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Recent content by BrianJK

  1. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    Perhaps we first need to agree on the definition of "literal"...
  2. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    I agree that God's Truth has literal and figurative aspects. For example, I believe that Jesus is the Truth. However, I don't believe that He is literally a vine. "True Vine" is a figurative term, alluding to the qualities and works of our Lord, rather than His physical appearance or...
  3. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    If Jesus is brighter than the sun, He can't literally BE the sun. So therefore, some figurative language DOES exist in Scripture. Likewise, Jesus's followers aren't literally salt.
  4. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    Scripture says that God created the sun. Are you saying that Jesus is merely a created entity? Literally?
  5. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    That's still a metaphor.
  6. BrianJK

    How do pro-abortion Christians reconcile their views with pro-life scripture?

    Fair point. I have not studied Hebrew, though I am proficient in other Semitic languages, so I don't know the answer to this: is this prior to the beginning of Jeremiah's formation (in which case wouldn't presence as a person have to preceed his conception?) or prior to the completion of his...
  7. BrianJK

    Is salvation conditional?

    I suppose you and I have different purposes here. Given ample time, I would not be opposed to a classic, deep Calvin v Arminius debate at some point. However, my purpose in posting initially was briefly responding to the OP, rather than engaging in one of these debates again. While I am quite...
  8. BrianJK

    How do pro-abortion Christians reconcile their views with pro-life scripture?

    I think the confusion, at least on my part, is that while these prophets were called and apparently living persons while in the womb, this doesn't speak to when that personhood began. It could have been at conception, or the quickening, or what we would call today "viability", or at any other...
  9. BrianJK

    Is salvation conditional?

    I see. It seems you are most willing to insult and misrepresent other soteriological interpretation while insisting that everyone carefully consider yours. Sounds less than fair to me, but we'll see what I can get to in the next few days. In the meantime, let me see if I can do some quick...
  10. BrianJK

    Certificate of Debt

    I see. So the difference between cancelling the debt and forgiving the sin... If someone steals from me, I can forgive him for stealing, but still want my money back. If I tell him to keep it, I've cancelled the debt too. That's not a perfect illustration for the difference soteriologically, I...
  11. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    Is God literally the sun too? And at the same time, literally a shield? For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly. - Psalm 84:11
  12. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    I just told you that He is the only way. So you believe Jesus Christ, as he walked on this earth, was a literal door. People would see Him walking down the street and marvel, saying, "Among all these people, there's a door walking down the road right now"?
  13. BrianJK

    Is salvation conditional?

    It seems you're the one who prefers "being smart". I'm a simpler sort of guy and prefer focusing on one or two things, rather than trying to construct paragraphs upon paragraphs in response to the same, as well as in response to Calvinist and KJV-O organizations' interpretations of soteriology...
  14. BrianJK

    Name the last thing you ate. (15)

    Caesar salad, sauteed lamb, rotini with a cheese sauce, sweet corn
  15. BrianJK

    7 Day creation- literal or figurative?

    He is the only way. This is true. But He is not a wooden plank with a knob.