http://web.cloudbow.com/blog My personal quest for biblical truth Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:22:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Acts 18:18 NASB - Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. Just what was Paul's vow? The majority of commentators ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=61  Just a couple of stray thoughts I've had recently regarding John 8:58 and the trinitarian belief that Jesus was claiming to be the "I AM" – 1.  Isn't it odd that Jesus would blurt out to the Jews that he was God when he didn't even want his ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=60 LUKE In Luke's gospel account, he writes in the very first verses of those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning, and how he (Luke) investigated everything from the beginning. The text continues on, intertwining the births and ministries of John the Baptist ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=59 Believe in God and believe in His Son, Jesus Christ. "Believe in God, believe also in me" (John 14:1). To believe in "the name" of Jesus Christ (1 John 3:23, 1 John 5:13) is, I believe, to recognize Christ as Lord in your heart and of your ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=58 In Sunday school this past Sunday we read and discussed Acts chapter 9. As it happens, I'm reading the Gospel of John at home and on Monday morning I read chapter 9. Some interesting similarities between the story of Jesus giving sight to the man born blind and Paul's encounter ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=57 I've recently started reading a book by G. K. Beale titled, We Become What We Worship. I'm finding lots of little gems in the book. Among them: His study is centered on Isaiah 6. Emphasis added by me. A bit of background text: "Thus the idols have eyes and ears but cannot really ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=46 I am a young earth creationist; I believe the physical heavens and earth were created in six days as accounted for us in the book of Genesis. Answers in Genesis (AIG) is a large, worldwide creation ministry, based in the United States and Australia. In recent years AIG has opened ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=45 This is an update to the previous entry, Was Jesus Omniscient? Someone responded that Jesus had to be God manifest in the flesh because he could read the thoughts of men. This person quoted the following verses as proof texts: Matthew 9:3-4 (3)  And some of the scribes said to themselves, "This fellow ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=44 As a defense of the deity of Christ, trinitarians cite certain verses as demonstrations that Jesus was indeed omniscient. He knew of a certain coin that would be in a fish's mouth before the fish was caught (Matthew 17:27), he knew specific details about the life of a woman he ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=43 Psalm 49:7 NASB - No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him-- I have been seeing this verse put forward by trinitarians as proof that Jesus had to be God in order to redeem mankind by his blood. However, viewing Psalm 49:7 ... http://web.cloudbow.com/blog/?p=42