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This post contains three responses from ChatGPT with the first being to summarize the article by John B. Cobb, Jr., with the same name as the title of this post. The second extracts Cobb’s key quotes and the third his bible citations. Cobb’s Bio: John B. Cobb, Jr., Ph.D. is Professor of Theology Emeritus at […]
Continue ReadingFrom the forward to Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century. A passage from the Jewish Sabbath Prayer Book: Days pass, and the years vanish, and we walk sightless among miracles. Fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, […]
Continue ReadingOf course, the earlier paradigm uses the language of God’s grace and compassion and love, but its own internal logic turns being Christian into a life of requirement and rewards, thereby compromising the notion of grace. Indeed, it nullifies grace, for grace that has conditions attached is no longer grace. (p. 23). The notions of […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a conversation that began on 12/30/2025 in the Nerds Only Forum at BSA where the participants discussed the bible and how it can be read and used. What remains of scriptural authority after infallibility and univocality collapse OP – Schaun Wheeler – Faith without doubt is just pretext I grew up in and […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai How Critical Biblical Scholars Define “Inclusivist,” “Universalist,” and “Exclusivist” Biblical and theological scholars have developed these three categories to describe different positions on the question of salvation, particularly regarding who can be saved and how. These categories emerged as important typological frameworks in religious studies and Christian theology. Exclusivism Exclusivism affirms that God […]
Continue Reading12/15/2025 – This post contains multiple responses from ChatGPT regarding the usage and evolution of the Greek words for person, entity, mask, face, essence, and others as they were used in the development and expression of the Trinity. Phonetic Spelling: prah-suhpahnPhonetic Spelling: heye-p-oh-s-taysisPhonetic Spelling: ow-zhuhontology – The philosophical study of being. The subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features […]
Continue Reading11/21/2025 – In the BSA General discussion forum, Bobby Lane began a conversation titled I’ve misunderstood faith, literally. Many interesting comments ensued, pointing out differences between the ancient Hebrew understanding of faith, the early Christian view, and the contemporary Protestant view. I asked ChatGPT and Claude.ai about differences and how they evolved using the same […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 11/19/2025. The line you’re looking for is a genuine Latin statement from Augustine, and the most accurate form is: “Si comprehendis, non est Deus.”Translation: “If you understand it, it is not God.” Where Augustine says it:He expresses this idea in several places, most directly in Sermon 117.5, where he insists that any concept […]
Continue ReadingThis post resulted from a post in BSA/Nerds that mentioned the author, Charles Bledsoe, believed in a “theism without supernaturalism. That idea intrigued me, and I commented that the concept would make a great thread/conversation. So, he started one, and that post is pasted below as the last part of this post. His perception of […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Hebrew Bible Matthew 9:20; Mark 6:56; Luke 8:44 The Bleeding Women Parable – She touched the Hem of his garment rather than the devout Jew’s fringe. In all three passages (e.g., Matthew 9:20; Mark 6:56; Luke 8:44), the word translated as “the fringe”, “the edge”, or “the hem” is κράσπεδον (kraspedon). Greek text (Matthew 9:20). The part of Jesus’ clothing the woman touched was […]
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