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mattrose wrote:I don't think he un-ambiguously does much of anything

He's a master of ambiguity. Something about the guy sets off my warning radar, but I can't say exactly what it is. Maybe it's just me.

...all that is technically required to call oneself a Trinitarian is a belief that there are 3 (God, Jesus, Spirit) who are unified in some important sense. By this definition, I could comfortably call myself Trinitarian. Yet I find myself reluctant to do so. Mainly this is because formal definitio...

Praying for you Homer.

I still lurk about... but I find that I just don't have the time and energy to post as much these days.

I still appreciate these forums and all the great stuff on The Narrow Path.

I agree that the seemingly constant bickering can be tiresome at times. But I also think that it's important to remember that "iron sharpens iron" but in the process always creates friction and often sparks as well. I also wonder at what point do the differences become significant enough that they c...

I wonder if the majority of all contributors to the Bible Forum fall into this same category. I think it likely that the demographics of folks who find their way to these forums are pretty cerebral, and that, generally speaking, there is a strong correlation between that and being introverted. My w...

Hi Steve, Likewise any woman, who for some reason cannot restrain herself from groping a man not her husband, has got problems requiring extreme remedies. I can easily avoid such behavior, and I think anyone could, if they wished to. That's not a very accurate depiction of the scripture to which Pai...

Made in context. In that sort of situation, I could be affected by unfamiliar stressors and influences. I have been celibate for a very long time, have not reproduced, and am disinclined toward my reproducing in the future. The sequence of developments that would lead to my fathering a child, quite...

The Gospel message can certainly harden the heart of one who is opposed to it and does not want to hear of it. I have seen it happen. That's a great example of exactly my point. How does God harden the heart? Directly or indirectly? Which do you consider the example you just gave to be, direct or i...

Hi Brody, I'm not sure why you have a problem with this, I don't have a particular "problem" with it per se. It's just that, in my opinion, the Pharaoh example is hauled up way too quickly and way too often as a proof text for something that it may not be proving. In my view, very little considerati...