Encouraging the use of Patristic Tradition in Heremeneutics
This conversation with a dear friend was probably motivated by his skepticism in our use of the post-Apostolic patristic writings of the church of the very first 300 to 400 years, all Ante-Nicene. The...
View ArticleScripture and Patristic Writers Against ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED
Can those who are saved ever be lost?Some ScriptureThe Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 2 Chron. 15:2.The...
View ArticleAn OBJECT LESSON on Divine INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE
Everyone accepts that the Bible is plenary inspired, i.e., the "message" of Scripture taken as a whole and individual parts synthesized and fitting together towards the whole message, without...
View ArticleCORRECTING THE POPULAR VIEW OF VERBAL INSPIRATION
Paul quoted either Psalm 13:1-3 of the LXX in Romans 3:11-18. Psalm 14:1-3 of the Masoretic Text which both Roman Catholics and Protestants use today, does not even come close to the quote.Paul's...
View ArticleKEY FAILURES of Evangelistic Messages in Western Christianity
Almost all denominations know that the book of Romans is the Apostle Paul’s doctoral dissertation on the doctrine of salvation. They mostly discuss "the righteousness of God comes through faith" in the...
View ArticleHIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT #1: Is Salvation Free? #2: Anger, the Christian, and...
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT 1Salvation according to the gospel of the kingdom is free. You just have to pay for it the rest of your life."Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let...
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Responses to Papers from Academia.edu
May 9.2022 Fr. Panayiotis of the Greek Orthodox Church has been my resource in many subjects relating to the Post-Apostolic faith.Hello again Fr. Panayiotis, I have been reading and studying the...
View ArticleBible Concepts that need to be understood CORRECTLY based the interpretations...
Ignored, misinterpreted or overlooked passages with extreme importance to eternal lifeSource: Our Sunday DEEP DIVE discussions. Videos will be published in YouTube as a playlistTemporal vs. Eternal....
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The Sinner's Prayer THAT SAYS IT ALL
[This prayer alone can be an evangelistic tool if explained properly]Lord Jesus,Thank you for your personal invitation for me to enter your Kingdom where I will be your loyal subject having no will of...
View ArticleHIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT #4: Why bronze SERPENT???
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHTWhy bronze SERPENT???John 3:14-15: Jesus speaking:"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have...
View ArticleHIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT #5
THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENTThere are many different views of the Atonement and what it means to the unredeemed man. After reading the various views, it is beginning to be obvious to me why the views...
View ArticleHIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT #6
THE MOST DEFEATED and MISERABLE CHRISTIANS......are those who got sucked into the theology that God promised a happy life on earth called the "abundant life".There is NO SUCH PROMISE for the following...
View ArticleWesleyanism is NOT Reformation Protestantism
Ignorance of History and John Wesley is at the heart of why many Wesleyans believe they are Protestants or part of the Protestant Reformation movement. Nothing can be farther from the truth and...
View ArticleTHE MYSTERY OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE MYSTERY OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH (Church following the tradition of the post-Apostolic fathers)The "apostolic" Church can be likened to a multi-star Michelin restaurant.The Bible is just the Menu....
View ArticleEXPERIENCE, NOT THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTION.
EXPERIENCE, NOT THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTION.The best output of all theology is at best an anthropomorphism (approximate image of God), and is therefore utterly inadequate without the real experience of...
View ArticleA Critique of the Modern Wesleyan
The following is copied from a personal note I gave to a Church of the Nazarene pastor. I have redacted the personal notes and left the principles intact.FIRST NOTE"... pastors, especially Wesleyan...
View ArticleTHE MODERN CHRISTIAN PARADOX OF SALVATION
THE MODERN CHRISTIAN PARADOX OF SALVATION"We believe BUT we don't believe"Most Christians believe in the Trinity, One God in Three Persons, The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Yet this truth is...
View ArticleJohn 1:12 according to St. John Chrysostom
John Chysostom explains the meaning of: “But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God.” John 1:12 Many modern Christians presume that we become...
View ArticleTHE STORY OF THE NAKED WOMAN
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. [Colossians 3:2]THE STORY OF THE NAKED WOMANA completely naked Brit gets into a taxi whose driver is a Chinese. He looks her...
View ArticleThe Great American Christian Heresies (Party 1)
Heresy: the “corruption of truth” has traditionally be known to be caused by the following:Teaching that deviates from the Apostles doctrine and that of the post-Apostolic church: “strange...
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