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How sure are we that the Jew's reckoning of the calendar was correct? I trust God to have gotten the day right more than I trust the Pharisees' timekeeping.

I didn't make it over the wall. :sweatsmile:

It depends what you'll accept as evidence. Will you accept the written account of an eyewitness? Even if it was written down long after the fact? Multiple eyewitnesses? If so, then there is a mountain of evidence. Will you only accept archaeological artifacts? If so, then I probably can't...

I'd agree with that. I think "tongues" get over-spiritualized. The way I read it, Paul is talking about regular old human languages. Suppose a fellow's native language is... German. We shouldn't prohibit him from praying quietly in his native language. But it seems undesirable to have him...

For me, the gift of a tongue (singular) is something that can be demonstrated because I personally know a missionary who miraculously received the ability to speak a foreign language. That language is Navajo, and the gift to speak the language is permanent. It isn't something that just "comes...

Yikes! On the nose.

I'm not sure why you're so hostile... or why you say "your" like that... are you not also a Christian? Your profile seems to say so. I'm not a big fan of Augustine. He seems to have introduced a few major theological errors to the church. From what I've read about him, it seems that he was...

I mostly agree with what you've written here, except that I don't find any mention of the Kingdom of God. I don't think you can declare the gospel without saying something about the Kingdom. Also, was confused by the end... I tried to look it up and didn't find a definition. The name of some...

You contradicted yourself? (highlighted) Maybe you're just being overly technical? "Divers kinds of tongues" is a mouthful (pun intended), so of course people are going to shorten it down to just "tongues."

Ok... done. That isn't what the verses say. They specifically say "prophecy" at least twice. This is the part where you're adding to Scripture. Nope. There's a whole group of books collectively known as "the prophets" that are prophetic. Then there are other groups - law, history, poetry...

No, it just says that God's righteousness can be known without knowing or observing the Law.

Shrimp is a big part of Baja-style Mexican food, but in the Sonoran Desert where I live, they're usually carne asada (beef). California does shrimp tacos better than we do. But then you'd have to travel to California... ew

Mostly. Since Paul was a Jew, his (lowercase-local) law was the Mosaic Law.

Somewhere on the Gulf Coast? In AZ where I live... street tacos, elote, frijoles, nopales, mole... most of it is "Mexican" food but tbh we do it better here than in Mexico.

The verse only refers to prophecy. You shouldn't add to Scripture.

It depends who's speaking, and when/where. The Law usually denotes the first 5 books "of Moses," but depending on who is using it... it might be just Deuteronomy, since it was written quite a bit earlier than the other 4 "books of Moses." The law (lowercase) is usually the law in the place you...

Seems like we have different definitions for "just." Forgiveness is never just. It's better than just.

With appreciation for your efforts, I will pass. My purpose here is conversation; not study. If you are ever interested in conversation, and you can dumb it down to a few sentences or a paragraph or so for me, I'd love to talk.

It's not just. It's redemptive. By definition, redemption is for the guilty, not the just.