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One problem with this. Romans 3:9-18. 'For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.......etc."' v.19. '....That every mouth may be...

People may have wondered why I have not contributed to the 'Atonement (not PSA)' thread. The reason is that @JonC has used his position as a moderator to keep me (and, I believe, @DaveXR650 ) excluded from the thread. This has not worried me unduly because I have been very busy with local...

Again, I am not aware that it is/was necessary to coat the inside of a vessel with 'pitch' to make sure that it is/was watertight. Perhaps it is, but I have not come across any evidence of it. Moreover, if Gen. 6:14 used the word 'pitch' you might have a point, but He did not. He spoke of the...

I can't help thinking that this is a bit worldly and pedestrian. I believe that there are lessons for us in every aspect of the flood narrative. The kaphar on the inside spoke to those on the ark of the kaphar on the outside. The ark would have been tossed about most horribly as the waters...

I am interested to know where you found this in the examples of kaphar that I gave. Are you confusing the word with kasah [Strongs 3680]?

This use of kaphar in Gen. 6:14 is very interesting. I had intended to consider this a little later, but now will do. May I make a disclaimer now? I am no expert at all in ancient Hebrew. All that follows linguistically is gleaned from commentaries, dictionaries and Young's Analytical...

John 17:1-4, 6. "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God whom You have...

I posted concerning the liberal theologian Albert Schweitzer a while ago. In 1906, he wrote quite a famous book called The Quest of the Historical Jesus. In it, he suggested that our Lord was expecting God to take Him down from the cross, and when He realised that wasn't going to happen He...

I thought it might be interesting to discuss these three words in the light of discussions and non-discussions elsewhere. Perhaps we might start with the Hebrew verb kapar or kaphar (Strongs 3722). This is a verb with the basic meaning of 'to cover,' though not in the sense of merely...

As I have posted elsewhere on this forum, the expression 'it is finished' comes from the Greek word teleo, which has a variety of different meanings. As well as to 'finish,' it can mean to 'complete,' and certainly His sufferings were complete when He spoke those words. It can mean 'perform'...

May I suggest a reading of 1 Chronicles 29 and John 12:1-8 to you?

It's not clear to me what a 'discipleship pastor' is, but it's plainly not the same as a full-on pastor. The women mentioned in Romans 16 did more than serve coffee. Churches need to be involving women in ministry, just not as pastors and/or preachers. The fellowship to which my church is...

The word which the KJV translates as 'generation' in Matthew 1:1 is, interestingly, genesis. Perhaps 'origin' might have been a good translation? The word used 36 times elsewhere for 'generation' (e.g. Matt. 1:17; 11:16; Luke 1:48) is genea. Gennema is used four times as 'generation of...

Yep! 1 Cor. 1:21. 'For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the word preached to save those who believe.' Romans 10:14-15. 'How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe...

I was thinking of Acts 2:46. Obviously things were great in those very early days, but my impression is that as soon as possible they met together in a building where they could have proper regular fellowship. How were they the 'church collectively? They would have been becoming atomized...

I think your model sounds absolutely ghastly, though if it works for you, by all means carry on. One thing that we know the church in Corinth did was to meet regularly 'as a church.' While they didn't do that particularly well, Paul does not suggest that they go back to wandering about from...

Yeah! Maybe God doesn't really care about His Gospel. I had forgotten that you are the world's first and only Hyper-Calvinist, Dispensationalist, Hyper-Preterist. Dunno! I was just quoting Scripture to you. ;) Maybe Esther 4:14 applies.

You are somewhat right. I set out my views some years ago in a blog post: What is a Church? You have a problem with a church in a big city like Corinth, Rome or Ephesus. Paul wrote to a single church. He did not expect the recipients to email his letters to dozens of ministers of home...

I expect that they did, but probably, like the church in Corinth, they met together regularly as a body. Paul writes to one church in Ephesus and one church in Corinth, not to lots of tiny ones. That's fine. Philemon's church met in his house (Philem. 2). Perhaps they both had large houses...

Some people take longer to get the message than others. ;) Matthew 24:14. "And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." Amos 6:1. Woe to you who are at ease in Zion.'