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theology

  1. Pavel Mosko

    What I learned from the Syriac Tradition

    1) Christ was a poet, not just in heart but also in actual speech. If we bring the Gospel text back into the original spoken language of Aramaic we find there are many poetic devices used by Christ in his sermons, parables and sayings. This is significant because many people I think have...
  2. Justified Sinner

    What We Hope For Keeps Us Going

    Hope Is A Critical Factor in Life Several years ago, I went through suicide intervention training. We learned how to identify people who were suicidal and get them the help they needed. We learned that one reason people reach this point of thinking about taking their own life is they have no...
  3. public hermit

    "What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?"

    Was Tertullian correct when he posed the rhetorical questions, "What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?" (De praescriptione haereticorum VII) Is philosophy beneficial or detrimental to Christian thought and faith? Why or why not...
  4. BrotherJJ

    Righteousness Imputed

    Righteousness if a Christ Imputed/given Gift & NOT earned Rom 4:11 Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness...
  5. BrotherJJ

    Old Covenant To New Covenant

    When dissecting any verse of scripture. Ask yourself, of whom, to whom, with what words, what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what is written before and what follows any single verse context. ^^^Myles Coverdale, Bible theologian/translator wrote the above^^^...
  6. D

    New and ready to discuss theology!

    Hey all. I am new to the forum and ready to discuss theology. I love studying theology and see it as extremely valuable for my own personal growth and for helping others in hopes to expand and do my part for Jesus' kingdom. I hope to contribute and have great conversations with you on the...
  7. BrotherJJ

    Baptism a few types

    Baptism of repentance: Is for Nation of Israel only; under the Gospel of the Kingdom message: Baptism of repentance was John the Baptist ministry for the Nation of Israel only. A call of Repentance from breaking covenant with the LORD Jeremiah 31:32. Water baptism here is a Jewish...
  8. BrotherJJ

    The Lords Supper & Discernment

    Not discerning the body, in short: That by their improper manner of observing this Christ given ordinance, they would expose themselves to the divine displeasure & punishment. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: Discern: [ A-2,Verb,G1252, diakrino ] 1 Corinthians 11:29, with...
  9. Pavel Mosko

    A Question for Non-Sacramental Christians

    This question is for nonsacramental Protestant Christians who think sacraments are "unbiblical". Matthew 6 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. Mary Meg

    Does God meet us where we are despite our denomination?

    Ok... so I'm not feeling that great today, so please try to go easy on me? I have a theory. I see so many examples of God's grace in different denominations... godly grandparents and great-grandparents in my own Baptist family, saints I admire in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, learned and...
  14. History Of The Trinity 3 (harmonization Of Scripture)

    History Of The Trinity 3 (harmonization Of Scripture)

    History of the Trinity 3 (Harmonization of Scripture) For the most part, I tend to see the doctrine of the Trinity as a harmonization of scripture. Wikipedia defines that term for those not familiar with it as:"A Biblical harmony is a hermeneutic method of analyzing parallel and often...
  15. History Of The Trinity 2 (two Powers In Heaven)

    History Of The Trinity 2 (two Powers In Heaven)

    On the subject of the Trinity this is the new thing I learned thanks to Michael Heiser. I bought this book a few months ago but haven't got around to reading it yet (was out of print at the time and paid $40 for it used). This was a rabbinic theory and in reading Christian History it seems...
  16. Clement Of Alexandria And Gnosis 3

    Clement Of Alexandria And Gnosis 3

    One guy who embraced the wider use of Gnosis. Quote from linked article below. "St. Clement of Alexandria emphasizes the following: I. The title "Gnostic" does not refer to a heretic but to the orthodox Christian who attains the divine gnosis (knowledge) from the Holy Spirit, by illumination...
  17. Pavel Mosko

    Incarnational Theology (Robert Webber)

    QUOTE (Robert Webber, Ancient Future Faith) "During my seminary education, I never felt we really addressed the question: “What does it mean to be a member of the church” Later, when I turned to the early Christian tradition and began, for the first time, to understand what it meant to be a...
  18. D

    If Believing Were Easy...

    In response to the rather offensive "Easy Believism" label people put on for the true gospel. If believing were easy, my friends and family would have believed when I preached the gospel to them. If believing were easy, I would have gotten saved a long time ago. If believing were easy, the...
  19. joinfree

    Theology Of Existence: The Way To Source

    Human common reaction to a new thing is played in There are indeed wonderful things to discover, because Philosophy of Religion must be united with Physics: knowledge of a human is the knowledge, that has his God. If human knows, that his God is omnipresent or omnipotent, then the human must...
  20. joinfree

    Theology Of Existence: The Way To Source

    Human common reaction to a new thing is played in There are indeed wonderful things to discover, because Philosophy of Religion must be united with Physics: knowledge of a human is the knowledge, that has his God. If human knows, that his God is omnipresent or omnipotent, then the human must...