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The Confutation Of Metaphysical Naturalism

Objection : Most of the concepts on the trinity are extrabiblical and derived from the nicene creeds.    That’s just a conspiracy theory.   Since I find the Nicene Creed to be monarchical & disagree, it’s doubtful that my belief in the Trinity is derived from the Nicene Creed. Rather, the choice the Bible offers is between modalism & trinitarianism, & since the created order testifies to the existence of God’s INVISIBLE attributes & authority & displays simultaneous unity & diversity in equal measure, modalism lacks the explanatory value of trinitarianism.    For example numbers are infinitely perichoretic.    If modalism obtains, the image of God tilts toward unity more than diversity which, as to whole numbers means that the fractional integers that make any set of whole numbers perfectly perichoretic don’t exist — yet they do.  Objection : This outside of space and time, uncaused caused, without body, parts, or pass...

Chatima Tova

4  And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5   12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, 6   12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh, 7   12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar, 8   12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. 9  After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,  10  and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”  11  And all the angels were standin...

A Dog’s Prayer

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  Hold To God’s Unchanging Hand 

Chatima Tova!

  1. As to the translation of the text from Greek into English, sometimes, there’s a certain amount of Ecclesiastical Tradition/Liturgical Philosophy that creeps into the translation process makes it to the page.   For example, here are 3 representative English translations of Romans 16:7. 7  Greet Andronicus and Junia,my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,[and they were in Christ before me. (ESV) 7  Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. (NET) 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. (NASB) In this case, a number of the members of the ESV, NET, & NASB translation committee hail from institutions/churches/denominations in which a great many members, leaders, &tc already believe that only men are allowed to hold ecclesiastical off...

The Day The Nazi Died

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THE DAY THE NAZI DIED … ALWAYS REMEMBER . NEVER FORGET .  We're told that after the war The Nazis vanished without a trace But battalions of fascists Still dream of a master race The history books they tell Of their defeat at '45 But they all came out of the woodwork On the day the Nazi died They say the prisoner at Spandau Was a symbol of defeat Whilst Hess remained imprisoned And the fascists, they were beat So the promise of an Aryan world Would never materialize So why did they all come out of the woodwork On the day the Nazi died The world is riddled with maggots The maggots are getting fat They're making a tasty meal of all The bosses and bureaucrats They're taking over the boardrooms And they're fat and full of pride And they all came out of the woodworking  On the day the Nazi died So if you meet with these historians I'll tell you what to say Tell them that the Nazis Never really went away They're out there burning houses down And peddling racist li...