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Yes, He did. I do not deny it. It's right there in the infallible, inspired, inerrant Holy Scriptures - the Word of God. Jesus Christ actually said that, in history. He made the sound waves, and His disciples actually heard it. But that sentence cannot be allowed to run roughshod over its...

And Jesus said "This is my body", referring to... bread. The gospels all say it was bread. None of them say that the bread became his body, or that the wine became his blood. This is why it's so important, in biblical exegesis, to understand precisely what it is to which every single pronoun...

Little bit more specific: which member of the Trinity?

The purpose of this thread is to pose fun challenge questions about the Bible or theology that are not terribly deep, and do not provoke debate. Simple assertions, for example, easily backed up by a pretty direct verse, should be the answer to these questions. Here's the starter question: Who...

And I, being a Calvinist, believe that Jesus Christ is really and truly present in the Lord's Supper, but spiritually only. He still has a regular human body and soul, albeit glorified, but that nature of Christ is in heaven and not on earth in any way (until the Second Coming). Just gotta...

Mark, why don't you propose another? I'll give up my turn to generate a sequence.

Yes, I'm not perfect. I sometimes even sin when I know it's a sin. Most sin is inward, actually. The Ten Commandments often are only listing the most extreme negative (sometimes the extreme positive). For example, "Do not murder" is the extreme, outward negative of that commandment. But there...

Hmm. Well, this could be: OEIS Sequence A099015, rule Fib(n+1)*(2Fib(n)^2+Fib(n)Fib(n-1)+Fib(n-1)^2), with the next number 140, or OEIS Sequence A172448, with next number 344, or several other sequences. Maybe it's Sequence A053817?

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Alithis, I have several questions for you: 1. When Paul and Peter write commands in their letters, which you have quoted at length, do you believe they are writing commands to believers or unbelievers? 2. Are you perfect? That is, are you sinless right now? 3. If your answer to #2 above is...

312211. It's the number of numbers you say when you read out one digit at a time. You start with 1, then the next number is 11, meaning that I had to write "one one" to get the previous number. The next number, 21, means that in order to say the 11, I had to say "two ones". Then you had to say...

You forgot the New Math version, hehe. You'd have to talk about the set of loggers, and the set of costs, and the set of profits, etc. I'm actually not in favor of technology in the math classroom much, except maybe at the college level. Why? Because in order to get the right answer, you need...

I think they should be paid attention to a lot more than they are, at least in my circles (Presbyterian and Reformed). Most of the top-notch Reformed theologians, e.g., were absolutely steeped in the ECF's. Calvin and Bullinger could quote them from memory, and I'm sure others could as well. I...

Right, I believe sanctification is 100% God, 100% man, unlike justification which is 100% God. God works in us both to will and to do, AND we must do it with all our might. Without God's strength, I completely agree with you, we can do nothing. But we are also not to sit back and do nothing. If...

Totally agree. That anyone thinks Christians are arrogant because we believe we have the truth is an artifact of postmodernism (there is no meta-narrative, so who are you to think you have one?). But there must be a meta-narrative, for the same reason that there must be absolutes. To say...

About any line from The Princess Bride.

Repentance itself is a gift from God - a grace. You can see Heb. 12:17, where Esau sought to repent, but was unable. Since, from Rom. 9, we know that God did not save Esau, we see that the natural man, unregenerated by the Holy Spirit, is not able to repent on his own. Repentance is necessary...

Alithis: could you please clarify something for me? I want to know if you think a man's repentance is something he can do completely on his own strength, or whether he is completely dependent on God's strength to be able to do it?

I agree that every lie comes from the devil. Does it follow that every false statement comes from the devil? But perhaps more importantly, are you talking to the devil, or are you talking with another human being? What's the person you're talking to going to think? Are they automatically going...

Well, ok. I guess you and I will have to agree to disagree on the definition of the word "lie". Terms are "clear" or "unclear". Statements, which relate terms, are "true" or "false". Arguments, which relate statements, are "valid" or "invalid". Terms are not true or false, nor are they valid or...