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Some people are stunned into belief by "gold":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BxfddIhGE

https://www.chron.com/life/houston-beli ... 056740.php

And then also in Acts 13, there is this honor/shame contest that Paul wins (Note that Paul, who had himself been struck blind temporarily, curses an opponent with temporary blindness): 6They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet nam...

Re: Shameful secrets according to Eph. 5:12-13 ("12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; 13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14 for everything that becomes visible is light"). There is this story of secrets exposed, and it happens during Pau...

Pondering this thread has been very useful and enjoyable. The writing is excellent. Although the "identities" verification for the ambiguous NT Jameses presented above by "Trees of Life" is remarkable it its detail and care, I am not convinced of the proposed methods. My own meth...

An interesting passage in Ephesians: Ephesians 5: 12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; 13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shin...

Trees of Life wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:58 am

Stefan Kristensen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:24 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcpz6eJ72xw
Fine song, though.

Yes, I like the harmonies.

The Galatians text of 'But other of the apostles saw I none, save James, the Lord's brother' is written in the vernacular — that is the apostle James in appearance and character was 'the brother of the Lord'. James was thought to be a brother of the Lord, 'according to the flesh'² that is according...

Up to his death in April, A.D. 70¹ and continuing after, the Bishop of Jerusalem didn't have his full name certified in the gospel, and such is the opacity of the fellowship by not clearly identifying him, James, 'the brother of the Lord' is not known today as James son of Zebedee. If so, what is y...

Protection of the Christian top tier was an imperative and that's encompassed in the obfuscation format of Paul's epistle, and with Christian writings. By avoiding to publish certified identities matched to a specific relationship, see here Christians endeavored to keep the brethren out of harms wa...

Isaiah 35, KJV The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose (chabatstseleth). 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon...