Quick Response Concerning Quotations of Christopher Stead in My Thesis
I have been accused of mishandling the words of scholar Christopher Stead from his book, Divine Substance. This accusation caused me to look at my Th.M. work to see if this charge is true: IMO, it is...
View ArticleJehovah Is Unequivocally the Grand Creator
Nehemiah 9:6 (HCSB)-"You alone are Yahweh. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of...
View ArticleUpdated Version: On the Lord's Evening Meal and Communion Sacrifices
One Scriptural passage that helps me to appreciate tomorrow night's upcoming Memorial of Christ's death on Nisan 14 is 1 Corinthians 10:18:"Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the...
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Impossibility and God
Among the things that seem impossible, I guess an angle cannot be trisected using only a straightedge and compass, 7 + 5 cannot be made to equal 13, nor can anyone create square circles, and I doubt...
View ArticleI Statements in Logic and Their Contraposed Forms
Logic textbooks traditionally teach about four kinds of categorical statements (i.e., propositions) when discussing the Aristotelian square of opposition: they are A, E, I, and O propositions. The...
View ArticleNisan 14, 2024
I'm taking a break from blogging today and will not be checking much for comments either. I want to express my desire that fellow Witnesses will have a nice memorial of Jesus' death tonight, and any...
View ArticleComments From Augustine of Hippo on Romans 5:12
Augustine of Hippo has some interesting remarks pertaining to Romans 5:12: "But if the apostle had wished to assert that sin entered into the world, not by natural descent, but by imitation, he would...
View ArticleRecommendations for Books About "Spirit" (Roman)-In Process
Here are some books/publications I own. I'm not going to put them in alphabetical order due to time constraints, but some of these might be helpful for the study of pneumatology:George Johnston, The...
View ArticleZodhiates, Hasker, and the Question of God's Temporality
In Psalm 90:2, we read that God is “from eternity to eternity” (me olam ad olam); it could be said that Jehovah is “from hidden time to hidden time” (Gesenius). It thus appears that the Hebrew-Aramaic...
View ArticleWords of the Month (April 2024)
1. Etymological origin of rigmarole:"alteration of obsolete 'ragman roll' (long list, catalog)First Known Use: circa 1736"Thanks, M-W!2. Anosognosia.Neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran describes...
View ArticleColossians 2:9 and πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος
Here is something I wrote long ago, which may need to be amended in spots. In his capacity as a spirit creature, the πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος resides in Christ. The use of θεότητος, however, does not mean...
View ArticleAre You Ready to Obey, Even When Directions Are Hard to Understand? (Modified...
Based on Ezra 5 and 6From time to time, it's good to ask ourselves whether we are "ready to obey" (James 3:17) even when the direction given is hard for us...
View ArticleAsimov and the Marvelous Atom
"Because quantum theory deals with things so far removed from what we are used to in ordinary life, scientists speak of 'quantum weirdness.' There are aspects about it that seem so paradoxical that...
View ArticlePsalm 1:2 and the Torah
Latin Vulgate:Sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte (Psalm 1:2).Douay-Rheims Translation:"But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate...
View ArticleHow to Say "battle ally" in Greek
The word σύμμαχος is technically an adjective of sorts (cf. LSJ Greek-English Lexicon) meaning "allied with" someone in battle. But at times, I have used it as a substantive with the meaning "battle...
View ArticleBrief Notes from Donald Bloesch's "God the Almighty"
Donald G. Bloesch. God the Almighty: Power, Wisdom, Holiness, Love. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995. Bloesch lived from 1928-2010. He was an evangelical theologian and prolific writer. "The God...
View Article1 Corinthians 11:27 (A Brief Comment)
Greek: ὥστε ὃς ἂν ἐσθίῃ τὸν ἄρτον ἢ πίνῃ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ κυρίου ἀναξίως, ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῦ σώματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου.I've been wanting to address this verse because someone recently told me...
View ArticleGod Is A Necessary Being
A student once asked me the question that a lot of people wonder about: who made God? A few scriptures directly address this question, but I referenced Psalm 90:2 in my answer to the student and one...
View ArticlePsalm 51:5 (Guilt or Iniquity?)
Hebrew (Leningrad Codex): הֵן־בְּעָוֹ֥ון חֹולָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃NET:"Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me."ESV:"Behold, I was brought...
View ArticleBildad in Job 25-The Distortion of Truth
In Job 25, Bildad speaks the truth in a sense, but he distorts matters when he speaks to Job or concerning him: Job 25:6 while true in the abstract must have felt like the pangs of a sword to Job. The...
View ArticleDouuble Predestination and A Loving God? John (Jean) Calvin
About ten years ago, someone asked me about Jean Calvin. They were trying to wrap their heads around the fact that he believed in "double predestination" and simultaneously thought "God is love" (1...
View ArticleOccurrences of διαθήκη in Hebrews
Hebrews 7:22-κατὰ τοσοῦτο καὶ κρείττονος διαθήκης γέγονεν ἔγγυος Ἰησοῦς.Hebrews 8:6-νῦν δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτυχεν λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις...
View ArticleGreek New Testament for Sale: Tyndale House (Like New)
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View ArticleWhat Did the Ancient People of Israel Eat? (A Quote from Nathan MacDonald)
"There is a vast amount of nonwritten archaeological evidence that provides insight into the diet of the ancient Israelites. A number of the structures that have survived from ancient Israel were used...
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Hebrews 7:16 (Rogers and Rogers Screenshot)
Greek:ὃς οὐ κατὰ νόμον ἐντολῆς σαρκίνης γέγονεν ἀλλὰ κατὰ δύναμιν ζωῆς ἀκαταλύτου:http://vigilo-et-spero.blogspot.com
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