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Not sure why I'm just finding out about this one (and I stumbled upon it at that): The Jonathan Edwards Institute's Annual 2005 Conference is being held as I...
Because the blind man did not utter it with a temporal modifier that suggested that this existence was an ongoing thing since before Abraham. Therefore the...
And where did the Father use "I AM"? Chrysostom says he did. But isn't he in fact creating a false parallel by taking phrasing out of context from the Bible?...
You mistakenly assume that YOUR list of grammars covers everything to which one might refer as "the grammars" of the Greek language. This leads to your usual...
Robert, Wrong again. What you have with Chrysostom and Athanasius are ... fountains ... hills, ... And David ... and said, ... before ... 'before it ... Here...
Jason, You responded to Whiddon: "And where did the Father use "I AM"? Chrysostom says he did. But isn't he in fact creating a false parallel by taking...
... I am rather amused by Jason's response, actually. It seems that even native Greek speakers were subject to this bias, and that when Chrysostom writes on...
Hi, Barry, You wrote: "I am having trouble expressing this..." Actually, I think you expressed it very well! And I agree completely. Chrysostom and the...
Friends, I have accepted a full-time position teaching eighth-grade Bible at a Christian school in Phoenix. My starting date is Friday, August 12th, and the...
Ha, ha, ha, Barry. I'm just glad to be of assistance to Rob while he is so very busy. I'm only here to do my best and make sure this group runs smoothly. ...
In the JW pamphlet Should you Believe in the Trinity? it states "IF PEOPLE were to read the Bible from cover to cover without any preconceived idea of a...
Hi Jeff, Lets think about these "people". If regenerate they would already have read it and saw there was no Trinity, so they would not believe it. If they had...
... Do you know the authors intent? Question #2 Can a "person" understand the Bible without God's "organization" guiding and directing them? Thanks, Jeff Downs...
Did the Ethiopian of Acts chapter 8 benefit from Philip's and the Holy Spirit's guidance, verse 31 answers. Similarly Paul was instructed by Ananias and the...
... Holy Spirit's guidance, verse 31 answers. Similarly Paul was instructed by Ananias and the disciples in Damascas, Acts 9:19. Sure they benefited. But...
Can you provide an example from the NT of a Jew or Gentile who became a believer in Christ without the help of a disciple or Jesus directly? In Christ Donn ......
... Back to my question: Question #2 Can a "person" understand the Bible without God's "organization" guiding and directing them? Thanks, Jeff Downs...
... Hard to tell about Paul, with his wealth of OT study that he had already accumulated. The Ethiopian says "How can I understand unless someone explains it...
Per Matthew 16:18 I would say that Jesus wanted a visible instrument (qahal/ecclesia) to help the unbelieving world to recognize and understand God's plan of...
... Ok, lets put this back into the context of the Should You Believe in the Trinity booklet. "IF PEOPLE were to read the Bible from cover to cover without any...
I guess the publisher's weren't interested in simply floating rhetorical questions.........:) I feel a person would come away with the idea of the Jewish model...
... Is it possible to read the Bible (KJV since JWs will use that) and come away with with a trinitarian concept? Do we NEED the Watchtower organization to...
... I didn't. Having read through the entire Bible for the first time, without receiving any teaching or even hearing a sermon on the subject, I came away...
Hi, Donn, ... Timothy (2 Tim 3:15ff). Teachers are important, of course (Rom 10:14); but the ultimate source of salvation is God's Word itself (Rom 10:17)....
