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Rocky, On that we are agreed. The blood of bulls & goats will not remove sin, but the blood of Jesus will: Sincerely, Oz

Not so! 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life' (Lev 17:11 ESV). Trees don't have flesh! Oz

Rocky, According to Rom 1:18-32 (ESV), what human beings have lost from creation is because of their own suppression of evidence of God in creation. It is caused by the fact that 'by their unrighteousness [they] suppress the truth'. Oz

That's easy. I've spent the last 5 years researching a 488pp dissertation on the presuppositions of leading Jesus Seminar fellow, John Dominic Crossan. He's a postmodernist in his philosophy. By the way, I wrote of Dr John Millam, not Dr John Mac Millam. Oz

You again refuse to deal with the meaning of a metaphor.

junobet, If you had read the link I provided to Dr John Millam's article, you would know who the literal interpreters were in the ECF. However, many of the church fathers from about the third century (with Origen) moved to allegorical interpretation, thus imposing their own views on the text. I...

Any responsible adult would know the answer to that. My wife and I have raised 3 children into responsible adults, using reasonable discipline - that was NOT child abuse. I suggest you take a read of On Becoming Child Wise. Oz

Tom, I've already answered it but you don't understand. This is my LAST try. Metaphor is 'a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable' (Oxford dictionaries online 2016. s v metaphor). What's a figure of speech? It is 'a...

Rockytop, Are you aiming this quote at me? Oz

Tom, What is a metaphor? Tom's problem is that he does not understand what a metaphor is. Metaphor is 'a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable' (Oxford dictionaries online 2016. s v metaphor). What's a figure of...

That's nothing more than your idiosyncratic speculation. You provide zero biblical evidence.

junobet, The facts are that not all of the ECF favoured allegorical interpretation. Dr John Millam has written a 5 part series that examines the interpretations of the ECF in regard to the early chapters of Genesis, Coming to Grips with the Early Church Fathers’ Perspective on Genesis, Part 1...

Rocky, Your conclusion is anti-biblical. I am doing nothing more to your teaching than the Berean Jewish Christians did to Paul's teaching according to Acts 17:11 (NIV), 'Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great...

Nahum 1:5 (ISV) disagrees: 'Mountains shake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth goes into upheaval at his presence, as does the world with all of its inhabitants'. At the end of time, what will happen to the old heavens and the earth? Why are new heavens and a new earth needed if the...

junobet, You wrote to Trekson, It seems to me that you are ignorant of a fundamental of systematic theology in this statement. Verbal, plenary inspiration is common language in systematic theology to demonstrate that the Bible is inspired. Verbal means that every word is inspired and plenary...

Tom, We know that Paul was not teaching that the bread and wine at the Lord's Supper were literal flesh and blood because of the language used in 1 Cor 11:23-27 (ESV), The fact is that Paul was quoting Jesus who was in person and said that the bread was his body and the cup was his blood...

Excellent question to ask of rockytopva, David. Seems as though he doesn't know of its nature: 'And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?' (Mark 8:36 NLT) Oz

This is a very unkind and unnecessary way to describe the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Alan, Your heading within this article is incorrect. It is not 'a Profile Position' but 'a Prolife Position'. As for the murder of abortion, many of the secularists in my country do not regard the foetus as a living human being. Pre-human, maybe, but not a human being. Therefore, I spend time...

The Indianapolis Star links gives the headline of 'spares the rod, spoils the child'. That is not what Proverbs 13:24 (ESV) states, but, 'Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him'. However, what is reported here is not reasonable discipline but...