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I guess that's for me? I didn't read your whole post. I read the first sentence, saw that you had tripled down on a ridiculous position, rolled my eyes, and moved on.

:rolleyes:

So, your suspicion here is that the devil appeared to a pagan man in a heathen country and converted him to Christianity, and then sent him to spread the word in places hitherto untouched by the gospel? The lame walk, the blind see, the dead are raised, the word is preached... and this is done...

I think you got the right answer, but the citation here doesn't work in support. Proverbs was written in the 900's BC by Solomon at a time when he was chasing skirts and erecting high places in Israel. Moses' (God's) commandment against false witness was written hundreds of years earlier...

If you don't want to answer a question truthfully, re-frame the question until you can. There's nothing constraining you to "yes" or "no," neither are you obligated to answer the question they asked. Answer a different question instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_temperaments

Yeah, this. Scientists 50+ years ago tried to use carbon dating on fossils, but they no longer do that because carbon dating has only proven reliable for organic matter up to about 50,000 years in age. This topic seems to be about 40 years late.

A profound statement. Something to keep in mind.

The two genealogies problem is fascinating. The gospel of John has Jesus teaching that genealogies are not trustworthy, and that the true test of one's heredity is behavior. Abraham's true children ACT like Abraham. (John 8-10) 1Timothy likewise tells us that genealogies do not edify and that...

I wish you were more concise. No, I didn't give him the third degree. He was a houseguest. He never claimed to be a prophet, nor did he foretell anything. He didn't claim to be an apostle either... only shared his testimony, and the works that were being done BY GOD in his home country. It...

I thought his source for the events of most of Acts came from Paul, but perhaps I'm just forgetting.

I can answer these together. Yes. That was his testimony. He was the founder of several churches in Nepal, and was traveling through America at someone's invitation. His testimony was that He had been a leader in another religion, and that He had converted to Christianity when the risen...

That... isn't an argument. It's a re-statement of what you already said. Perhaps I've asked the wrong question. Let me try again. How can you be so sure of that? To be fair, I've said the same thing before. Even preached it from a pulpit. And then I met one...

I disagree. I view Cessationism as an extreme position. It's one thing to observe that certain offices and gifts are rare, perhaps even so rare that's you've never seen it. It's another thing to say they DON'T or CAN'T happen at all. The latter view rules out the possibility, and I think...

I would suggest that being a trustworthy witness and being a careful historian are two different things. I would also suggest that Luke is neither of those things. Luke can't be a trustworthy witness because he wasn't a witness. He wasn't an apostle. He didn't spend time with Jesus. Matthew...

It does refer twice to "those who are alive and remain." If you talk about survivors, doesn't that imply that there was some sort of persecution or tribulation?

Doesn't that give you pause? Seems like an indicator that the churches are getting something wrong here.

"Theology is the queen of sciences." -Thomas Aquinas

Vengeance is a well-developed concept in the Law of Moses. It was a part of their legal system. The injured had a right to vengeance. And those who were subject to vengeance had some recourse - they could flee to designated cities of refuge where vengeance was NOT permitted. The New...

Sounds like the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. It's not a canonical book of the Bible, but if you're interested you can read it at https://www.gospels.net/infancythomas