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What is the Gospel? (Part 2) Necessary Elements of the Gospel Moving on from what the Gospel is not, it would be helpful to define what exactly the Gospel is. And coming up with a good description is surprisingly tricky. The Old Covenant, Paul writes, had its “elements” (στοιχεῖα - “rudiments”...

Only one Gospel, but more than one Gospel passage 1 Cor. 15:3-4 is most often cited as the Gospel verse. And understandably so. But it is not the only Gospel verse, just the most obvious and convenient one, seeing that it contains the very word and is relatively concise. But it assumes a certain...

At this point I have five books available for whoever wants them. And a sixth one – the one on the far right – should be up in a week or two. If interested just let me know here or send me an email at epitom4@gmail.com. The image I see here only shows two covers but if you select the image you...

Have you ever noticed that pithy, well-worded quotes more often promote wrong ideas rather than right ones. A case in point is this one I noticed recently: “We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.” – AW...

There are serious problems in this video, “Basanos, a tortured word: The true meaning of Bible torment” by … I can’t find his name but this video is from “The Total Victory of Christ“, with the byline of “Defining and Defending the Doctrine of Universal Salvation of all mankind through Jesus...

Maybe you didn't read the article. I think I was pretty clear. One point is that there are varieties of gifts, 1 Cor. 12:4-11; 28-30. We are not all given the same spiritual endowments. There are other passages I could have cited as well. Hopefully my presentation is no longer "selective"...

When I first became a Christian in the 70’s I was enamored with the writings of Watchman Nee. I am not anymore, but one thing he wrote about Mark 1:16 – 20 stuck with me as noteworthy. Simon (Peter) and Andrew were fishing with nets. James and John were mending nets. Article linked below...

I did comment on your post. You didn't get my point. Possibly because of your above admitted assumption which is not allowing you to accept or understand what I wrote. I get this a lot in sites like this. I post an OP that is pretty much pure Christology. I wouldn't be slain at the Brook Jabbok...

Typo: lexicon and concordances, plural.

Our definition of Bible words ought to come from how they are used in the Bible. There are several good concordance and lexicon you could have cited. But didn't.

But your point is not logical. Jesus also told His disciples that He would be with them "unto the end of the age". Whether we see the end of the age as AD 66 or 70 or still future - as I assume you do - this, according to your same logic, means that there will be a time when Christ will not be...

I believe, according to His oft-repeated promises that He would come in that generation, that Christ is here now. That is what Parousia means - presence.

I realize that you weren't responding to me but, just so others here know. I am a full preterists but, I don't believe the return of Christ was invisible. And I place the date at AD 66. What you are describing sounds like the so-called Covenant Eschatology preterists.

No, I'm not. And I don't waste too much time in dealing with them.

" I fully realize that advocates for a preterist view of Revelation do not believe, at least for the most part, that Roman Catholics are even Christians and that commentaries on the Bible are nothing but the opinions of men." I'm not sure where you got this notion about Preterists and Roman...

"Majority view" carries little weight with me. The majority do not have a saving faith or knowledge of God. Our understanding of spiritual truth comes from Christ not consensus. There are several good reasons to see Revelation and the rest of Scripture as being written pre-70 AD. I wrote on...

I have been quoting Scripture. And asking the same from you. In vain.

I think the greater imagination would be to redefine the many occurrences of the words and phrases "soon", "this generation", and "quickly" to mean other than what a plain reading would yield.

Justification by faith implies there is nothing added to it.