Yours truly sharing the gospel and Christian message with Mormons as an evangelical Protestant apologist / evangelist at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (University of Michigan campus) in 1989: the only photo ever taken of me street witnessing. *** (7-21-10) *** I wrote the following (by her request) to a zealous young Catholic lady who is a friend of my two oldest sons, and who is doing some street evangelism. * * * * * I did a lot of... Read more
Bible Passages on God’s Love, Mercy, and Compassion Photograph by Ronnie Macdonald (4-14-11). See Matthew 23:37 below. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] *** This article has been re-uploaded under the title, God’s “Valentine”: His Love, Mercy, & Compassion. *** Read more
Christ in the Wilderness (1872), by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837-1887) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (3-28-08) *** From the Coming Home Network board. I’ll paraphrase the initial questions in blue. * * * * * March 25 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Commonly called Lady Day from Butler’s Lives of the Saints for March 25, page 674: . . . the mystery of love and mercy promised to mankind thousands of years earlier, foretold by so many prophets,... Read more
Christ in Gethsemane (1880), by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (4-19-05) *** The following is from a thread on Steve Ray’s Catholic Message Board. The words of the person (“Lojahw”) who asserted Nestorian heresy will be in blue. ***** Whatever Nestorius’ actual opinions (scholars differ), Lojahw’s opinions are indeed heretical. He wrote: Mary indeed contributed to Jesus His human nature, His weakness. As the writer of Hebrews declared: Heb 4:15 One who has been tempted in... Read more
. . . and Practiced by St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. John After the Death of Jesus First century southern steps of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem (photo by Mark A. Wilson, 5-28-09). Jesus and the apostles walked these. So did I in October 2014. [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** Matthew 5:23-24 (RSV) So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,[24] leave your gift there before the... Read more
Is the “Servant” the Messiah (Jesus) or Collective Israel? (vs. Ari G. [Orthodox] ) Image by “LittleGreyCoconut” (3-31-15) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (9-14-01, with incorporation of much research from 1982) ***** The following exchange, which I enjoyed very much, was undertaken on a public Catholic bulletin board in early September 2001 with an Orthodox Jew whose name on the board was “Ari G.” His words will be in blue. I asked him if he would like to... Read more
(vs. Colin Smith) Photograph by Xuan Che (12-30-05) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** (10-14-06) ***** Reformed Baptist apologist James White enlisted his fellow Calvinist friend, Colin Smith, to respond to my article concerning who hardened Pharaoh’s heart. “Dr.” [???] White wrote: Yesterday on the DL I mentioned the appearance on Roman Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong’s blog of a brief statement on Romans 9. As much as I wanted to respond to it myself, I had to finish a project... Read more
The Lord’s Prayer, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (11-7-08) *** A self-described Hebrew Catholic asked on the Coming Home Network board: The Catechism and the RSV translate Gk opheilemata as trespasses in the Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:12), when it manifestly means debts — both in the NT usage (Rm 4:4) and in the Septuagint (Dt 24:10). Why? The concept of sins as debts is a midrash that ties in the Year of Jubilee (Lv. 25)... Read more
Partial view of the Mandelbrot set. Step 11 of a zoom sequence: Double-spirals with satellites of second order. Analog to the “seahorses” the double-spirals can be interpreted as a metamorphosis of the “antenna”. Created by Wolfgang Beyer with the program Ultra Fractal 3 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** (7-3-10) *** See the two previous installments: Reply to Atheist on “Fabricated” OT Messianic Prophecies and Reply to Atheist on Isaiah 53 & “Dishonest” Christians. To learn more about Mitch / “ProfMTH”:... Read more
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Isaiah 53: Ancient & Medieval Jewish Messianic Interpretation
Ancient and Medieval Jewish Commentators Portrait of a Rabbi (1635), by Rembrandt (1606-1669) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (1982; revised 9-14-01) *** Isaiah 52:13 – Isaiah 53 (RSV)13 Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. 14 As many were astonished at him–his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men– 15 so shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their... Read more