Yes, but at the time, he wasn't a Jew. The idea of Jewish lineage going through the mother is not applied retroactively. That would be ridiculous, because then King David wouldn't be a Jew.
These things were probably not written by Paul. He was a Gentile, so he would not defer to the law even if he was a Jew, Jesus said he had come to end the law. These passages were likely added to the Bible by sexists trying to enshrine and successfully so ungodly patriarchy into the...
"And the end of words is to bring men to the knowledge of things beyond what words can utter. So, learn of the Lord to make a right use of the Scriptures: which is by esteeming them in their right place, and prizing that above them which is above them."
— Britain Yearly Meeting, Quaker...
Is Jesus Christ divine?
This might seem like something all Christians would answer "Yes" to, but certain Unitarian and other non-Nicene Christians, such as myself, would respond otherwise.
So, here goes a poll.
I don't agree with a single one of the points, nor in many cases even the doctrines underlying them, so let's dissect this for me.
Total depravity
I am a semi-Pelagian. I don't entirely subscribe to the idea of "original sin". I believe man is inherently neither good nor evil, and that it is...
If I know my Greek, kyríous (κυρίους) would be "for the Lords", not "of the Lord". That would be kyríou (κυρίου).
Anyway, my definition relies on Mt 18:20.
Matthew 18:20
"For where two or three have gathered together in My name...
Thanks for all the other welcomes!
Really? I didn't realise anyone paid much attention to what I wrote, though my recent blog post was shared around quite a bit.
I shall do that once I am able to post links I'd probably be a bit hopeless at explaining it myself, it's something I only recently read up on.
Try bibleinterp dot com/articles/Chilton_Mamzer_Jesus_Birth.shtml
The Churches Together organisation in my area organises, in January of each year, an open pulpit programme, where ministers of different denominations will for one Sunday exchange pulpits so, an Anglican vicar might find themselves in a Methodist Church, a Catholic priest in a Pentecostal...
I shall respond to these from a Quaker perspective. Note I do not represent every single Quaker, and some Quakers may think differently to me:
1. First of all, if any action that leads to death is to be taken as murder, then a whole lot of good-minded people are suddenly murderers. Secondly...
Greetings, I'm Fred, 18 years old, and live in the United Kingdom. I am a convinced (i.e. converted) Friend (i.e. Quaker), and I consider myself a Christian, or a disciple of Christ. I see my discipleship, and my membership in the Religious Society of Friends, as a covenant with God to do his...