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  1. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    You’ve touched with this comment on the part of my OP that has been almost wholly passed over -> “Would you have been able to help the shaken student?” By design, I wanted people to ask themselves that question. Some people are confident they could have and, I think, could have. Some are...
  2. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    Reliability of the Bible established then? I do.
  3. Matthias

    I’m in a strange place: very conservative, but not Christian

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14018925/Turin-shroud-does-NOT-face-Jesus-study.html
  4. Matthias

    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

    * I’d have to learn more about her before I could sign off on this. *
  7. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    If Paul didn’t think the Hebrew Bible was reliable would he have written Romans 15:4? Would he have quoted or alluded to the Hebrew Bible if he thought it was unreliable? Would the other NT writers have done so if they thought the scriptures were unreliable?
  8. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    Jesus was referring to the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament). I think it would be extremely helpful to someone struggling over the reliability of the Bible to be shown that the Messiah himself believes in the reliability of the scriptures. If scripture isn’t reliable the Messiah wouldn’t be...
  9. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    No. I think you’re misunderstanding what Jesus is saying. They were right to think that eternal life is found in studying scripture because he is the life and they testify about him. Scripture is reliable. How helpful would it be to someone who is struggling over the issue of the reliability of...
  10. Matthias

    The curious case of John 5:4

    “Search the scriptures …” (John 5:39, KJV) For they are unreliable?
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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

  14. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” - Charles L. Allen
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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

    * A promotion or demotion? Foster doesn’t look too enthusiastic about it. *