The modern western mind, soaked in democracy and equality, bristles at God keeping a man within His good graces despite his terminally bad performance. I suppose the gross unfairness appeals to me personally because my personal failures are various and sundry, and I can be acutely aware of them at times. I’ve heard pastors calling … Heiser on Believing Loyalty
Short answer: no one knows, and many scientists qua scientists probably know the least of all. If the age is being calculated using most Big Bang theories, it’s probably wrong. Assuming Alfvén was being truthful of what Lemaître’s said (the 3:00 mark), establishing a timeline of creation using Aquinas would be starting down the wrong … Video: How Big Is The Universe?
From the Naked Bible podcast, episode 8 (Spotify, YouTube): So how does this help us understand the passage? Briefly, baptism is not what produces salvation. It saves, in that it first involves or reflects a heart decision, a pledge of loyalty to the risen Savior. In effect, baptism in New Testament theology is a loyalty … Heiser on Baptism