Christ Delivers by Judaism and Hellenism — Summary (Please Read First) The purpose of this post is to demonstrate what spiritual or pneumatic exegesis is like. I will concede that it is not reading the scriptures in a textual and exegetical sense, but it is reading them in a spiritual sense based on the criteria of Christ and good judgement. It’s…

Ah, the old Marcionite argument! Nothing creative or new for that matter. — The Ridiculous Conflation (e.g. You’re a Marcionite Scum!) This accusation of being a Marcionite from misinformed Christians is nothing creative, new, intelligently sound, or even virtuous. Instead, I regard it as immature, heretical, delusional, and even downright blind to all the senses of the mind (I know the latter reason is put into extreme, but the first three…

The Offering of Cain — Website Content CAIN'S OFFERING: Why did God reject it, yet He accepted Abel's offering? The original question was: Why was Cain's vegetable offering not accepted by God? We know that offerings of grain and…askjohnmackay.com Commentary of John Mackay’s Interpretation Italics: John Mackay///Normal: Me We know from the rest of the story that Cain was an angry and violent man, who resisted God’s counsel, so his attitude was certainly a problem. However, there was more to it than that. How would Abel and Cain have known about offerings and sacrifices…

Why I Must Respectfully Disagree With My Anabaptist Friends — Rebutted — Why I Must Respectfully Disagree With My Anabaptist Friends - The Gospel Coalition | Canada Baptists and Anabaptists are often confused with one another. Despite having many similar beliefs and several common and…ca.thegospelcoalition.org Introduction THIS STORY IS NOT INTENTIONALLY SEEKING TO SLANDER OR FALSELY ASSUME THEIR MOTIVES, but the intent is to rebut the deception that they are presenting despite malice intentions. I understand this platform comes from a kind of Reformed tradition, yet I would advise rejecting it in light of evidence and…

Rebutting “Refutation of Universalism” (Part #1) — A Refutation of Universalism "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."…truthbetold7.substack.com The Introduction of Insanity This “orthodox” Christian seems to be very critical of universal salvation based on his bias and clouded judgement. He isn’t a Protestant, but some eastern Christian retaining much hostility towards the doctrine of apokatastasis. He first makes the mistake that Gnostic believers were the first proponents for universal salvation. He…

Rebutting Annihilationism on the Patristic Evidence [PT. 1] — Introduction Throughout church history, the notion of hell has always been speculated and disputed for centuries. At some point, there were three schools of thought for universalism, one school for everlasting torment, and another school for total annihilation. This triune dispute has remain even unto this day. The topic today will…

Correcting Misconceptions & Fundamentalists on Biblical Inerrancy — Literal/Textual vs Adaptive/Mystical Inerrancy The biggest issue with Fundamentalists is their insistence on scriptural inerrancy. They attempt to use the church fathers to argue for belief in biblical inerrancy like citing Augustine, Irenaeus, Clement of Rome, etc. Although, it’s true that they held to some idea of inerrancy but not this idea of literal…

5 Reasons to Reject It Morally — Moral Discernment The topic that is deemed as controversial within the church would be the tolerance or rejection of homosexual unions. As a theopneustic Christian, I do not consider using the biblical literature as supreme and indisputable evidence for marriage to be exclusive, because other issues like polygamy and patriarchy found within…

Combine these theories to compensate for each weakness and maximize its advantages. — The Necessity of Valid Philosophy Before anyone asserts any defense for libertarian free will as an argument, I would consider this kind of philosophy to be an exaggeration of the nature of free will. I suggest our approach in understanding free agency should change or adapt to a better model rather than adhere to traditional…