Recent content by tdidymas

There were also others besides the gnostics who invented stories about Jesus and His followers and His mother. The gnostics were a problem in the early church in the 1st Century, and is partly the reason behind the epistles of James, John, and Jude. Anything with gnostic content tells me it...

Paul clearly states in Rom. 8 that we who have the Spirit of God dwelling in us are NOT "in the flesh." Therefore, we must make a distinction, and not confuse terms. Sin is a term used for failing to please God; that is, failing to do God's will. Flesh is a term used for the natural body and its...

The people in the crowd knew them socially, did they not? They were stating the obvious, that Jesus' brothers grew up with him in the same house. They used the term "brothers," not "cousins" or "relatives." So then, they were siblings. But it surprises me that you never stated that they might...

"Law of the flesh" is not a phrase that appears in the Bible. Are you talking about the "law of sin"?

I take it, yes, as I did the same thing in response to him. But "free" is also an adjective.

There is a difference between freewill from the human point of view and freewill from the spiritual point of view. Human-human relations seek to make autonomous choices in that regard, and to loathe tyranny or coercion of any kind. However, the nature of our relationship with God as Christians...

God works in mysterious ways (and surprising, too!). I have been surprised many times in my life how God communicated to me. But mostly through His word and my conscience. However, I remember 2 times when He just literally spoke words into my mind just like I was hearing someone next to me...

Not sure what you mean by "law of the flesh." In the context of Gal. 5, when Paul uses the word "law," he is talking about the 10 Commandments and all of the statutes and ordinances designed around it. Most translations render v. 18b as "you are not under the law." It means that Christians are...

Conservatives have been saying for years that the current admin's weak foreign policy is weakening our stance among the nations, and this is proof of it. Since it is so obvious, the "conspiracy theory" idea that Demos claim is behind the "weaponization of justice" is clearly false. Yet, Biden...

It appears to me you are straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, when you try to analyze words without taking the context into consideration. It is not good interpretation to use external definitions and try to force it on the text. Words (and their nuances) are defined by the way they are...

Are you trying to patronize me? (I'm being sarcastic, since your response appears ludicrous.) My interpretation is based on examination of the text, not on feelings or religious sentiments as your interpretation appears. Correct Interpretation of the text has nothing to do with feelings or...

Your argument fails, in that Jesus is speaking something that is obviously contrary to what was obvious, that Jesus had familial brothers. Do you deny that "Your mother" was his familial mother? Of course not! And so, the people knew that He had familial brothers He grew up with, and therefore...

I disagree with you on most counts. It was not necessary for NT writers to say that Mary had biological children after Jesus, because they all knew it to be true. No other explanation makes sense with all the passages referring to His brothers, even the one in which He says that everyone who...

You likely know this already, but the "Gospel of James" dated 2-3rd C. looks to me like a fictional account of Mary that was mixed in with other Greek and Coptic apocryphal manuscripts. IMO the Coptics are borderline cultic, since they (maybe not all) accept fictional literature like The Book of...

Your opinion. And why does Heb. say that a change of priesthood requires a change of law (Heb. 7:12)? Your opinion. But John uses Roman time, not Jewish time. See the clear proof here...