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Dr. Brown asks us a critical question, and I commend him for it. However, astute readers grounded in Church history will notice a deficiency - it will jump off the page at them. A legitimate development of Old Testament revelation? -> A crucial question. A legitimate post-biblical development...

The critical question is too important to be buried in the minutia of post #151. For that reason I’ll restate it here, and bold it so that it will stand out: “Was the transition from the personal monotheism of Israel to the tripersonal theism of Nicaea a legitimate development of Old Testament...

I turn now to Dr. Harold O.J. Brown. “Historians of Christianity and its relationship to society often claim that Constantine created Christian Europe, or Christendom, but that now we are in the post-Constantine era. In theology, we have to say that we now seem to have entered a...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa Trinitarian or non-trinitarian, if you don’t know this man you have to come to know him. He is a giant in trinitarian history. If you affirm the Nicene Creed, Gregory is one of your champions. Please listen to him.

“The fundamental confession of Judaism.” That’s the Jewish dogma. “Jesus made it his own.“ It’s his - the Messiah’s - Jewish dogma. *** The entire world needs to hear Gregory of Nyssa, a key figure in Church / Christian history -> The Christian (i.e. trinitarian) conception of God is not...

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Echad elohim. One God. ”1. The one God. (a) theos is the most frequent designation of God in the NT. Belief in the one, only, and unique God (Matt. 23:9; Rom. 3:30; 1 Cor. 8:4-6; Gal. 3:20; 1 Tim. 2:5; Jas. 2:19) is an established part of Christian tradition. Jesus himself made the fundamental...

Echad elohim. One God. ”The NT rests firmly on the OT foundation in its doctrine of God, but its emphases are new. God is now near, the Father of Jesus Christ, who justifies freely by his grace (cf. Paul’s concept of the righteousness of God). His action in election bursts all claims to...

Echad elohim. Echad. Singular. Elohim. Singular. (In a few occurrences in scripture, plural; not used in reference to Yahweh.) Echad elohim. One (singular) God (singular). Who is the one God of the Bible? Yahweh -> the Messiah’s God -> the God of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob / Israel. How...

The good -> God (elohim) is singular. The bad -> God (elohim) is plural. The rest -> gods (elohim) is plural; false gods, idols, humans, angels.

Elohim plural is not the creator; elohim singular is the creator. YHWH elohim is the God of Jewish monotheism; the God and Father of the Messiah - who is himself a Jewish monotheist.

“Dear Ask a Scholar, If Elohim refers to multiple ‘gods,’ then Yhwh Elohim really means Lord of Gods … the one of many, right?” (Boyd Stough, College of Charleston) As we will see in the response that follows, Mr. Stough isn’t right. “Let’s take a look at the meaning of YHWH Elohim. First...

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* Supper strikes back, and Tums isn’t gonna cut it this time. *

* Don’t quit. Look up. The little one isn’t the only one watching. * * “Everything is better with music.” - Music Appreciation Class teacher *