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Word Biblical Commentary on Galatians, vol. 41. For Dunn, then, “we cannot safely assume that Paul intended [in 4:4-5] an allusion to Christ as pre-existent Son […]

At the heart of the so-called doctrine of the Trinity is what many theologians and philosophers call a problem of logic! In The Journal of Religion […]

That the only God is alone “eternal, immortal” is stated throughout the scriptures. And however you want to define death, Paul says it’s something God simply […]

The world has a general view of Jesus as more than human. That’s in large part due to the fact that most of Christianity believes in […]

Davis, The Name and Way of the Lord. I now turn to texts about God’s agent. A number of Jewish traditions interpret an Old Testament text […]

The OT Hebrew oftentimes uses a literary device in poetic or prophetic prose of blending or mixing pronouns, i.e., “a more or less abrupt transition from […]

Kirk, A Man Attested by God. Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel Many of the texts that this chapter explores can be interpreted as indicating Jesus’s […]

The Greek prototokos can mean first in rank, supremacy, preeminence not first in time: Even the Watchtower acknowledges the correct meaning of the term by admitting: […]

by Paul Fiorilla, journalist. Ignoring the words of Jesus has led to the introduction of tragic error into orthodox Christian theology, as readers of this newsletter […]

The seed of the woman, Gen. 3:15; God raiused up a prophet from the Israelites, Deut. 18:18; He is the root/shoot out of Jesse, Isa 11:1,10; […]

The following quotes reflect Reformation and modern-day Trinitarian focus on faith as an active, future-oriented trust in God, often at the expense of temporal comfort—themes central to […]

Hebrew biblical tradition understands angels, aka spirits as God’s creatures. The Jewish Encyclopedia observes that rabbinic teaching “emphatically declares [angels] to have been created by God” […]