How God’s “Little Children,” Spirit-filled Fishermen Understand What Jesus Said
Examples of how God’s “Little Children,” Spirit-filled Fishermen Understand What Jesus Said [OR, “How to read the Apostolic Writins like a fisherman, farmer, or carpenter!] “Have this [same] MIND in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5; “mind” – “way of thinking”…
WITH REGARD TO THE “LORD’S SUPPER” OR “EUCHARIST”
WITH REGARD TO THE “LORD’S SUPPER” OR “EUCHARIST”: Christians need to analyze Biblical passages in the way exemplified by the parsing diagram below. Jesus is the one who INVENTED languages and the ability to communicate with words, and like any good communicator, He knew…
Peter, Paul, and James Come Back for an Interview
Peter, Paul, and James Come Back for an Interview, “to see whether or not the people will carefully walk in the path marked out by the LORD, as their ancestors were careful to do” (Judges 2:22). “When Saul saw the camp of the…
Old Testament Israel and New Testament Church Histories: An Embarrassing and Humbling Parallel!
Old Testament Israel and New Testament Church Histories: An Embarrassing and Humbling Parallel! Both Israel and His Church were called into being by God Himself. The span of time from Abraham TO Jesus is the same as that FROM Jesus to us. He…
THE CHRISTIANITY THAT JESUS BROUGHT WITH HIM IS AN EXPERIENTIAL RELIGION, not just believing His revealed facts and obeying what He commands.
THE CHRISTIANITY THAT JESUS BROUGHT WITH HIM IS AN EXPERIENTIAL RELIGION, not just believing His revealed facts and obeying what He commands. He led them to “believe.” He led them to “obey.” And He led them to EXPERIENCE!” Just look at the…
Jesus Spoke With Both Scientific And Divine Authority
Jesus Spoke With Both Scientific And Divine Authority In this essay I am going to try to convince you that Jesus used His language in the same way that professional linguists and scientists do. As a result, the New Testament turns out to…
Love that Obeys Because of Love of the Good
How do you interpret the following?: “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love…
My Pilgrimage With “Biblical Literalism” Going All The Way To “Do NOT Resist Him Who is Evil”
My Pilgrimage With “Biblical Literalism” Going All The Way To “Do NOT Resist Him Who is Evil” On Sunday the preacher of the church we were visiting wove the way we can treat the forgotten “un-wars” that America has known, like Korea’s “police…
May God End the Warfare Between Calvinistic Christians and Arminian Christians!
May God End the Warfare Between Calvinistic Christians and Arminian Christians! An essay in response to the charge that: “If God commands all to repent, and yet withholds the only grace that would make repentance possible, how is that command sincere?” That sounds quite…
There CAN be Peace Between Calvinists and Arminians Who ALSO Have God’s Love Motivating Them!
There CAN be Peace Between Calvinists and Arminians Who ALSO Have God’s Love Motivating Them! [This is what I wrote to a group who were engaged in a Facebook debate for and against “Calvinism.”] I have been studying, discussing, and debating this issue since…
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