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  1. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    @Riven have you read the creed?
  2. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    Please see my numerous posts and threads on the passage where I have used trinitarian scholarship to support my position. @Riven
  3. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    There’s a better and more reliable way.
  4. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    The Apostles’ Creed is a popular post-biblical creed. What do you think about it? https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/creeds/apostles-creed
  5. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    Thank you. I’ve addressed it so many times and in so many threads that I see no need to address it again in this thread. However, if @Riven asks me to I will.
  6. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    That’s right. “It” fits perfectly with the Jewish / Hebrew Bible background of John. John is intentionally taking his readers back to Genesis 1. An interesting point is that the theology of the translators - all of them, no matter which choice of pronouns they made - was trinitarian...
  7. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    That’s an important point which you arrived at on your own. That’s another important point which you arrived at entirely on your own. How are you going to reconcile the differences in the two translations? Both were done by reputable trinitarian scholars. One group saw something in the...
  8. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    That was a kind and commendable thing for you to do. That is where you went beyond letting him read and think it through for himself. You’re overlooking an import fact: I’m a primitive Christian. Primitive Christians aren’t Nicene Christians (i.e. trinitarians). As church history documents...
  9. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    Thanks. So you see two persons, not three persons, in the prologue. Who are the two persons? Why don’t you see three persons? If you would, take a look now at the Geneva Bible I quoted (in post #105). Do you still see two persons?
  10. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    You threw that out the window with your eisegesis in post #133.
  11. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    In light of your correction, I’ll ask again - how many persons do you see in John 1:1-5?
  12. Matthias

    Hey Riven, May I ask?

    That’s the most unusual / unique understanding of John 1:1-5 I’ve ever heard. Thanks for sharing it with me. I don’t have any additional questions at this time.
  13. Matthias

    The happy thread

  14. Matthias

    What do you pray for the most?

    Despite what you are hearing elsewhere, there is no God besides the one whom Jesus prayed to. I’m praying you remember that.
  15. Matthias

    The happy thread