Religion
Grace in Focus
Originally, some were letters written to Grace in Focus.
"Analysis of 'Can Christians Wield the Sword?'”: Reviews an article by Mr. Shawn Lazar, who presents Jehovah God as a god of war and war as love. (Feb. 3, 2015)
“One Thing Your Pastor Will Not Tell You”: Shows that this minister missed one important item that pastors will not tell their congregation, which is that the Bible condemns interracial marriages and mating. (August 12, 2017)
“A Response to “What’s Wrong with Progressive Creation?”: Argues that if the Bible’s description of creation is to be understood literally, then its description of the earth being flat should be understood literally; also, argues that unanswered prayers turn more people away from Christianity than creationism. (October 11, 2017)
“Difficult Verses”: Discusses some difficult sayings of Jesus. (March 28, 2023)
“Is Jesus Impeccable?”: Discusses whether Jesus is impeccable or peccable. (June 10, 2023)
Glad Tidings
“Resisting Oppressive Governments”: Comments on Romans 13:1–7 and the absurdity of its literal application. (January 14, 2023)
“Why Does God Allow Suffering”: Reveals flaws in Furniss' argument about why God allows suffering. (November 27, 2023)
Commentaries
“A Historicist Interpretation of Revelations”: Part 1, Part 2: Gives a historicist explanation of Revelation with focus on the historical time line. (Feb. 20 and 26, 2013)
“A Historicist Interpretation of Revelations — Continued”: Part 1, Part 2: Gives details on chapters only briefly mentioned in the previous historicist explanation of Revelation. (March 21, 2013)
“An Early Historicist Interpretation of Revelation”: Gives a 18th century historicist interpretation of Revelation. (April 5, 2013)
“Esther”: Argues that the purpose of the book of Esther is to warn Christians about Jews.
Fact or Fiction -- Esther Part 1 (June 26, 2014)
The Story -- Esther Part 2 (July 7, 2014)
Problems with the Story -- Esther Part 3 (July 18, 2014)
Interpretations -- Esther Part 4 (July 29, 2014)
Evidence of Warning -- Esther Part 5 (August 13, 2014)
“Commentary on Genesis 12:3": Argues that Christians, and not the Jews, are Abraham’s descendants and that it is not those who bless the Jews or Israel who are blessed, but it is those who bless Christians who are blessed. (July 30, 2016)
“Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:2": Shows that God abhors interracial marriages and mating so much that He does not allow the products of those unions, mixed breeds, into His assembly. (May 23, 2017)
“Commentary on John 3:36": Discusses the translation of ho apeithōn as “disbelieve” or “disobey.” (January 30, 2019)
“Did Jesus Lie?”: Discusses the possibility that Jesus lied in John Chapter 7. (April 30, 2019)
“Who sold Joseph to the Egyptian?”: Discusses whether the Ishmaelites or Midianites sold Joseph to the Egyptian. (October 2, 2020)
“The Staff: Did He Or Didn’t He”: Discusses whether Jesus allowed his disciples to take staff, or forbade them to take a staff when he sent them out on a preaching mission. (June 17, 2022)
“How Many?”: Discusses the difference between the census in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. (October 12, 2022)
“Commentary on John 8:58": Presents a Trinitarian and Unitarian interpretation of John 8:38. (August 18, 2023)
“Commentary on John 20:28": Presents a Trinitarian and Unitarian interpretation of John 20:28. (September 30, 2023)
Segregation and Miscegenation
“Is Integration a Moral Law?”: Shows the God of the Bible is a god of segregation and thus cannot be the god of Martin Luther King. (Nov. 4, 2014)
“The Bible, Segregation, and Miscegenation”: Refutes Everett Tilson’s claim that racial integration and interracial marriages are Biblically approved. (September 5, 2015)
“Does God Abhor or Approve Miscegenation?”: Shows that God is a segregationist who disapproves of miscegenation. (April 3, 2019)
“Rahab”: Proves that Rachab of Jesus’ ancestry is not Rahab the Canaanite of Jerico, and discusses Galatians 3:28. (August 19, 2021)
“A Response to Bibleinfo’s Justification of Miscegenation”: Refutes Bibleinfo’s claim that miscegenation is acceptable to God.(February 7, 2024)
Race
“Stranger in the Old Testament”: Shows the differences between two types of “strangers” in the Old Testament. Some Hebrew words translated as “stranger” refer to racial kinsmen; others refer to racial aliens. (June 12, 2009)
"What Race Was Adam?": Shows that Adam was of the Aryan race and only the Aryan race is created in God's image. (June 20, 2016)
“Balaam and the Doctrine of Balaam”: Discusses Balaam and the Doctrine of Balaam. (July 23, 2020)
Trinitarianism, Christology
“Early Church Theories of Christ”: Describes various theories of Christ that originated during the first five centuries. (Aug. 16, 2009)
“Newton on the Trinity Doctrine”: Discusses Newton’s thoughts on the Trinity and shows that he is not a Trinitarian. (February 15, 2019)
“Development of the Nicene Creed”: Traces the development of the Nicene Creed.
The Apostolic Fathers -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 1 (June 6, 2018)
Justin Martyr -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 2 (June 14, 2018)
From Justin Through Clement of Alexandria -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 3 (June 22, 2018)
Origen; the Monarchians -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 4 (June 30, 2018)
Between Origen and Arius -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 5 (July 8, 2018)
The Arian Controversy -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 6 (July 17, 2018)
The Nicene Creed and Its Aftermath -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 7 (July 24, 2018)
“Explanations of the Trinity”: Discusses four explanations of the Trinity with comments on the Holy Spirit. (October 1, 2019)
“Valentinian Christology”: Shows the similarities of Valentinian Christology and orthodox Christology. (October 25, 2019)
“Some Christologies”: Discusses eight Christologies. (November 26, 2019)
“Augustinian Trinitarianism”: Describes Augustine’s concept of the Trinity and shows that he was a Sabellian. (December 30, 2018)
“Milton on the Son of God”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: Summaries Milton’s Unitarian views on the Son of God. (May 9, 18, and 27, 2019)
“Milton on the Holy Spirit”: Summaries Milton’s antitrinitarian view of the Holy Spirit.
Scriptural Description of the Holy Spirit (September 14, 2019)
Responses to Arguments That the Holy Spirit is God (September 24, 2019)
"Issues with Trinitarianism and its Christology”: Part 1, Part 2 Part 3: Identifies many problems and issues with the Trinity Doctrine and its Christology. (January 2020)
“Calvin’s Views of Jesus and the Trinity”: Shows that Calvin’s views on Jesus and the Trinity approach heresy. (May 31, 2021)
“Socinus’ Unitarian Views”: Discusses briefly Socinus’s Unitarian views. (June 16, 2021)
“Two Natures of Jesus”: Discusses the contradictions that a person must believe if he believes the doctrine of the two natures of Jesus and also comments on the atonement. (February 20, 2023)
“Romans 9:5 and the Trinity Doctrine”: Discusses Romans 9:5 support of the Trinity Doctrine and explains the Trinity Doctrine. (Jully 4, 2023)
Creationism
“Geology Disproves a Global Flood 5200 Years Ago and a Young Earth”: Part 1, Part 2:Shows that geology disproves the young-earth-global-flood theory. (November and December 2016)
“Christians and Creationism”: Explains how to tell if a Christian is a true creationist or a Darwinist claiming to be a creationist. (November 27, 2019)
“Fundamental Christians and Evolution”: Argues that fundamental Christians who believe that all mankind descended from Adam or Noah are Darwinists. (May 4, 2020)
“Two Creation Stories”: Summaries Duncan’s argument that Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Genesis describe two different creations. (March 11, 2022)
“Was Paul an Evolutionist?”: Discusses whether Paul was an evolutionist or a creationist; also, discusses genocide with a focus on interracial mating. (May 10, 2023)
Soul, Death, and Afterlife
“Comments on Wilkin’s The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible”: Discusses everlasting life, the Lake of Fire, the New Earth, and the purpose of rulers in the world to come. (February 24, 2021)
“Paul Becomes a Heretic”: Explains how Paul became a heretic. (July 18, 2021)
“The Soul”: Discusses the soul and whether it is mortal or immortal. (October 25, 2021)
“The Spirit of Man”: Explains the Hebrew concept of the spirit of man. (August 22, 2022)
People and Places
“Cush and Ethiopia”: Argues that “Cush” should not be translated as “Ethiopia” because Cush is identical with the Arabian Peninsula and not with the region south of Egypt. (March 24, 2020)
“Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus?”: Identifies who was Pharaoh when Joseph arrived in Egypt and who was Pharaoh when Moses lead the Israelites from Egypt. (September 1, 2020)
“Ophir”: Identifies the location of biblical Ophir. (March 28, 2021)
“Location of Eden”: Identifies the location of Eden. (July 21, 2022)
“What is the Beast”: Cites several Scriptures describing the beast and then asks who or what is the beast. (April 15, 2023)
Israel Identity
“Israel Identity”: Discusses the Israel identity view of salvation that Weisman presents Is Universalism of God?. (June 21, 2020)
“Questions on Israel Identity”: Discusses the answers that one Israel Identity person gives to three questions about Israel Identity. (January 23, 2021)
“A Letter: Christian Zionism”: Argues that Christian Zionism has more influence than the Identity folks and that the Bible promotes segregation and opposes miscegenation. (February 15, 2022)
Other Religious Articles
“Biblical Principles of a Quality Leader”: Describes the qualities of a leader, with a focus on the President, as given in the Bible. (July 4, 2012)
“Why Elijah Defeated the Baal Priests”: Examines Matt. 7:7 and uses Elijah’s duel with the Baal priests and prayers for peace to illustrate the absurdity of the excuses that theologians, preachers, and other used to explain away unanswered prayers. (Jan. 6, 2015)
“Homosexuals”: Shows that the Bible condemns sodomy and prescribes the death penalty for homosexuals. (July 10, 2016)
“God the Great Programer: Predestination Theology”: Argues that according to predestination theology, man is merely a programed robot executing the program God has put in him and, thus, free will is an illusion and man is not responsible for his acts but is accountable. (April 27, 2019)
“Is the Old Testament a Jewish Book?”: Argues that the Old Testament is more a Christian book than a Jewish book. (September 6, 2019)
“The Beliefs of the Early Anabaptists”: Describes the beliefs of the Anabaptist. (March 7, 2019)
"Appendix. The Radical Anabaptists": Discusses the beliefs of the radical Anabaptist. (March 16, 2019)
“Some Random Thoughts on Religion”: Summarizes the Bible in two sentences and also discusses are two views of the Bible, the lack of clarity of the New Testament, the rapture, sin, and other items. (June 5, 2020)
“Biblical Inerrancy”: Discusses inerrancy of the Bible and how translators’ biases affect understanding the Bible. (October 22, 2020)
“Has the Time for Amillennialism Arrived?”: Argues that postmillennialism and premillennialism lead to wars and oppressive governments. (April 29, 2021)
“Respecter of Persons”: Discusses God being a respecter of persons, Christian racial nihilist, and people boost that they are not respecters of persons. (September 4, 2021)
“More Random Religious Thoughts”: Discusses eternal and immortality, Lucifer, Revelation, Saul's age when he began his reign, Mariology, a time without the Moon, and the Philippines and the Baptists. (November 26, 2021)
“Three Schools of Thought on Salvation”: Explains predestination, unconditional salvation, and conditional salvation. (December 20,2021)
“Some Comments on Doctrines”: Discusses the concept of the best doctrines, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, Old Testament Christians, Calvinism, and some views of Jesus. (January 30, 2022)
“Theology Driving Understanding of the Bible”: Shows several incidences where theology drives the understanding of the Bible instead of the Bible determining theology. (April 23, 2022)
“A Discussion with an Idiot”: Debates a racial nihilist, who worships King and has a warped, woke view of the Bible. (January 3, 2024)
Originally, some were letters written to Grace in Focus.
"Analysis of 'Can Christians Wield the Sword?'”: Reviews an article by Mr. Shawn Lazar, who presents Jehovah God as a god of war and war as love. (Feb. 3, 2015)
“One Thing Your Pastor Will Not Tell You”: Shows that this minister missed one important item that pastors will not tell their congregation, which is that the Bible condemns interracial marriages and mating. (August 12, 2017)
“A Response to “What’s Wrong with Progressive Creation?”: Argues that if the Bible’s description of creation is to be understood literally, then its description of the earth being flat should be understood literally; also, argues that unanswered prayers turn more people away from Christianity than creationism. (October 11, 2017)
“Difficult Verses”: Discusses some difficult sayings of Jesus. (March 28, 2023)
“Is Jesus Impeccable?”: Discusses whether Jesus is impeccable or peccable. (June 10, 2023)
Glad Tidings
“Resisting Oppressive Governments”: Comments on Romans 13:1–7 and the absurdity of its literal application. (January 14, 2023)
“Why Does God Allow Suffering”: Reveals flaws in Furniss' argument about why God allows suffering. (November 27, 2023)
Commentaries
“A Historicist Interpretation of Revelations”: Part 1, Part 2: Gives a historicist explanation of Revelation with focus on the historical time line. (Feb. 20 and 26, 2013)
“A Historicist Interpretation of Revelations — Continued”: Part 1, Part 2: Gives details on chapters only briefly mentioned in the previous historicist explanation of Revelation. (March 21, 2013)
“An Early Historicist Interpretation of Revelation”: Gives a 18th century historicist interpretation of Revelation. (April 5, 2013)
“Esther”: Argues that the purpose of the book of Esther is to warn Christians about Jews.
Fact or Fiction -- Esther Part 1 (June 26, 2014)
The Story -- Esther Part 2 (July 7, 2014)
Problems with the Story -- Esther Part 3 (July 18, 2014)
Interpretations -- Esther Part 4 (July 29, 2014)
Evidence of Warning -- Esther Part 5 (August 13, 2014)
“Commentary on Genesis 12:3": Argues that Christians, and not the Jews, are Abraham’s descendants and that it is not those who bless the Jews or Israel who are blessed, but it is those who bless Christians who are blessed. (July 30, 2016)
“Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:2": Shows that God abhors interracial marriages and mating so much that He does not allow the products of those unions, mixed breeds, into His assembly. (May 23, 2017)
“Commentary on John 3:36": Discusses the translation of ho apeithōn as “disbelieve” or “disobey.” (January 30, 2019)
“Did Jesus Lie?”: Discusses the possibility that Jesus lied in John Chapter 7. (April 30, 2019)
“Who sold Joseph to the Egyptian?”: Discusses whether the Ishmaelites or Midianites sold Joseph to the Egyptian. (October 2, 2020)
“The Staff: Did He Or Didn’t He”: Discusses whether Jesus allowed his disciples to take staff, or forbade them to take a staff when he sent them out on a preaching mission. (June 17, 2022)
“How Many?”: Discusses the difference between the census in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. (October 12, 2022)
“Commentary on John 8:58": Presents a Trinitarian and Unitarian interpretation of John 8:38. (August 18, 2023)
“Commentary on John 20:28": Presents a Trinitarian and Unitarian interpretation of John 20:28. (September 30, 2023)
Segregation and Miscegenation
“Is Integration a Moral Law?”: Shows the God of the Bible is a god of segregation and thus cannot be the god of Martin Luther King. (Nov. 4, 2014)
“The Bible, Segregation, and Miscegenation”: Refutes Everett Tilson’s claim that racial integration and interracial marriages are Biblically approved. (September 5, 2015)
“Does God Abhor or Approve Miscegenation?”: Shows that God is a segregationist who disapproves of miscegenation. (April 3, 2019)
“Rahab”: Proves that Rachab of Jesus’ ancestry is not Rahab the Canaanite of Jerico, and discusses Galatians 3:28. (August 19, 2021)
“A Response to Bibleinfo’s Justification of Miscegenation”: Refutes Bibleinfo’s claim that miscegenation is acceptable to God.(February 7, 2024)
Race
“Stranger in the Old Testament”: Shows the differences between two types of “strangers” in the Old Testament. Some Hebrew words translated as “stranger” refer to racial kinsmen; others refer to racial aliens. (June 12, 2009)
"What Race Was Adam?": Shows that Adam was of the Aryan race and only the Aryan race is created in God's image. (June 20, 2016)
“Balaam and the Doctrine of Balaam”: Discusses Balaam and the Doctrine of Balaam. (July 23, 2020)
Trinitarianism, Christology
“Early Church Theories of Christ”: Describes various theories of Christ that originated during the first five centuries. (Aug. 16, 2009)
“Newton on the Trinity Doctrine”: Discusses Newton’s thoughts on the Trinity and shows that he is not a Trinitarian. (February 15, 2019)
“Development of the Nicene Creed”: Traces the development of the Nicene Creed.
The Apostolic Fathers -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 1 (June 6, 2018)
Justin Martyr -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 2 (June 14, 2018)
From Justin Through Clement of Alexandria -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 3 (June 22, 2018)
Origen; the Monarchians -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 4 (June 30, 2018)
Between Origen and Arius -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 5 (July 8, 2018)
The Arian Controversy -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 6 (July 17, 2018)
The Nicene Creed and Its Aftermath -- Development of the Nicene Creed Part 7 (July 24, 2018)
“Explanations of the Trinity”: Discusses four explanations of the Trinity with comments on the Holy Spirit. (October 1, 2019)
“Valentinian Christology”: Shows the similarities of Valentinian Christology and orthodox Christology. (October 25, 2019)
“Some Christologies”: Discusses eight Christologies. (November 26, 2019)
“Augustinian Trinitarianism”: Describes Augustine’s concept of the Trinity and shows that he was a Sabellian. (December 30, 2018)
“Milton on the Son of God”: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: Summaries Milton’s Unitarian views on the Son of God. (May 9, 18, and 27, 2019)
“Milton on the Holy Spirit”: Summaries Milton’s antitrinitarian view of the Holy Spirit.
Scriptural Description of the Holy Spirit (September 14, 2019)
Responses to Arguments That the Holy Spirit is God (September 24, 2019)
"Issues with Trinitarianism and its Christology”: Part 1, Part 2 Part 3: Identifies many problems and issues with the Trinity Doctrine and its Christology. (January 2020)
“Calvin’s Views of Jesus and the Trinity”: Shows that Calvin’s views on Jesus and the Trinity approach heresy. (May 31, 2021)
“Socinus’ Unitarian Views”: Discusses briefly Socinus’s Unitarian views. (June 16, 2021)
“Two Natures of Jesus”: Discusses the contradictions that a person must believe if he believes the doctrine of the two natures of Jesus and also comments on the atonement. (February 20, 2023)
“Romans 9:5 and the Trinity Doctrine”: Discusses Romans 9:5 support of the Trinity Doctrine and explains the Trinity Doctrine. (Jully 4, 2023)
Creationism
“Geology Disproves a Global Flood 5200 Years Ago and a Young Earth”: Part 1, Part 2:Shows that geology disproves the young-earth-global-flood theory. (November and December 2016)
“Christians and Creationism”: Explains how to tell if a Christian is a true creationist or a Darwinist claiming to be a creationist. (November 27, 2019)
“Fundamental Christians and Evolution”: Argues that fundamental Christians who believe that all mankind descended from Adam or Noah are Darwinists. (May 4, 2020)
“Two Creation Stories”: Summaries Duncan’s argument that Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Genesis describe two different creations. (March 11, 2022)
“Was Paul an Evolutionist?”: Discusses whether Paul was an evolutionist or a creationist; also, discusses genocide with a focus on interracial mating. (May 10, 2023)
Soul, Death, and Afterlife
“Comments on Wilkin’s The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible”: Discusses everlasting life, the Lake of Fire, the New Earth, and the purpose of rulers in the world to come. (February 24, 2021)
“Paul Becomes a Heretic”: Explains how Paul became a heretic. (July 18, 2021)
“The Soul”: Discusses the soul and whether it is mortal or immortal. (October 25, 2021)
“The Spirit of Man”: Explains the Hebrew concept of the spirit of man. (August 22, 2022)
People and Places
“Cush and Ethiopia”: Argues that “Cush” should not be translated as “Ethiopia” because Cush is identical with the Arabian Peninsula and not with the region south of Egypt. (March 24, 2020)
“Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus?”: Identifies who was Pharaoh when Joseph arrived in Egypt and who was Pharaoh when Moses lead the Israelites from Egypt. (September 1, 2020)
“Ophir”: Identifies the location of biblical Ophir. (March 28, 2021)
“Location of Eden”: Identifies the location of Eden. (July 21, 2022)
“What is the Beast”: Cites several Scriptures describing the beast and then asks who or what is the beast. (April 15, 2023)
Israel Identity
“Israel Identity”: Discusses the Israel identity view of salvation that Weisman presents Is Universalism of God?. (June 21, 2020)
“Questions on Israel Identity”: Discusses the answers that one Israel Identity person gives to three questions about Israel Identity. (January 23, 2021)
“A Letter: Christian Zionism”: Argues that Christian Zionism has more influence than the Identity folks and that the Bible promotes segregation and opposes miscegenation. (February 15, 2022)
Other Religious Articles
“Biblical Principles of a Quality Leader”: Describes the qualities of a leader, with a focus on the President, as given in the Bible. (July 4, 2012)
“Why Elijah Defeated the Baal Priests”: Examines Matt. 7:7 and uses Elijah’s duel with the Baal priests and prayers for peace to illustrate the absurdity of the excuses that theologians, preachers, and other used to explain away unanswered prayers. (Jan. 6, 2015)
“Homosexuals”: Shows that the Bible condemns sodomy and prescribes the death penalty for homosexuals. (July 10, 2016)
“God the Great Programer: Predestination Theology”: Argues that according to predestination theology, man is merely a programed robot executing the program God has put in him and, thus, free will is an illusion and man is not responsible for his acts but is accountable. (April 27, 2019)
“Is the Old Testament a Jewish Book?”: Argues that the Old Testament is more a Christian book than a Jewish book. (September 6, 2019)
“The Beliefs of the Early Anabaptists”: Describes the beliefs of the Anabaptist. (March 7, 2019)
"Appendix. The Radical Anabaptists": Discusses the beliefs of the radical Anabaptist. (March 16, 2019)
“Some Random Thoughts on Religion”: Summarizes the Bible in two sentences and also discusses are two views of the Bible, the lack of clarity of the New Testament, the rapture, sin, and other items. (June 5, 2020)
“Biblical Inerrancy”: Discusses inerrancy of the Bible and how translators’ biases affect understanding the Bible. (October 22, 2020)
“Has the Time for Amillennialism Arrived?”: Argues that postmillennialism and premillennialism lead to wars and oppressive governments. (April 29, 2021)
“Respecter of Persons”: Discusses God being a respecter of persons, Christian racial nihilist, and people boost that they are not respecters of persons. (September 4, 2021)
“More Random Religious Thoughts”: Discusses eternal and immortality, Lucifer, Revelation, Saul's age when he began his reign, Mariology, a time without the Moon, and the Philippines and the Baptists. (November 26, 2021)
“Three Schools of Thought on Salvation”: Explains predestination, unconditional salvation, and conditional salvation. (December 20,2021)
“Some Comments on Doctrines”: Discusses the concept of the best doctrines, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, Old Testament Christians, Calvinism, and some views of Jesus. (January 30, 2022)
“Theology Driving Understanding of the Bible”: Shows several incidences where theology drives the understanding of the Bible instead of the Bible determining theology. (April 23, 2022)
“A Discussion with an Idiot”: Debates a racial nihilist, who worships King and has a warped, woke view of the Bible. (January 3, 2024)