Thayer’s Strikes Back

In discussion with fellow Christians that are committed to their traditions will use outdated materials to defend their beliefs. These desperate maneuvers to preserve a position is quite bad. I’m not directing this at anyone, but I’m leaving that for future discussions. Josh Smith(Calvinist Klein) directs you to Wallace: “…in 1895, Adolf Deissmann published his Bibelstudien – an innocently titled work that was to revolutionize the study of the NT. In this work (later translated into English under the title Bible Studies) Deissmann showed that the Greek of the NT was not a language invented by the Holy Spirit (Hermann … Continue reading Thayer’s Strikes Back

Universal Agreement

It is often presented by certain individuals that a universal agreement exists in certain debates. This may be possible, but often it is an attempt to be intellectually lazy and maybe even deceptive. In a discussion about Election in the New Testament an individual proclaimed that the Jews had a uniform concept of Election that is very alien to that of Protestant and Reformed thought. That the Pharisees, Essenes, and Sadducees all agreed on the issue of Election. Fundamental to any study of the history of Judaism in Late Antiquity is the question of how to understand the diversity of … Continue reading Universal Agreement

Shamounian Mistakes

In an exchange with Sam Shamoun in his comment section. Sam tries to debunk Calvinism and he fails to do so. I informed him that he missed the point in his video attacking Calvinism. I explain that the reformed perspective on Colossians 1:20 is directed towards an eschatological interpretation and that he is inconsistent in his interpretation. I argued he ended up creating difficulty between the members of the Trinity. That reformed Christians maintain that faith is the means by which we are united with Christ and is not irrelevant. He deleted my original statements and I will try to … Continue reading Shamounian Mistakes