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FATHER & SON’S INSEPARABLE UNION Paid Members Public
The following lengthy exposition of John 5:18-29 is taken from Donlad A. Carson’s The Gospel according to John, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; W.B. Eerdmans, 1991), pp. 249–259. All emphasis will be mine. 5:18. Jesus’ opponents instantly grasp
IRENAEUS ON MARK 16:9-20 Paid Members Public
This post is taken from James Snapp’s blog: The Text of the Gospels: Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark. Craig Evans and the Ending of Mark A prominent evangelical commentator has spread misinformation about an important text-critical question. I wrote this post as a means of doing something
AUGUSTINE: FATHER GREATER THAN CHRIST Paid Members Public
The following extracts are taken from St. Augustine’s Tractates on the Gospel of John. All emphasis is mine. On John 5:18-19 16. Further, what said the evangelist as he went on? Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but
The Holy Spirit: Jesus’ Divine Mother? Paid Members Public
In his commentary on Isaiah, St. Jerome quotes a Gospel attributed to certain Jewish sects that identified the Holy Spirit as a female and thought that the Spirit was Jesus’ mother. This Gospel also claims it was the Holy Spirit who spoke to Christ at the latter’s baptism, where
SAVING FAITH = OBEDIENCE Paid Members Public
The God-breathed Scriptures define true saving faith as being obedient to God which comes about by obeying his commandments: “Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name. Read full chapter Romans 1:5
JOHN 17:3 ONCE AGAIN! Paid Members Public
The following is taken from the monumental work titled The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense, authored by Robert M. Bowman Jr. & J. Ed Komoszewski, published by Kregel Academic, Grand Rapids, MI, 2024, Part 3: The Name of Jesus: Jesus’ Divine Names Chapter 20: Jesus as Distinct
EARLY CHRISTIANS ON MATT. 27:52-53 Paid Members Public
Matthew reports that after Christ died an earthquake occurred which caused the tombs of a group of believers to split open. These believers then came back to life on the third day and appeared to many in the holy city: “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and
LUTHER ON MARY BIRTHING JESUS Paid Members Public
The following is excerpted from this post: Luther on Luke 2 – Saint John’s Lutheran Church. Then there are some who express opinions concerning how this birth took place, claiming Mary was delivered of her child while she was praying, in great joy, before she became aware of it, without