by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Miracles: Degree of difficulty A conservative Protestant point of view with some novel twists Christians are especially intrigued by the concept of miracles. Most of us have never seen what we would consider a miracle. Our Christian faith demands that we believe in...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
I have been thinking about Abraham and Mary the mother of Jesus and realized that God put much more pressure and stress on Abraham than he did Mary. Abraham didn’t understand God telling him to kill his son on an altar, but he did know that God made a Covenant...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Rebekah, wife of Isaac ESSAY Eliezer is the oldest servant of Abraham who is sent to go back home to Aram-naharaim and seek-out a wife for Isaac. In Genesis 24: 42 Eliezer prays to God that a “YOUNG WOMAN” will offer him a drink and also water his camels. If Rebekah...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Dysfunctional family members of Jesus ESSAY Yes, I do admit that the virgin birth is in the Christian Bible. But all of you ignore why it is spoken of in the Bible. Christian’s keep saying Jesus is like us and they might even quote the verse “For this reason, he had...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 20, 2018 | Miracles
Greek Mythology and Christianity – Strange Bedfellows Long before the Christian Bible reveals the virgin birth of their Messiah; there have been many people throughout history that have seen a need for their God or God’s to come into this world via a...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
The miracle of God Creating 2 human beings in the Garden of Eden trumps any virgin birth. Not only did God not need a human father to create Adam or Eve, but God also didn’t need mothers to conceive either of them. God would prefer that both Joseph and Mary be virgins...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Mary can only be a mother to a normal human being, Mary can’t be pregnant and give birth to a spirit because a spirit doesn’t have a body. Mary can’t be a surrogate mother of God because a “Surrogate” mother bears a child on behalf of another woman. God is masculine...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Hello Barry, thanks for the reply. As long as you think that the 1st Century Church’s taught that ancient pagan religions and Greek Mythology are a part of the same Theological beliefs as the Jewish community believe (then and now); then we will never be on the same...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
TURNING WATER INTO WINE The first miracle that Jesus did was turning water into wine John 2:1-11. When the mother of Jesus requested that He turn water into wine, Jesus refused and stated that “My time has not yet come”. Did Jesus abandon the will of His Heavenly...
by Arthur Trafford | Apr 10, 2018 | Miracles
Does the virgin birth of Jesus mean that Mary is co-redeemer (co-Redemptrix) with Jesus in our salvation? Some Catholics would embrace this theological viewpoint while few Protestants would concur with that statement. Since most Catholics AND Protestants agree that...
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