm, well, true, and yours also. Ah, a very Pharisaical statement... <smile> Catholicism is not the only denomination that claims exclusivity, for sure. Hmmmm... <smile> If that's how you characterize (universally) all those who are in Christ ~ which has been the case since shortly after...

You're not alone in thinking that. <smile> And I don't totally disagree... Yes, Jesus, the true Temple, is in heaven at present. And all we in Christ are being built together into this whole structure, this holy temple in the Lord. And Jesus will return at the end of the age, God's...

What do you call it when one reads out of something what is he doesn't want it to mean, Augustin? Ah, well, 'eisegesis' fits there, too, of course... the expression of an interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text. That's what you're doing, my friend. Maybe...

But they are mentioned in the same breath by folks in Jesus's hometown as His mother and father ~ even the very same sentence. And they're talking about them as brothers and sisters of Jesus. The same immediate family context of Joseph, Mary, Jesus, and his brothers and sisters ~ in both...

No, I just didn't accept your "point." I don't disagree, and never did. I know. <smile> I don't think I exlicitly... see what I did there? <smile> ...said that, but I will certainly accept that it is not, either implicitly or explicitly. The Catholic Church. Yes, I understand what you're...

Thank you, RF. I really appreciate it. I do make a concerted effort at that any time I post. You know, I kind of suspected that, actually... St. John's, maybe? Or New Hampshire... Cornell? You can see from my profile I'm in Nashville... my blood runs orange. <smile> I am a Tennessee...

Yes... Well, just quoting the Nazareth townsfolk themselves in Matthew 13:54-55... "Where did this man... " ~ 'this man' obviously meaning Jesus "...get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this..." ~ again, 'this' obviously referring to Jesus "...the carpenter’s..." ~ Joseph's...

How do you get any inkling that I somehow said or implied that? The Father wills, the Son accomplishes according to the Father's will, and the Spirit works in the individual, also according to the Father's will. So God ~ all three Persons of the triune God ~ are always involved. <eye roll>...

Puzzling response... I agree with ~ or I should say that in so saying, you seem to be agreeing with me ~ this: "I see ἀδελφοὶ and ἀδελφαὶ either as brothers and sisters in the biological sense, or as kinsfolk..." Yes, the Greek supports either definition ~ as I acknowledged before ~ but the...

But the context of Matthew 13 and Mark 6 is very clear, BOL. <smile> Respectively: "...when Jesus had finished these parables, He went away from there, and coming to His hometown He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, 'Where did this man get this wisdom and...

This is our participation in His carrying out of His purposes. He uses us, yes, in carrying out His plans, but the power is His, worked through us by the Holy Spirit. We assist the church by using our spiritual gifts, the gifts of the Spirit that we each are given ~ but even these are...

You know, it's not important that we resolve this difference between us on this, especially because we agree that God is one and because God is three distinct Persons. Right? Hmmm... Orally by whom, BOL? See, I think that's possibly the disconnect between us. As you know, I'm sure, the...

Is it not possible, O2Q, to desire something but then... ...for good reason... in the case of "desiring all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" to not overlooking sin or allowing it to go without consequence (even the one He himself sets as death) and thereby...

@RedFan In Matthew 13:53-56, we read: "And when Jesus had finished these parables, He went away from there, and coming to his hometown (Nazareth) he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this...

Again... Jesus had siblings. Mary had not yet known a man ~ in the same sense as, for example, Genesis 4, where Adam knew his wife Eve and she conceived ~ at the time of Gabriel's visitation in Matthew 1. Adam certainly knew who Eve was prior to this knowing of Eve in Genesis 4; this...

No, they believe on their own, but when their hearts are regenerated... born again of the Spirit of God. No, that because ~ in this regenerative act ~ they are then spiritually alive, are healed of this spiritual blindness, and they then know their sinfulness and their need for Christ...

<smile> Hmm, okay, fine, but this is explicitly shown in Scripture. As you agree, I think. Is there really any argument or debate here? I mean... my goodness... <smile> You know, against my better judgment... <smile> What exactly do you mean, BreadOfLife, by "sacred tradition"? As you...