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The dirty of God? Are you aware God is perfect in his essence? He cannot become dirty. If he did, then he is not God.

As a reminder, Jesus answers the question as to how a man is born AGAIN, not how a man is born the first time.

Perhaps. But I have enough comprehension to know Jesus is not simply “an aspect of the Trinity.” God cannot be divided against himself.

Astonishing, you completely ignore what Jesus himself told Nicodemus is required to be born again. Jesus answers the question! It wasn't until good ole Zwingli came along and had the courage to say Jesus and the Apostles were actually wrong about baptism and hence here were are today in a...

An "aspect of the Trinity"? God cannot be separated from Himself. Congratulations, you just destroyed the Trinity.

“We can hardly deny that the same Christ is present at baptism and in baptism, in fact is himself the baptizer, who in those days came in his mother’s womb to John. In baptism he can speak as well through the mouth of the priest, as when he spoke through his mother. Since then he is present...

I did read it. Introducing the topic of the Eucharist (eating the body and blood of Christ) is also going to be problematic as the majority of the world's Christians, both historically and presently, understand that to be quite literal. Just like being born again = being baptized, it took...

FYI... The majority of the world's Christians believe that being born again = being baptized. Jesus told Nicodemus two things were required to be born again: water and the Spirit. To most Christians, this is believed to occur at baptism. This was the case until Zwingli came along and thus...

"This is the simplest way to put it: the power, effect, benefit, fruit, and purpose of baptism is that it saves. For no one is baptized in order to become a prince, but as the words say, ‘to be saved.’ To be saved, as everyone knows, is nothing else than to be delivered from sin, death and the...

What does it mean to be preaching? Does does it mean to be an elder? What exactly is doing church? Elephants in the room

Don't pastors and elders teach the Word of God? Again, who cares? In 20 years, a robot will probably be doing the preaching and teaching. This is only problematic if there is something more to the actual office described in the New Testament. That is the elephant in the room.

So no women teachers is an absolute but head coverings are not?

Yes.

Did Paul ever correct Prisca for teaching Apollos? Women teach all the time. Walk into your average Sunday school class and see if there are women teaching it. Again, who cares? In 20 years, a robot will probably be preaching and teaching. This is only problematic if there is something more...

I think there are in fact important contexts in which Paul was writing. Of course he was influenced by the OT, but was he not also influenced by the Hellenistic world in which he was writing? The NT is clearly the convergence of the Jewish and Hellenistic worlds. Even the person to whom Paul...

But didn't "sin enter the world through one man"?

Is Paul's teaching on this matter absolute?

Hardly a strawman. I am just asking why MacArthur is appealed to as an expert. The guy botched up one of the basic tenets of Christianity. If he led his flock into error (a quite serious one) for years, why should anyone take what he says seriously now?

Thanks for the charity you have displayed. Are you aware you don't have to reply to my posts if you don't care what I have to say?

I don't belong to a denomination.