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Good morning. I’m blessed to see another day on God’s good earth. Students were actually required to visit two churches outside of whatever our respective denominations were that semester. Being an older student (raised Southern Baptist and already having experienced listening to preaching in...

Back in the days when I was a college student, I was given an assignment for a preaching class I was taking to visit a synagogue and prepare a report on my experience. I phoned a synagogue (in Atlanta), told them I was a student, explained my assignment and asked if it would be okay for me to...

“If you’re gonna burn a bridge behind you, make sure you’ve crossed it first.” - Quentin R. Bufogle

Everyone is entitled to their belief. It’s a shame that the current Board policy doesn’t allow the trinitarians to discuss their belief with others, just as you and I are respectfully discussing our respective beliefs with one another. (But perhaps that policy changed, or may eventually be.)

Yes.

God (by that I mean Jesus’ God) had things in mind before he created them. When I read John’s prologue my mind returns to Genesis 1. While not as crucial, my mind also returns to the post-biblical Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.”

So the God family concept you find support for in John 1:1 consists of two persons. Jesus’ God consists of only one person, which I find support for in John 1:1. The difference is that you see the logos (Word) with God in John’s prologue as a person with God and I see the logos (word) with God...

It doesn’t / didn’t prevent what it was implemented to prevent anyway. It is / was a band aid.

Thanks. I’ve seen others discussing that which the policy says must not be discussed in forums where I don’t have posting privileges. I don’t know why moderators are letting it go. Maybe they’re considering reversing the policy and watching to see how it goes.