Category / Christianty
Ard Louis–Interpreting Genesis
John 1:1 — “it is not simply that the Word was with God” from Holloman’s Apologetics Commentary on the Bible
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1):
In this opening verse of John’s Gospel, God is set in relation to the Word. The Word, which in verses 14-18 is clearly identified as Jesus Christ, is an eternal being that existed prior to creation. However, it is not simply that the Word was with God (so, too, was Isaiah’s personified Word and Wisdom), but John refers to the Word itself as God. This is quite a claim coming from a Jewish monotheist. From the patristic era (Arius) to the present (Jehovah’s Witnesses), some have argued that, because there is no definite article in front of theos, this verse merely identifies Jesus as a god rather than as God. Interestingly, around 1950 there was a change in how Jehovah’s Witnesses dealt with this verse. Before 1950, they…
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We are Living in a Safe Time Window, by Dr. Hugh Ross
Perhaps in Heaven
Poems & Stories by James Ross Kelly--
The universe as
We know it, may be contained
In a large room where doors
Open and close, & exactly
As Jacob observed, Angels
Are busily rising or
Descending to earth & perhaps other galaxies,
& that this, quite contrary to any cynical view,
Is the most important of rooms..
& our entry and exit—all of us..
Is well known





