The Narrow Path Ministries

Does not God use the imagery of a lover in describing his relationship with his people? Q.v. , Ezekiel 16:7-8. "Lover" does not necessarily imply an illicit status, and there is something worthy of regard about the romantic model for relationship - that profound, needful desire for intimacy and mutu...

Hi, Matt, This, in my observation, is a very common mistake among many liberal scholars these days. They develop a methodology which simply can't speak to the issue (not necessarily a bad thing), but they then refuse to invite other fields as meaningful partners in discussion (which is obviously pro...

Hello, JC, Thank you for your response. Emmet, thank you once again for extending your knowledge base to others. You're a much more enjoyable "foe" than, say, Richard Dawkins. :wink: I'm not so familiar with Richard Dawkins, but it's nice to have someone to cite re: my " enjoyable 'foe' "ness. Not e...

Hello, Perry, Thank you for your response. kaufmannphillips: If it makes you feel better, certain homosexual intercourse carries the same penalty. Perry: You'ld do better to read my posts before commenting on them. A casual observation might have revealed I've made no comment about homosexuals one w...

Hello, JC, Thank you for your response. kaufmannphillips: But my first counter-counter-question would be: who mediated for the priest under the Mosaic laws? JC: The same sacrifice, no? The priest, from my understanding, was a point-man called on to carry out the sacrifice and officiate temple dealin...

Hello, JC, Thank you for your response. In the Torah, as well as my own scriptures, we see that God often sanctions a point-man to mediate between himself and the rebels that he seeks to draw to himself. Why he does so has not been revealed to me but it seems obvious enough that God requires mediati...

Hello, Perry, Thank you for your response. I still say you are being less direct than clear communication warrants. You are welcome to ask questions to pursue clarification. Moreover, I find the accusation itself a real head-scratcher. On what basis do you suggest that I care more for the American l...

Hello, Rick, Thank you for your response. When I worked in Psychiatry for 7 years I was not permitted to speak about what is now called "sexual orientation" (formerly known as "sexual preference") from a Christian-religious viewpoint. This would have gotten me fired. I was once verbally warned for c...

Hello, Perry, Thank you for your reply. Are you saying your oblique ad-hominin(sp?) would have been more justified had I turned out to be Roman Catholic? RC, Mormon, Methodist, Calvary Chapel, Sikh, whatever - so long as one might prefer the liberty afforded by the American laissez-faire tradition o...

Hello, JC, A tardy response here. Anyone following Ezekiel's mandate, given by God, would have been accepted by God. One might then wonder why sacrificial mediation is needed at all since God tells Ezekiel that anyone who turns from evil will live. My counter-question would be... did God still requi...