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Well that was quite the first post. Thanks "doc".

Fantastic article! Thanks!!!

I think he has raised many good questions, not least of which is how we have misunderstood (or misrepresented, like Edersheim) 2nd temple Judaism. I'm not fully persuaded by the NPP but hold to a via medium view (I can point you to an article that may help explain it). The point of that post...

Oh the irony, that the synergist could say the same thing about salvation and regeneration.

I think this would make a great thread on its own. I'm just not sure where it would be best.

Synergistic sanctification... sounds like an oxymoron. I believe in Gospel-centered sanctification which means sanctification happens the same way as justification, by grace through faith in the work of Christ. Gal. 2:19--21 pretty much dismantles synergistic sanctification, Gal 2:19 For...

Like I said, he had high praise for Edersheim. But the major flaw of his work is that it is anochronistic. Since the work is to be a work of history, that is a fatal blow to the accuracy of the work. That is not to say that one can glean from it. But it is unwise to make too much out of the...

Not only is important to define what is meant by "inerrancy" (some have done so thus far), but also speak as to what is meant by "error" in Scripture. For example, is it an error to have 2 differing accounts of the same event? For example, is there a difference in "This is my beloved Son" and...

I love that man. What great mind and heart. I know his explanation is what you were saying already, John. But I'm still on the fence of whether this is a legit explanation. In fact, I like his second possibility bearing in mind that dia with "God" was used back in 1:1 (although Longenecker...

Citing brandplucked (what is his old BB moniker???) is a fast way to loose credibility.

I'm not sure you are following my way of doing textual criticism. JoJ was referring to his favorite textual critic. So likely it was a Byzantine adherent like Dr. Robinson. I espouse to a Sturzian style of textual criticism. So not a reasoned eclectic, not a W&H theory, not a Burgon theory, and...

Yes... you quoted the NET above which already duplicated what my OP had. However, this is from an eclectic model of textual criticism. I find that model to be lacking. And here is one example. The MS support for the "through God" reading is largely localized in the Alexandrian text. It does...

Who is that critic? Did you ask Dr. Robinson? I just don't find this explanation as convincing. It seems far easier to expand "through God" to "of God through Christ" rather than accidentally condense "of God through Christ" to "through God". I considered the upsilon endings and maybe it was a...

Speaking of which, did you all hear that Ruckman died this week?

You all need to get on the Historical Creationism train. It's awesome!!!

So minor that it is infinitesimally small. So small, it might as well be identical. :D I'd argue that the participle "doer" requires an object for it to have meaning. A doer of what? Sin? No. Righteousness. "Believer" or "lover" does not need an object, though it could have one if so desired...

Sadly, no. I'm a glutton for enduring stupidity.

No... it is written "God is spirit". The KJV is wrong here. But even if I grant you the KJV translation, you are assuming "God is a Spirit" must equate to "God is a Spirit of Life"??? How does that follow? You could just as easily apply your reasoning and say "God is a Spirit" means "God is a...

You aren't following. You said life had an origin in God. Therefore it can't be infinite. If God had an origin, he wouldn't be eternal or infinite either.

Not by the definition of "clause" that I am aware of. There is no verb in that phrase. The noun has a verbal characteristic to it. But that is not a clause. Wallace states that a clause is made up of "a subject and predicate or a nonfinite verbal form (i.e., either an infinitive or...