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I don’t think you would inconvenience anybody. I think you would make the day for many. You wouldn’t chill them; you would thrill them. Why not start in Matthew Chapter 1? It contains 25 verses. Could you read that in ten minutes?

Ten minutes isn’t asking a lot. You can do it. You could probably find someone on the forum who would be willing to do it with you. I bet if you asked you would find that there are many here who would. I think ”the line at your door” would be a lengthy one. A suggestion for you: Start a new...

When I first registered here I registered as a “Christian” member, because that’s what I am. After a short while I proposed changing my registration from “Christian” to “Other Faith”. After quite a bit of public discussion with the staff, I requested that it be changed and it was. Surely you‘re...

Could you spare, say, ten minutes a day every day reading Jesus? I’ve found that sometimes people need to have an accountability partner, even someone who would commit to reading the same passages of scripture each day that they are reading each day. Would you be interested in doing something...

I’ve repeatedly said that I believe Jesus is divine and not a “mere man”. I don’t end in the middle of the sentence.

Jesus’ creed and those who affirm it aren’t welcome in Christian forums? Would you say that all non-trinitarians or only some non-trinitarians aren’t Christians? Were there any Christians - by which I mean trinitarians only - living in Old Testament days?

Then you will have to say that trinitarians scholars do as well. That would put me in good company. Most of what I know I’ve learned from trinitarian scholarship. I used to tell my students before I retired that it was fine to say they didn’t know something, except on tests. That’s helpful...

I was speaking about the creed of Judaism, not Judaism in general. Jesus affirmed the creed of Judaism. You will have seen this in scripture (Mark 12:29-31). The seed - Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, Son of God - has come.

Jesus does. His creed is the creed of Judaism. His creed is my creed. So does Jesus. So do I.

I’ll be stepping out for a workout at the gym shortly. God willing, I’ll be back sometime this afternoon. Were you asking me about the first messianic prophecy in Genesis?

So Jesus is the Son of his God. What do you say to the woman who says early in this thread (post #10) that that’s ”wrong and unbiblical”?

You acknowledged that the God of Jesus is only one person, the Father. That is the creed of Judaism. Can you acknowledge that the theology of people whose God is only one person, the Father, is unitarian? Only for trinitarian people.

As anyone who knows me would tell you, I’m not big on speculation. I know, as do trinitarian scholars, that there is also a Hebrew concept of logos. It is the Hellenistic concept that sent the church away from the monotheism of John, the other apotsles, and Jesus.

I understand that Jesus is one with his God and Father and is in a unique position.

I don’t understand what you’re saying. All of the Hebrew Bible points to Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah promised by the God of Israel.

John was using what, when compiled, is known as the Hebrew Bible. John is drawing on his background as a Jew.

My apologies. I thought you knew more about trinitarian doctrine than you do. You rightly said that the God of Jesus is only one person, the Father. Do you understand that a person whose God is only the Father is a unitarian?

The Messiah, Son of the living God.

John was using the Hebrew Bible when he was alive.

Jesus isn’t a human person in trinitarian theology. You seem to be aware of that fact. In my experience, roughly 80% of trinitarians aren’t aware of it.