May 23, 2023
The Gospel of John is used, or I should say misused, to “prove” Jesus is God! Yet, ironically, the gospel is primarily defined by Father–Son language […]
May 23, 2023
Following are excerts from an article on John 1:14 by Bill Schlegel under the subtitle A Trans-essence god. I suggest Christians are being hypocritical when they […]
April 11, 2023
The “Us” verses: Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8 Scripture describes God as “I”, “He,” “Him,” “Me” repeatedly. When on a very rare occasion God says, […]
February 25, 2023
In Matthew 28.19 Jesus commands his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the […]
February 14, 2023
From the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament vol. 5, pp 711-12. Already from the pre-Pauline period Jesus is extolled in psalms as the servant of […]
February 14, 2023
From Christianity Today, by L.F. Dean, Jan. 19, 1959 Origin And Development Believers in the unity to the exclusion of the tri-personality of God have ideological […]
February 14, 2023
“So completely is the ideal Davidic king identified with the purposes of God that he can be dignified with the titles of God himself [e.g., Ps. […]
December 10, 2022
From Christology in the Making, Dunn, 1980, p 243. The conclusion which seems to emerge from our analysis thus far is that it is only with […]
December 10, 2022
The image simply means sitting in a place of honor next to someone who is your superior. Here’s a good example from Mar 10.37 where the […]
December 10, 2022
From Priority of John by J.A.T. Robinson The traditional supranaturalistic way of describing the Incarnation almost inevitably suggests that Jesus was really God almighty walking about […]
November 8, 2022
by Stanford Rives The “Servetus Affair” Calvin: “Servetus has just sent me a long volume of his ravings. If I consent he will come here, but […]
November 8, 2022
This provides exactly the necessary commentary of John on his own gospel in John 1:1. It was the promise of life in the age to come, […]