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The reason I find Gen 1:11 to be plausible in a non-scientific way, is that from the point of view of God's overriding interest in the earth and what happens on it, the commands of God in Gen 1:11 are not irrational if the earth is the pinacle or crown of everything created by God. Moreover...

The meaning of "free will" differs with the referent. "Absolute free will" only relates to the saved, but "free will suficient to appropriate the gospel" relates to all unless cursed in this life by God on account of their sins cf. Luke 16:31 "‘If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither...

First, I don't pretend to be an Arminian. See here for a brief summary of why I would rather go with Provisionism than Arminianism. "Total inability" consequential to the fall is surely not made out. Even Able, son of Adam put that fallacy to bed. Humanity didn't all become Cainites subsequent...

I think you are saying that the "final redactors of Genesis 1:1-11" (whoever they were - you do not say) weren't interested in science, as the Greeks were. Hebrew "science" was experiential and elementary, and of limited extent & quality - even regressive. Thus, before the babylonian captivity...

Hab 2:4 Paul corrects LXX Hab 2:4 by removing μου (my), so he regards the Hebrew as authoritative over the LXX. As for ἐκ πίστεως, I refer to LSJ for the ancient Greek usage, and find sense III (origin) to be pertinent. specifically: III(6) of Cause, Instrument, or Means by which a thing is...

You are correct to highlight the LXX word στερέωμα ("stereoma") as inferring something "firm," as in an immovable expanse, but I'd doubt it could be extended in every case to something "solid" as English would understand it as the physical property of a structure. Likewise "dome" would be a...

Deut 30 is the proof text that "Free will is something given to men by God." Then (i.e. upon the gift of grace) is the choice to obey or disobey absolute in God's sight. BUT, grace may not be given by God to all men; for as Roms 1 says, God gives culpable men over to wrath (e.g. especially...

Free will is something given to men by God, but men can lose it themselves by culpable apostasy. That's not an argument against the Father drawing all believers to himself, but it is a statement that you should be weary of using Jesus's remarks specifically addressed to apostate Jews (who had...

It's not what Eph 2:8 exactly says, as "οὗτος = this" in "this not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God" is nominative neuter, whereas "faith=πίστις" in "through faith" is genitive feminine. Moreover οὗτος refers to the leading subject, not the nearest antecedent, where there is more than...

It isn't strictly true that "the written knowledge of the Law is no longer necessary for those who have true Love" because true love can quickly become false love where there is ignorance of the written law. As Paul also says: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking...

Good points. I think his key mistake is not to see that "from (out of faith) unto faith" must be taken an indivisible phrase, as most commentators see it. The implied comma should go after ἀποκαλύπτεται (is revealed), to give "is revealed, from faith to faith," and not interposed after "from...

This might be a case of an academic trying to be too clever. I find his ultimate argument turgid, although I would allow his first point as valid: πῐ́στῐς should be allowed to refer either to the act of believing, or to the referent of the belief. Context will determine which of these two...

To be sure, there is fake faith, and fake science; and so everything can appear in conflict with everything else. But true science will be harmonious with true faith. Isaac Newton was interesting in this respect: as well as applying himself to science, which was quite likely in conflict with the...

But is the bible really "authoritative" in respect of scientific (i.e. carnal) matters? I suggest not. There is no evidence that the bible was ever intended to be read as a scientific text book. I believe the failure to identify Gen 1 as written from God's vantage, rather than man's vantage, is...

I don't have time to watch 18min videos. I was primarily referring to Adam's recognition of the nature of the marital relationship, as a type of the relationship between mankind and God. (This in contradistinction to idolatry.) Heb. 13:4 affirms it to be foundational to converse with God. Just...

To you, "image of God" may seem to involve "all of mankind, physically and spiritually," but I read it, that if God is Spirit (John 4:24), then the primary denotation of "image" is spiritual: i.e. having innate capacity for coverse with God (cf. Adam) and subsequently, retaining the ability to...

The same day? But how long is a day? The word "day" (Yom in Hebrew) is not defined in Genesis by reference to any created thing, but solely by reference to the beginning and end of God's creative phases. These are "God" days, spiritual days, phases, orders of creation. Yom in Gen 1 as inferring...

Eph 1:13 is poorly translated by some English versions - e.g. the NIV which is really a paraphrase of the Greek - and it cannot be properly understood apart from Eph 1:12. The Greek is quite terse, albeit not complex. Hence the word "trusted" is inserted by some translations in Eph 1:13 to...

(Seems to me you might be confounding spiritual life with biological life.) I see it that biology is secondary to spirituality here. "Image of God" must relate to capacity to exhibit God-likeness, which relates to moral & spiritual awareness: the capability to know God, considered separately...

A good discussion. The ancient Greek meanings: 1. πείθω (peithó - verb) There are three related Greek words for belief/believe etc., all with an etymology in Ancient Greek. The modern Greek meanings are simpler, but not necessarily reflective of the biblical usage. The ancient Greek meaning...