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What is the common meaning of preexistence? Would you say then that you believe you literally preexisted somewhere before you were begotten by your parents? That, in fact, you existed in some previous form before you began to exist as a human being?

Notional / ideal preexistence is a Hebraic concept. Do you believe that people, places and things exist in the foreknowledge of God? If you do, then you believe in notional / ideal preexistence. Do you believe that Jesus preexisted in the foreknowledge of God? If you do, then you believe in...

Extra. Extra. Read all about it. The Church fought hard against Gnosticism in the ante-Nicene period. Who really won the fight? I didn’t preach Gnosticism before I retired. I preached against the revival and influence of Gnosticism. Now we “entertain“ ourselves and others with it. (I have a...

What if someone used it to write a novel and then it was adapted into a movie? Would you endorse it? *Spoiler alert.* It was. The novel. Anne Rice, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt -> the movie; The Young Messiah. What would you say, what would you do, if your pastor suddenly began preaching the...

Any Gnostic fans in the house this morning? http://gnosis.org/library/inftoma.htm Is this a fictionalized or a non-fictionalized Jesus as a child? Does it matter? Are you going to be speaking with Muslims? You had better be prepared because you are going to be confronted with some of this in...

That’s an epic fail on your part.

You may not like how I’m going about introducing you to Jesus. Maybe you just don’t have a Bible readily at your finger tips this morning. It sounds to me like you may not believe that I know Jesus. Let’s reverse the scenario. I invite you to introduce me to Jesus. All I’ll say in advance is...

Let the apostles be your guide?

“I am the Law of Moses.” Fictionalized Jesus exclaims in an episode of The Chosen. @Wrangler kindly provided me the clip from the program. The non-fictionalized Jesus said no such thing. Jenkins himself acknowledged this. So where does that line come from? As one reviewer pointed out, it comes...

I should be sleeping. Instead, I’m waiting patiently on you. Have you turned with me in the Bible to the Gospel of Matthew? We will both be introduced to Jesus there.

How difficult do you think it is for a person to exchange their God for another?

I’m pleased that you found my introduction of myself ... outstanding! Now. Did you turn with me in your Bible this morning to the Gospel of Matthew?

Here’s an uncomfortable follow up question: Is it even remotely possible that it could happen to me again? I ask myself that question periodically. I leave open the tiniest possibility that it could. I don’t want to believe something which isn’t true. I sure don’t want to teach others things...

It was. What then? I repented.

Ah! But it did happen to me.

I’l begin by going against my grain and saying as my pastor once said to the congregation - “If you have your Bible with you this morning, turn with me to the Gospel of Matthew.” As it turns out, and this is a true story, I was the only member of the congregation who opened my Bible and turned...

Maybe it’s because I’m a retired pastor, but I don’t think it‘s right to entertain our audience with a fictionalized Jesus. About all I can say is that that is not what God has called me to do, nor is it what God called the apostles to do.

No. Fiction is when we invent a character to tell a story.

Hypothetical. An unbeliever wants to learn about Jesus. Do you offer the unbeliever a fictionalized Jesus or a non-fictionalized Jesus?

I wouldn’t make such an attempt. Why fictionalize Jesus to entertain ourselves and others?