I could inject this conversation into my veins. At the end of the video when you discuss the value of theologically educated pastors, not all flooding the academy but staying inside the church, I say hallelujah, and also, we need a movement of theologically educated professionals and government workers. I am a layman in government, and I love my theological education, and I use it everyday. But it's also a worldview, as well as a skill set. I view theological education especially biblical theology and exegesis in the N.T. as the game changer in my life. I did not have the means to finish my M.Div. 30 years ago, but I absolutely benefit from KZread "seminary". I am probably glad I did not finish, as it was a very Calvinist school, and is less so nowadays. Dr. Witherington, NT Wright, and Dr. Michael Heiser have been very helpful as I reinterpret Romans 9-11.

@TheologyProjectOnline

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, thanks so much for watching and taking time to leave such an encouraging comment. You are exactly the kind of person the church and the world needs. You've hit on my personal mission with Theology Project - to equip believers (and especially pastors) to see the world theologically by speaking well of God and living into God's purposes for them in the world. Again, thanks for stopping by the channel!

@jeromemausling6324

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment Steve. I couldn't agree more and most interestingly, the three people you mention having great influence over you are the same three gentlemen that have recently influenced and encouraged me most over the past two years.

Dr Ben and Dr Heiser can actually communicate deep accurate ideas to the average Joe. Well done guys. Thanks.

I really enjoyed and learned from his socio-rhetorical commentary on the Gospel of Mark.

@TheologyProjectOnline

3 жыл бұрын

The commentaries are very helpful. Who are other authors/theologians you'd like to hear from?

@MarkBlockbranson

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheologyProjectOnline I'd like to hear more about the time period after Acts and during the church fathers. I've never taken much time to learn about the key players and that time period. I have also enjoyed reading Sam Storms, Mike Heiser, Jack Deere, Michael Brown, and others. Unfortunately many of the people I have read are no longer alive or are not doing well. Dr. Gordon Fee has impacted me greatly.

Would enjoy hearing Dr. John Oswalt on Isaiah or Exodus concerning the impact on NT.

@TheologyProjectOnline

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have Oswalt on!

Thank you, Gentlemen. 🌹🌹🌹

Dr. Ben Witherington III, has written 40 books. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Witherington_III

Pastor could you interview Joel Richardson or Charles Cooper.

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Has Dr. Wetherington Read Michael Hayes nurse unseen realm

@christopherdickinson5051

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly. I believe Heiser had him on his naked bible podcast.

This guy has a huge hole in his understanding.....just because God predestines the Elect to salvation; does not mean that He forces them to love Him back. Jesus said "If you love Me; obey My commands!" God didn't force the Israelites to love Him back. He disciplined them and punished them for their sins.....but God never forces anyone to love Him back. Most of the American Church doesn't obey God....does that mean that God didn't save them? Just because they don't love God back. No! Salvation from hell is a gift from God....but God still doesn't force anyone to love Him back. He evidently thinks that the Calvinist God forces His people to love Him back....not true! Sadly the only way these people destroy Calvinism is to make up straw man arguments....this guy is supposedly this learned man who has written over 60 books....and he doesnt understand simple things like that....sad.....Maybe his real problem is that he may not be one of the Elect? Thats why Jesus warned "Many will say to Me Lord Lord, and He will say to them Depart from Me; I never knew you!"

@Berean_with_a_BTh

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It seems it is _you_ who doesn't understand Calvinism's fundamentals - not that I'm defending Arminianism, either. You even rely on a poor translation of John 14:15, but then argue that verse proves something it isn't even talking about. If you're going to argue over what the Bible teaches, at least try to use relevant passages. And do yourself a favour by using a decent translation. Indeed, take time to consider what the original text says and means. As an example, in John 14:15, the Greek verb τηρέω (téreó), meaning _to watch over, to guard,_ is in the Future Indicative Active form (τηρήσετε), not in the Present Imperative Active form (ἐντολάς). Hence it is not a commandment for those who love Jesus but a sign that they do. As for Calvinism itself, there is no scriptural support for the imputation of: 1. Adam's guilt to anyone; 2. our guilt to Christ; or 3. Christ's righteousness to us. These are just inferences Calvinists have imported into Scripture (i.e. eisegesis) to support their doctrine. What we do see, though, is that faithfulness to God was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness (Romans 4:3, 9, 22). See also Romans 4:5-6 for righteousness on the basis of faithulness being imputed to others also. Moreover, 2 Corinthians 5:21 says Christ was _made_ sin for us (not that our sin was imputed to Him) and that we _become_ the righteousness of God through union with Christ (not just have it imputed to us). See also Romans 3:22; 5:19; Galatians 3:13 & Philippians 3:9. The language of 2 Corinthians 5:21 suggests Christ was made a sin offering (a sacrifice for sin), as per John 1:29; Ephesians 5:2 & Hebrews 9:26. The doctrine of Original Sin is a plain contradiction of Ecclesiastes 7:29 ( _Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices_ ). What Scripture clearly shows is that human sinfulness arises during one’s youth (Genesis 8:21; Jeremiah 3:25) and that children must reach a certain level of maturity before they are able to make moral choices between good and evil (Isaiah 7:15-16). Furthermore, since the human spirit is not inherited from one’s parents but is given to each person individually by God (Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9), it is unreasonable to suppose it is any less pure at conception than the source from whence it comes. Thus the T of TULIP is contrary to Scripture.

@timclark2925

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@@Berean_with_a_BTh I Cor 15:22 "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." I don't think you have any clue what you are talking about and I'm not sure how your response even addresses my original comment.....smh. Psalm 51:5 "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me."

@Berean_with_a_BTh

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​@@timclark2925 Clearly, you don't understand the difference between _union_ and _imputation._ Even Augustine, the Father of the doctrine of Original Sin, was smart enough not to use 1 Corinthians 15:22 as a proof-text. Psalm 51:5 says nothing of imputation guilt either. It would be nice to see how you account for Calvinism's imputation of guilt doctrine contradicting Deuteronomy 24:16, Ezekiel 18:20 & 24 and Ecclesiastes 7:29. And, since it seems you want to play the proof-text game, perhaps you would care to explain explain how the following passages are compatible with imputation of Adam's guilt: *Psalm 22:10* _On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God_ *Psalm 71:6* _Upon you I have leaned from before my birth_ *Jeremiah 1:5* _Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you_ *Luke 1:15* _he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb._ And, when you're done with that, perhaps you'd care to explain why Jesus enjoined his followers to become like infants/little children and how the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as them (Matthew 18:3; 19:14), if they're riddled with Adam’s guilt. One of the problems everyone faces with the passages so favoured by Calvinists is translation bias. Bible translation committees are dominated by Calvinist and Reformed theologians whose tendency is to translate Scripture in a way that conforms to the theological presuppositions they bring to the text. Other Calvinist and Reformed Christians then use those biased translations to support their doctrine. In Acts 13:48, for example, the Greek verb τάσσω (tassó) is typically translated as _appointed._ Given the broader context of Acts 13:46-48 and the form of the verb, however, it should be translated along the lines of _disposed._ We see the same sort of thing in Romans 8:29, where προγινώσκω (proginóskó) gets translated with the archaic 'foreknew' instead of 'previously knew', as in Acts 26:5, because the vagueness of 'foreknew' allows them to read the text a particular way. Likewise, the translation of προορίζω (proorizó) as 'predestined' in Romans 8:29 has nothing to do with Calvinistic determinism. With Isaiah 53:11, they've even gone so far as to slip 'accounted' into the text of some translations (e.g. ESV, RSV) in support of their doctrine of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to us.

@timclark2925

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@@Berean_with_a_BTh I dont worship augustine....you can worship men....I dont....ha

@timclark2925

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@@Berean_with_a_BTh Your ignorance is beyond belief....you are arguing with the Apostle Paul; not me.....just be quiet....Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned-" Jesus Christ had to be born of a virgin; otherwise He would have been born with a sin nature; just like all the rest of humanity has been.......