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The Sparkle Creed is the affirmation of faith of a new religion, sailing under the banner of Christianity. How will Christianity react and respond? I’ve asked several colleagues in the ministry if they had ever heard of this creed. None of them had. They couldn’t recite it with a clear...

Rachel Small-Stokes is the author of the Sparkle Creed. She explains how and why she wrote the creed - in what she calls “the backstory” - in a Facebook post entry dated June 23, 2021...

Far removed from the creed of Judaism (the Messiah’s creed) and from the historical creeds of Christianity. This is an affront to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

As long as what is written in those three Gospels is acknowledged as being true, I don’t see how an intentional changing of the names of the authors would help false teachers take over the church. Without the “complex details“ being provided, how will readers of this thread be able to evaluate...

When did the alleged name changing occur? You commented that what is written in those three Gospels is true. How did the alleged name changing of the authors help false teachers take over the church?

Who then do you assert wrote those three Gospels? What do you assert was the motivation for their alleged fraudulent identification of the writers? What is the impact of the alleged fraud?

Civil / Environmental. Yes. Part of my job was design preparation, plan review and construction inspection. Part of my job was conducting criminal investigations. I used data obtained from eyewitnesses and from non-eyewitnesses to solve those cases. I used it when called upon to testify as a...

I worked as an investigator for many years (in the field of engineering). I took everything I could get my hands on into consideration. Many investigations were resolved by following up on information provided by individuals who weren’t eyewitnesses. I don’t see a warning in the verse...

We can examine but, if remember correctly, it is Luke’s commentary on what he wrote. Luke (and Matthew) are writing to persuade their readers that Jesus is a descendant of king David through his parents. If David isn’t his ancestor then Jesus isn’t the Messiah.

I don’t throw out their testimony as unreliable. I take it into consideration. They wrote about historical events which predated them - some by a few years, some by hundreds of years - and they wrote about what was happening in the church - local and regional - in their lifetimes. To take only...

I study many translations of the Bible. The NASB is my workhorse translation for teaching and preaching. For private reading I often use the NABRE. At the moment, because of the daily Bible reading plan I’m using this year, I‘m reading the NLT One Year Chronological Bible. I’m not sure how to...

Is what Luke wrote insufficient to establish the point? I can’t think of a reference off the top of my head where God specifically calls Adam his son. There are many passages of scripture where God refers to his children - sons and daughters. Would Adam not be included in those generic...

We know from reading the early Church Fathers that doctrine and practice changed over time. Luke wasn’t an eyewitness, was he? He inquired about the events he wrote about in his Gospel (Luke 1:1-4).

Adam. (Luke 3:38)