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  1. Kilk1

    Implications that “it pleased the Father” for “all the fullness” to dwell in Jesus (Col. 1:19, NKJV)

    Colossians 1:19 states (NKJV): For it pleased [the Father that] in Him all the fullness should dwell. Now, the New King James Version supplies "the Father," but to my knowledge, most understand the Father as the one referred to here. In saying "it pleased the Father" that "all the fullness"...
  2. Tsquared

    Studying the Trinity

    Hello Everyone, it's been a while since I've logged on, but I'm so glad to be back! Recently I've began to study the Trinity. Just to give some background: I grew up in a movement that did not embrace the doctrine of the Trinity. So recently, I began to explore this doctrine, as what I was...
  3. Bible Highlighter

    Which person of the Trinity was within the pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night?

    Which person (or persons) of the Trinity was within the pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night? "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night" (Exodus 13:21).
  4. Kilk1

    Questions about the Trinity

    Hello. While I don't deny the Trinity, I've struggled for a while to understand it. It's hard for me to see how to reconcile passages that say the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God while at the same time being faithful to the passages saying that God is one (e.g., Deut...
  5. Lords Man

    Take Heart Weary Believer....

    God is, indeed, the greatest in status, authority and power, over all creation. Jesus is, indeed, King of kings and Lord of lords ruling over all. The rule of the Godhead, over all creation and for all time, is God's absolute rule. Nothing and nobody can supersede the Lord. This world's works...
  6. History Of The Trinity 6, Tertullian

    History Of The Trinity 6, Tertullian

    Tertullian is the guy who first used the term "Trinity" sometime in the early 200s. Tertullian's Trinity is unlike the one we have today. Rather than being "Three persons in one essence" his simply was a triad of three beings, two of which the Son and Holy Spirit were derived from the Father...
  7. History Of The Trinity 5, Memra (aramaic Jewish Term For Theophany)

    History Of The Trinity 5, Memra (aramaic Jewish Term For Theophany)

    I'm looking to wrap up things and start talking about other topics (most likely my objections to some Protestants on Sola Scriptura). So unlike most of my post's with my own original content, I'm just going to quote this verbatim from a interesting Theological blog (You might want to hit the...
  8. History Of The Trinity 4 Philo

    History Of The Trinity 4 Philo

    Philo of Alexandria (Trinity series) Philo was a Jewish Theologian that is thought to live just prior to the Christian Era (may have lived to see the beginning of Christianity). He was greatly admired by the Church Fathers and often considered as a kind of an honorary Christian or a Christian...
  9. T

    Seventh-Day Adventists only; the evidence for 1 John 5:7 KJB

    Seventh-Day Adventists only; the evidence for 1 John 5:7 KJB This thread's stated purpose, READ before posting: My stated goals, is to rescue the perishing, care for the dying, to snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; and so I weep over the erring one, and now must attempt to lift up the...
  10. spockrates

    LDS Wondering About the Godhead and the Trinity

    Hi. I'm wondering about comparing the different concepts of what some call the Godhead. I'm not sure, but I believe many Latter Day Saints believe in a Triad. I know many Christians believe in a Trinity. I'm wondering what the logical or scriptural arguments are to support each, so that I might...