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In chapter 18 of Exegetical Gems From Biblical Greek, Benjamin Merkle focuses on Hebrew 13:5 and the subjunctive mood. He begins by asking whether the passage from Hebrews is one of the most powerful verses in the Bible and, if so, then why? While the subjunctive is sometimes used to express uncertain action, Merkle invokes 1 John 2:28 and 1 John 3:2 to show that the subjunctive does not always express uncertain action but might communicate the fact that a time is unknown or indefinite, yet the event could still be certain (80-81). Hence, Merkle prefers to tag the subjunctive mood as indefini ..read more

No, I have not converted to Trinitarianism,  but these links provide information about the so-called social Trinity and they illustrate the difference between the social Trinity and the Latin Trinity: https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dr.-John-Jefferson-Davis%E2%80%94Defending-the-Social-Trinity.pdf https://philarchive.org/archive/BROTPW https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lujpr/vol3/iss1/2/ https://theaquilareport.com/why-we-must-reject-social-trinitarianism-it-is-neither-nicene-nor-biblical/ https://bjrt.gtu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/4-2-6_Ryu.pdf http ..read more

Greetings all, Thanks for reading the entries here and for all the conversations/dialogues about the posted subjects. I'm going to devote more time to family, working a little more, but also to congregational responsibilities and meditation/study of the Bible. This blog has kept me mentally occupied, but other things need my attention now. I appreciate you all, and there might be a post or so submitted before I end blogging, but the plan is to turn off commenting and stop posting by 12:00 am EST tonight. Best regards and agape/philostorgos to my brothers and sisters out there (Romans 12:10 ..read more

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Jesus declares that he and his Father are one (Jn 10:30). But this verse need not suggest that he is claiming equality with the Father (Jn 14:28; 17:3; 20:17; 1 Cor 8:5-6; 11:3; 15:24-28). Moreover, the apostle John describes Jesus as theos in his Gospel (Jn 1:1, 18; 20:28). Nevertheless, it appears that Second Temple Judaism and Christian NT writers respectively utilize theos or elohim in a broad monotheistic framework. Therefore, elohim is applied to Melchizedek five times in the Qumran document concerning the ancient king-priest of Salem (11QMelch 2:9-13). Philo also speaks of Moses as a go ..read more

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When commenting on the Greek of 1 Corinthians 8:5, 6, Clarence T. Craig observes that for the first century writer of Corinthians: “only one is really God, the Father of all, who is the Creator and consummation of all things” (Craig “Interpreter’s” 93-94). Craig further elucidates this point, noting: Paul chose his prepositions [ex and dia] carefully in order to distinguish between God the Father, who is the ultimate source of creation, and Christ, the Lord, through whom [dia] this activity takes place . . . it is perfectly clear what Paul wants to affirm. Neither Caesar nor Isis is Lord, but ..read more

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