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I have no issue with others agreeing or disagreeing with me, and vice versa. Why do you think I’m here? You’re welcome.

There is a difference between God and man. Jesus is God and man. See above. I’m a Primitive / Ante-Nicene Christian. I voluntarily changed my registration from “Christian” to “Other faith” a few months after joining in response to complaints made by some Nicene Creed affirming Christians...

You also asked me if God is a person and I asked you if the painting doesn’t present / represent God as a person. I don’t insist that what it states is not true. I insist that what it states is true.

Is God not a person in the painting that you asked me to look at? You can do that. No problem.

Strange, but he is still one person. Me too.

The painting: God is one person. Man is another person. The God is not the man. The man is not the God. God is man? I don’t think so. *** Jesus is theos and anthropos.

? Jesus is theos, the logos made flesh.

When Jesus is a man, no?

Seems like God would need him then.

Does God need the man Jesus Messiah? The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. A form of hester panim?

God and Evil is a book well worth reading, and re-reading. Why a good God allows unspeakable evil is a complicated issue. It should be wrestled with; though it is wearying, it is rewarding. I think the author made some excellent points, yet I still find myself leaning (though not as hard)...

“Do not put trust in the preacher: if he happens to be away, do not think that God is tied to him. Look for a blessing upon the gospel itself whoever preaches it.” - Charles Spurgeon

Hebrew Roots Movement -> fraught with danger. Caveat emptor.

Yahweh and Jesus both matter. Take away Jesus and there is no “bidness” with Yahweh. Take away Yahweh and there is no God.

Bad things happen in theology when we don’t know and / or don’t remember the past.

True. The point was about “then”. People had God’s ear “then” without having ever heard or known the prophesied Messiah’s name. The way to Yahweh runs through Jesus.