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GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #10
Matthew 15.29-31
In response to the healing miracles of Jesus, a crowd praises “the God of Israel.”
- A simple yet, in my view, powerful witness to the sep…
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GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #9
Matthew 13.36-43
Jesus’ explanation of the parable of the wheat and weeds, in which the Son of Man plants good seed then sends angels to remove the “weeds” from his king…
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GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #8
Matthew 12.15-21
Another critical passage.
In v.16, Jesus warns those he has healed “not to reveal who he was.” In v.17, Matthew tells us of the fulfillment of an …
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Some comments about the first 25 texts cited in this review:
The most striking observation I make about the first 25 texts in this review is that no one calls Jesus God.
- No recipient of one of his miracles does …
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GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #7
Matthew 11.1-6
Having completed the instructions he has for his disciples on their mission, Jesus continues his preaching and teaching ministry. Disciples of the impriso…
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@reformed posted:
Curious Bill, what was the criteria for choosing your selected passages?
GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #6
Matthew 9.35-38
In response to the needs of crowds of people he perceives to be confused and helpless, Jesus instructs his disciples to “pray to the Lord who is in charg…
@reformed posted:
Yes Bill, that is what I am saying. It is a culture problem because if you take …
@Pages posted:
I understand this thread to be about the trinity, specifically, as to how it is false vi…
GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #5
Matthew 8.28-34
Jesus releases demons from two men. In their interaction with Jesus the demons ask, "Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you c…
@Pages posted:
Yes, the “king of the Jews“ understood as Messiah, by Herod, would car…
@Wolfgang posted:
I would keep such supposedly "non-gendered" references as "self" out of the pict…
GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION 4
Matthew 4:17
Jesus launches his preaching ministry by directing people to “repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
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@Pages posted:
I can only wonder at how one c…
@reformed posted:
The homicide rate shows it is not a problem with weapons. The issue is something…
@reformed posted
Let's ban knives and take knife manufacturers to court!
In the …
GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #3
Matthew 3.13-17
John the Baptizes Jesus only after Jesus tells him that he and John must "carry out all that God requires." Upon Jesus' exit from under the water the hea…
GOSPELS PASSAGES COLLECTION #2
Luke 2:25–35
In his description of Simeon’s temple encounter with Mary and the baby Jesus, Luke refers to Jesus as “the Messiah” who would “come and rescue Israel, and “…
INTRODUCTION
To give my Sunday group simplified access to what I hope will be every Bible text that is relevant to the issue of whether Jesus was God, I intend to create lists of readings from 1) the Gospels; 2) Acts; 3) th…
@reformed posted:
And there is ZERO evidence that it was withheld for an investigatio…
@reformed posted:
Sorry, second hand on anything that is actually an impeachable accusation.
<…@reformed posted:
Yeah, her second-hand testimony that she actually has no information about thing…
@reformed posted:
Surely though you agree that I am correct that SCOTUS did not rule for or agains…
