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Foster's Theological Reflections: March 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Monday, March 30, 2015. Arnobius of Sicca Rejects the Graeco-Roman Myths. I have plenty of quotes from Arnobius and Lactantius that demonstrate how they viewed mythic accounts of the "nationes/gentes.". Appealing to the consensus omnium. Sunday, March 29, 2015. John D. Barrow's "Take" on Entropy ("The Book of Nothing"). The Book of Nothing. Saturday, March 28, 2015. Πρωτότ...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: August 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Monday, August 31, 2015. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (The Referent? A reader has asked me to watch a video, then offer some comments on it. My time is tight now. But I did view this video and might have some thoughts prepared by Wednesday. I've heard the argument before that Satan is not the referewnt of 2 Cor 4:4, but it's really God (Jehovah). Having said the foregoing, however,...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: Owen Thomas' Explanation of the Trinity Doctrine
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Sunday, July 19, 2015. Owen Thomas' Explanation of the Trinity Doctrine. Professor Owen Thomas endeavors to articulate what the Trinity is and is not:. Quote taken from Thomas' work Introduction to Theology. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 1994. Page 71. Https:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity#/media/File:Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg. He also does not reckon that Chris...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: April 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Tuesday, April 28, 2015. EXQRA in James 4:4. Comments follow from Louw and Nida's Greek Lexicon:. Ἔχθρα, ας [feminine]: a state of enmity with someone-'enmity, being an enemy of.' οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστίν: 'do you not know that being friendly with the world means being at enmity with God? Ἔχθρ-α , Ion. ἔχθρη , ἡ,. Saturday, April 25, 2015.
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Foster's Theological Reflections: June 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Monday, June 29, 2015. God, Time and Stephen T. Davis. Stephen T. Davis argues that God is temporal: "Time, perhaps, is an eternal aspect of God's nature rather than a reality independent of God" ( Logic and the Nature of God. 23) He reasons that "time was not created" since it possibly exists in a manner analogous to numbers. Distinctions like "metaphysical time" versus s...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: July 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Sunday, July 19, 2015. William Lane Craig on the Logical Basis of Morality. See http:/ www.reasonablefaith.org/the-euthyphro-dilemma-once-more. On the other hand, Craig believes that there can be valid reasons for divine commands. They aren't simply given willy-nilly or arbitrarily. Owen Thomas' Explanation of the Trinity Doctrine. Friday, July 17, 2015. Those of us who ow...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: October 2014
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Friday, October 31, 2014. Isaiah 63:9: Qere and Kethib. In a world that is filled with pain and suffering, only an existent God who is capable of suffering/who has suffered makes sense to me:. Tn Heb "in all their distress, there was distress to him" (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).-Footnote for Isa 63:9, NET Bible. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. A friend once wrote:.
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Foster's Theological Reflections: May 2015
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Saturday, May 30, 2015. God's Finger Is Not Identical with God Simpliciter. And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God" (Exodus 31:18 KJV). Finger of God = God's spirit. Hebrews 2:17: κατὰ πάντα. I will appeal to Zerwick's Grammatical Analysis. As we learn from...
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Foster's Theological Reflections: August 2014
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Sunday, August 31, 2014. Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ (Philippians 1:19). Οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν δεήσεως καὶ ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (Philippians 1:19). Page 335). Additionally, Philippians 2:1 reminds me of a similar Pauline expression in 2 Corinthians 13:14: ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.
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Foster's Theological Reflections: September 2014
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Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses). Monday, September 29, 2014. Paul Wegner Views the Old Testament as Reliable. Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Kevin Giles Discusses Moltmann, Pannenberg and Catholic Views of the Trinity. All references are to his book. I Jurgen Moltmann and the Trinity. Salvation history) rather than with God's immanence (divine existence in se. Another significant Protestant theologian is ...