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“Surely, it is the greatest charity to watch over one another’s words and actions, that we may forewarn each other when danger is nigh, or when the enemy of souls approaches.” - George Whitefield

“6. Origen’s Helpful Suggestion. It was the many-sided genius of Origen that helped solve the problem. Origen, like Tertullian, was strongly opposed to Monarchianism with its emphasis on monotheism to the exclusion of hypostasianism and tri-personality. Abandoning the view of the Apologists and...

“His trinitarian teaching is inconsistent, being an amalgamation of the Roman doctrine with that of St. Justin Martyr. Tertullian has the true formula for the Holy Trinity, tres Personae, una Substantia. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are numerically distinct, and each is God; they are of one...

I have. I was required to read some of his works when I was a college student. I’ve since read and re-read all of his writings. I’ve never met a trinitarian who believed that there was a time when the Son did not exist with the Father. We should be able to agree that the proposition doesn’t...

As a Jewish monotheist who believes Jesus of Nazareth (himself a Jewish monotheist) is the Messiah, the Son of God, I don’t have an issue with him being described / identified in scripture as elohim / theos. Unlike me, Tertullian isn’t a Jewish monotheist. His understanding on the matter will...

Newbies, if you decide for dispensationalism you are cutting yourselves off from the preaching of Jesus and the apostles. The Messiah will decide what to do about it but you’ve opted for a doctrine unknown to primitive (1st century) Christianity, Ante-Nicene (pre 325 AD) Christianity, and, until...

I trust by now that newbies (if any) who have been reading these threads on dispensationalism are able to see the problem of saying that Peter and Paul didn’t preach the same gospel (they did) and that those who don’t believe the gospel that Paul preached are accursed. The gospel that Jesus...

“A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.” - D.A. Carson

Since there is a significant amount of discussion about the early church fathers in this thread - from my X / Twitter “For you” feed today: ”This resource cross-references Bible verses with the Ante-Nicene Fathers, a 19th-century classical series documenting early Christian writings. Click on...

Good to hear from you again. My point was a simple one: OAAA (Once Agnostic Always Agnostic / Once Atheist Always Atheist) isn’t a thing unless a person wants it to be. I thought you might find it interesting, in full or in part. If not, just forget about it. How are you getting along these days?