Category: Cults

John 17:5 for a Oneness challenge

When a Oneness advocate on a Facebook group asked for trinitarians to explain how Jesus could be truly God, but be distinct from His Father, I replied with an exegesis of John 17:5. This verse clearly distinguishes the Son from the Father in Person but shows that they are coequal and coeternal. Here is my explanation of the verse: And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. — John 17:5 “O Father” – This is in the vocative case, grammatically signifying that one person is addressing another person. In the Koine period the vocative case was passing from common use and you see nominatives in

A Get Out of Cult Free Card

Remember when you played the game of Monopoly when you were a kid? Well, this is not to say that adults don’t still play it, but when you were young, you had a lot less patience about things. Particularly, if you land on the “Go to Jail!” spot or you pick up a Chance or Community Chest card that tells you to “Go to jail! Do not pass ‘Go.’ Do not collect $200.” You hate being in jail because you miss turns. You want OUT right NOW! But… if you had a “Get Out of Jail FREE” card, you didn’t have to miss those turns and you could be back on the road to victory. The truth about tithing can