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Other points I’ve been wrestling with this passage from various angles lately, and I want to add two observations from the broader biblical witness. 2) Bearing a sword is not inherently evil. Throughout the Old Testament, God Himself commands His people to bear arms in certain situations...

Wow I have dealing with this from various angels recently. 1) Stever Carcuco's Aramaic angle. The Context of Matthew 26:52 In the scene, Peter draws a sword to defend Jesus during his arrest. Jesus rebukes him: Greek Majority Text (e.g., Textus Receptus / Byzantine): This is a...

(I ask if this came up in the Coptic Lectionary readings, because I remembered it coming up in church at least once a year. Hagiographies are read to compliment material from the book of Acts because the actual founding of the Church is a serious matter of Faith in Christian Orthodoxy). Yes...

I was very happy with the Grok write up and told Grok except for finding fault with one detail. " "Great write up the only thing to quibble with is the mention of the governor and the Christian God if this is taking place during Jesus being an infant, decades before Christianity" To Which...

Going to ask Grok. The story of the idols toppling comes from the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (also called the Infancy Gospel of Matthew), chapters 22–24 (numbering can vary slightly by edition). This 7th–9th century Latin text expands on the canonical Flight into Egypt (Matthew...

You're reading too much into it. I'm just saying it comes via a Charism. Gnosis is too general a word — it can mean factual knowledge, revelation knowledge, carnal knowledge, etc. I also add that when it comes to Divine Revelation, I don’t think in terms of strict logic. That seems more like a...

I did plug my inputs into Grok and see what it would say and it gave me this. " From the canonical Gospels (the Bible), we know very little about Jesus' childhood. The New Testament gives us only a handful of details: Birth and early infancy: Born in Bethlehem (Matthew 2, Luke 2), visited...

You are free to believe that if you wish, as far as Freedom of Religion goes, but it is against official Christian dogma. Jesus was without sin, he would not be able to be the savior of mankind if that was otherwise. Basically his true human nature was without sin, this is the reason why...

I do take some of legends around Jesus' youth seriously after being a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church congregation for over eight years. And I will stand by the Coptic witness of Faith, that is ancient and withstood the worst persecution from Rome, the Byzantines and Islam and Nasir. I...

Evidentialism Post 2 I once thought Evidentialism was a dirty word — or at least I treated it that way. It was mostly used by the New Atheists, who seemed to hold obvious contempt for Christianity and theistic belief in general. Ironically, I felt similar disdain for the opposite extreme...

Post 1 Why I first got involved in this topic is because there often is a “Faith vs. Knowledge” dichotomy that is setup in Christianity. This especially seems to take place after Christianity spends a few centuries dealing with the Gnostic heresies. After this time, Gnosis especially of the...

Yes I think what the Mormons is doing is very unusual. I don't think anybody is doing this sort of thing. Tovia Singer was the Founder of "Jews for Judaism", and a few other more recent organizations that are aimed at trying to make traditional Jews resistant to Christian missionary efforts...

I was thinking of doing some more writing on antichristian rabbi Tovia Singer and was curious of the number of "synagogues" in my area and found 1/3 of them were Mormon churches! The Mormons apparently using key words related to every major religious tradition and denomination in the US...

Funny this kind of complaint came up recently in a pod cast I was listening to Ash Maiz having guest podcater "Defending a Lion" on his show. Chat comment (read aloud): “Well, we got a real live one in the chat... Hebrew roots and Messianic teaching will remain flawed as long as they don't...

The oil represents the grace of the Holy Spirit. I admit I was interested in your post after hearing a lot about this phrase in conjunction concerning Seventh Day Adventism, and its unique perspective (which I am not a fan of to say the least).

Part 2 Acts 15:21 ("For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues") comes right after James's decision in the Jerusalem Council not to burden Gentile converts with full Torah observance or circumcision for...

I realize some of you are probably sick of this topic, but what can I say my friend is very "stiff necked". I personally have been working on being a Christian content creator (Youtuber, Podcaster, Blogger etc.) for a number of years, and well for writing, video making etc. you got to...

Introduction Over the years, many believers have debated these issues with Messianic friends and leaders. There are valid ways to be Messianic without falling into Judaizing, and a Jewish background can legitimately help illuminate biblical passages. Rabbi Jason Sobel (Fusion Global) stands out...

Over the years, many have debated these issues with Messianic friends and leaders. There are valid ways to be Messianic without falling into Judaizing, and Jewish background can serve as a legitimate resource for illuminating biblical passages. Rabbi Jason Sobel (Fusion Global) stands out as one...

I get it. I would see this a lot in Muslims and the New Atheists trying to disprove Christian claims with AI, when they don't understand all the stuff around the issues to get the results, not to mention using more spurious sources as well.