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So you're saying Christians should believe in wild oxen, not unicorns. I agree.

Isaiah 53 doesn't say anything about the Lord and Savior (Messiah) who would free us from our sins being God. John's gospel also makes it pretty clear the disicples didn't all believe the same thing. Some thought he was the prophet 'like Moses' promised in Deuteronomy 18, others thought he was...

We must call on Jesus as our Lord and Savior to free us from our sins. As far as accepting his divinity, his earliest disciples would have had a much more primitive Christology than we do today. We might even have called them heretics. (Some of Paul's writings suggest he may even have fell...

I don't think believing Jesus is divine is necessary for salvation. John 8:24 is the only verse from Jesus himself one might understand that way. Not enough to convince me that it's a must since it's only one of four gospels suggesting this and was written a bit later than the other three.

Cincinnati represent! I counted 77 cities claiming to have 7 hills on that list. Interesting, if nothing else.

It might be considered against Christian values, but imposing those values on others seems a bit immoral to me too.

That's a long chapter. Can you be any more specific?

Cooking meth isn't a very profitable business to begin with. With the high overhead cost of paying extra to find people to buy pseudoephedrine, the profit margin is much slimmer. In rural America where meth is being produced locally, it's typically to feed addictions only. This reduces the...

White dealers tend to come from better socioeconomic standing, so they can generally afford to take more of a loss without resorting to violence. Not to mention they are more active in suburban and rural areas where one or two dealers tend to hold a monopoly, making the business a bit less...

Well, you have a point there. Drug addicts steal to get their money and drug dealers provide a service to get their money. When there's a demand, a supplier will fill it, regardless of race or law.

Sure, but what's that have to do with Jesus teaching sola scriptura?

It would have been better than your thinly veiled ad hominem, but still doesn't prove your point. The posts you haven't addressed show just the opposite. Jesus quoted from scripture. He didn't submit himself to it. Unless you deny the divinity of Jesus, he doesn't even have to do that. As...

Addressed earlier in the thread: "Good point about Enoch. Jesus may have quoted from it himself. In this example he may even have called it scripture: "Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry...

Many years later. The thread isn't "is sola scriptura a correct doctrine?", so this is completely irrelevant.

"And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." (Matthew 28:18, NRSV) I'd say this about sums up Jesus' thoughts on sola scriptura.

The real question is: why would Jesus teach sola scriptura to a largely illiterate audience? The apostles themselves were mostly illiterate. He taught them to spread the gospel through word of mouth.

Key word: spoken. Paul wasn't referring to scripture. The New Testament wasn't even compiled or written in its entirety yet. While the gospel may begin with Genesis, Paul was certainly referring to what was then the spoken gospel of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ...

Good point about Enoch. Jesus may have quoted from it himself. In this example he may even have called it scripture: "Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are...

Because the discussion isn't "Is sola scriptura right?"; rather, the discussion is an unsubstantiated claim that Jesus adhered to it.

I doubt Paul confronted Peter using scripture that wasn't written yet. Jesus quoting from Samuel 21 was an unrelated matter, so I doubt Paul rebuked Peter using Samuel. It only stands to reason Paul used the oral teaching of the gospel, which he might have heard from Peter himself.