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Nothing will change until those who can bring about change decide to do so. I’ve publicly asked them and they’ve publicly answered. I abide by their decision and encourage others to do the same. In that public conversation I also said that if their decision changed in the future that I would...

You’ve attacked the character of forum members (a violation of the forum rules) and you’re talking to the wrong people about your complaint. Take your case to the those who can carry out your desire - the owner, the administrators, the moderators - if they choose to.

Yes, it was “a gutter assignment.” Many of my students planned to become evangelists. They had pre-conceived ideas of what it would be like. Part of my responsibility as a teacher was to prepare them for what they would be facing in the world. They didn’t like what they saw. Some persevered and...

Internet discussion forums, where a popular pastime is accusing those who don’t agree with us of ignoring scripture. When I was still teaching I required all of my students - trinitarians and non-trinitarians - to do something which all of my students - trinitarians and non-trinitarians - hated...

Reminiscent of the Trisagion, which has a very interesting, and highly contentious, history among trinitarian religious authorities and traditions down through the ages. It means something to trinitarians which it didn’t mean to the (unitarian) seraphim.

“What strikes us here is the new name given to the Spirit - “another Comforter.” It is indeed only the name which is new. In idea it answers closely to the only promise of the Spirit which we find in the Synoptic Gospels. The expression ‘another Comforter’ implies that the disciples have already...

That’s right. Where do we go from this point of agreement? In different directions. This is the parting of the ways.

Even at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 they made no attempt to define who or what the Holy Spirit is. The Council of Constantinople in A.D. 381 established the orthodox meaning. From that point forward, anyone who refused to adhere to the orthodox meaning was put out of the Church. Prior to...

Yes.

A translation of 2 Timothy 2:5 which would raise the eyebrows of trinitarian scholars - “For, you see, There is one God, and also one mediator between God and humans, King Jesus, himself a human being.” (NTE) The phrase “himself a human being” aligns perfectly with “Jesus is a human person”...

An accurate English translation of what Paul wrote - “For there is one God, and also one mediator between God and men, the man (Gk. anthropos) Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5) What Origen heard - “For there is one God, and also one mediator between God and men, the Godman (Gk. theanthropos)...

My father was a professional geologist; and agnostic. His father (a deacon in the Southern Baptist Church) wanted him to become a preacher. My father never understood why I became a preacher, but he was indifferent about it. After I preached graveside at my grandmother’s funeral service the...

He plays a mean banjo.

Some people think so.

No. I was raised Southern Baptist. My wife was raised Roman Catholic. (We’re both Jewish monotheists now.) Several of her relatives are nuns, priests and deacons. Several of my relatives are Baptist preachers and deacons. Family get togethers offer abundant opportunities to discuss matters of...

Thanks. * Why isn’t that your belief @RLT63?

Thank you. It’s a pity that the trinitarians can’t say the same thing. Such is the nature of online discussion forums.

You know scripture plainly teaches us that Jesus is a human person. Continue to believe that Jesus is a human person. The doctrine of the Trinity requires us to believe that Jesus is not a human person.