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- Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: How do we understand 1 Timothy 4:1-5?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10466
Re: How do we understand 1 Timothy 4:1-5?
In context, in verse 2, I think Paul's words "One person has faith that he may eat all things (that is, all things edible)" are referring to all clean animal MEATS, because he contrasts that with someone who only eats vegetables, i.e. he abstains from meat, even clean animal meat. Then Paul seems t...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: Worship Songs
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9110
Re: Worship Songs
Today this was one of the worship songs and the words leave me troubled, even though I regard myself as trinitarian: https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=lyrics+it%27s+all+about+you+jesus&cvid=8f3580d8c72b4f52a7bcf51b940385b8&aqs=edge.3.69i57j0l8.120317j0j1&FORM=ANSPA1&PC=U531 "Its all about you J...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 12:39 am
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Satan Released -- Bopp's Theory
- Replies: 6
- Views: 21417
Satan Released -- Bopp's Theory
I was glad to find this recording from the Narrow Path: Bopp's Theory (SoulSnaxx #119) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOLsJ-Md6zQ Steve mentions of circuit preacher named Bopp (mostly in the late 1900s) who finds it likely that Satan was released in the mid 1900s. So we could be drawing toward Revelation 2...
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: Essays and Writings
- Topic: Gal 3:19-20 Solved by Shema informed by the deity of Christ
- Replies: 41
- Views: 62201
Re: Gal 3:19-20 Solved by Shema informed by the deity of Christ
just to be clear ... there is no theological problem that i find raised with Paul saying "but God is one." The riddle is in stating that, in the promise between two parties, that a mediator does not intervene for one party. The issue then is how Paul shares that the promise only has one party. I gu...
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: The Trinity: What Must Be Believed
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8011
Re: The Trinity: What Must Be Believed
I have long believed that Christianity is a simple religion , that is, what must be believed to be saved, to be a Christian, is simple. I say this as one who believes that the Trinity is the best explanation of the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I speak here of what is necessary ...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:39 am
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3082
Re: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
While Steve does see an immediate and ongoing application of the general teaching on who is Israel, I think he does not see the reference to the "fullness of the Gentiles" in 11:25 as being in that context but in a future only context. I got focused on the wrong part of the verse. Listening again.....
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:43 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3082
Re: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
Just wanted to make sure it is clear, namely that I agree with all you have said in the first post. I think the way that your determination on the passage has been missed is due to a weakness in the general interpretation methods used. The methodology involves a focus on extracting the wisdom and te...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3082
Re: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
I listened again to Steve's concept. He treats all who come to know Christ as being part of Israel. As such, people added today are part of the All of Israel concept. I instead propose that the All of Israel is the fulfilled by the remnant bloodline mentioned in Rom 9:27-29 in order to fulfill the p...
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3082
Re: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
did you come to this understanding after hearing Steve or did you come by totally independently? I'm constantly out on a limb but I always am glad to find where someone like Steve or a commentary confirms the same thing. When I figured out that Romans was written to a gentile-only audience back in 2...
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:21 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3082
Re: Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:25)
Reading through Romans, I am struggling with Romans 11:25. Every commentary (including Steve) I can find sees this as eschatological in some way even if they disagree on the future meaning. But, as I read Romans 9-11, I see Paul talking mostly about the past and reality of his present... I hope Ste...