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by mattrose
Mon May 01, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: General Bible Discussion
Topic: Authorship of Hebrews
Replies: 7
Views: 4267

Re: Authorship of Hebrews

I also don't think this is a very good argument against Paul being the author of Hebrews Paul did, on occasion, use language similar to this. For instance, in 1 Cor. 15... "For what I received I passed on to you" Even though Paul did have a first hand encounter with Christ, it was not the type of en...
by mattrose
Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Did God Have to Die on the Cross?
Replies: 15
Views: 7364

Re: Did God Have to Die on the Cross?

I think it's poor framing to insist that 'God' had to die on the cross for atonement to work It wasn't that 'God' needed 'God' to die (That doesn't make much sense). It's that humanity needed God to overcome death. It seems to me we're putting too much focus on just the death, when atonement has to ...
by mattrose
Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:04 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Additional Thoughts on the Nephilim
Replies: 6
Views: 4083

Re: Additional Thoughts on the Nephilim

I agree that the 'sons of god' were men from Seth's line (not fallen angels) But I wonder if the Nephilim were not the offspring of these unions at all. The text doesn't actually say the nephilim were their offspring. I consider it a possibility that the word 'nephilim' really was an ancient word fo...
by mattrose
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: The Chosen (TV Series)
Replies: 1
Views: 3531

Re: The Chosen (TV Series)

We have been watching 2 episodes each Tuesday night at church

Overall, I've been quite impressed
by mattrose
Sat May 23, 2020 12:50 am
Forum: Anthropology, Hamartiology, Soteriology
Topic: Freewill vs. Prevenient Grace
Replies: 8
Views: 4972

Re: Freewill vs. Prevenient Grace

I'd say I'm in agreement with you here. Seems much to do about very little. I like and use the term prevenient grace, but I think it comes in many forms including the proclamation of the gospel itself. My definition of prevenient grace is basically anything that God does directly or through others o...
by mattrose
Mon May 04, 2020 1:35 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition
Replies: 10
Views: 6129

Re: What should a pastor do? Coronavirus edition

I appreciate the above discussion... As a pastor in NY state, here's where my thought process has been 1. It made a lot of sense to listen to the WHO and CDC and White House and NY State early on... b/c so much was unknown and it is better to err on the side of caution. Thus, we stopped having on-si...
by mattrose
Mon May 04, 2020 1:27 am
Forum: The Courtyard
Topic: Preaching to Myself
Replies: 99
Views: 91972

Re: Preaching to Myself

If anyone is interested in our 'online worship' services, here is our youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_ybQ ... Qn0rOC_2ew

i'm currently in a series called "FOR Crying Out Loud" that deals with our emotions
by mattrose
Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:28 am
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?
Replies: 30
Views: 9903

Re: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?

Matt, I think they show that not only did Jesus have a God that was not the Trinity while he walked the earth, but they show that he still does have a God now, post-resurrection and ascension. This would seem to challenge the Nicene notion that God and Jesus are ontologically equal and have the sam...
by mattrose
Tue Mar 10, 2020 5:36 pm
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?
Replies: 30
Views: 9903

Re: Jesus' God was not the Trinity, why is yours?

My problem with a list of Scripture verses like what we found in the opening post (used to question the doctrine of the Trinity) is that those very statements are the exact kind of statements trinitarians would expect to find in Scripture. By definition, if both groups (trinitarians and non-trinitar...
by mattrose
Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: The Trinity
Topic: Love and the Trinity
Replies: 87
Views: 45248

Re: Love and the Trinity

To my mind, 'holy' is an adjective that describes the noun 'love' when describing God's essential nature. God is holy love This way of saying it helps us to remember that when we say 'God is love'... we should not be pouring in a worldly definition of love. We must, instead, pour in a biblical defin...

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