Subject Index

Abuse

Abuse > Child abuse

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Abuse

Abuse > Spousal abuse

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Spousal abuse and divorce

Adam and Eve

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Like Adam and Eve, we live in a broken world - as strangers in the devil's realm
The actual introduction: Adam and Eve, and us

Afterlife

Afterlife > Boundaries between the living and the dead as a literary theme

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
Luke 16 - on the chasm of separation

Angels

Angels > Are subject to matter

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Spiritual

Angels > Are subject to time

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
Angels are subject to time

Apologetics

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
"Could God create a rock so big even He couldn't lift it?"

Apologetics > Combatting falsehood by refuting a representative specific argument

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
Dealing With the Main Arguments Against a Single Rahab Interpretation
An approach to answering this question: refuting an argument representative of the the opposing position point-by-point

Application

Application > Culture can be important

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Cultural context is important

Application > Gray areas

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Back to the main thrust of the question

Baptism

Baptism > Is not of water, but is fundamentally spiritual in nature

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
What exactly does being baptized into God (becoming united with Him, as part of the body of Christ) actually mean?

Baptism > We are baptized into the person of the Trinity, spiritually

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
What exactly does being baptized into God (becoming united with Him, as part of the body of Christ) actually mean?

Believers

Believers > Live lives of eternal, spiritual purpose

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
Contrasting eternal life and eternal death

Blood

Blood > Use in ratification of covenants

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
Hebrew 9:27's wider context

Blood of Christ

Blood of Christ > Satisfies both God’s love and God’s justice

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Conclusions - The Essence of God
An overview in words

Busybody behavior

Busybody behavior > Is not proper for Christians

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Should we step in if people aren't parenting how we would?

Central doctrines to the Christian faith

Central doctrines to the Christian faith > Satan attacks more fiercely

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
So keeping the focus on the Bible is necessary

Child abuse

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Abuse

Christophany

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Q: We say God dwells in this unapproachable light that no one has seen nor ever can see. What then of cases in scripture where people seem to have "seen God?"

Chronology

Chronology > Long lifespans do not necessarily pose problems

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
Handling Several Other Matters
"It's not the same Rahab because the chronology does not work"

Confession

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Confess to the Lord

Culture

Culture > May be relevant in application

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Cultural context is important

Death

Death > Cannot be avoided by anyone

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
Hebrews 9:27 - Perhaps speaking in terms of "types of death" was a poor choice on my part

Death > Locations of believers and unbelievers after physical death

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Before Christ's ascension vs. after Christ's ascension vs. in eternity proper

Death > Locations of believers and unbelievers after physical death > Are different in eternity

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
In eternity proper

Death > Locations of believers and unbelievers after physical death > Changed after Christ’s ascension

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
After Christ's ascension
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Before Christ's ascension

Death > Physical death is when someone’s human spirit departs their physical body

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Defining terms: physical death means someone's human spirit departs their physical body

Death > Types of

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Types of death

Death > What happens after physical death

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
What happens after that?

Death > What happens after physical death > Believers

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
So answering that question of "what happens after physical death, in the normal case?"

Death > What happens after physical death > For those who were resuscitated

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
And what about for those who are resuscitated?

Definite articles

Definite articles > Importance of

Genesis
Genesis 1
Genesis 1:1 - What "Beginning" Is in View?
The "beginning" mentioned in Genesis 1:1 (and also John 1:1) is indefinite not definite

Divorce

Divorce > Abuse exception

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Spousal abuse and divorce

Eden

Eden > Contrasted with this present world

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Purpose in This Dark World Only Comes by Faith, Which Makes Us Outcasts Here but Chosen by God
The fallen world

Essence

Essence > Essential characteristics

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Essence, nature, character... ???

Eternal rewards

Eternal rewards > Not all people will receive the same amount

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
Introduction to the idea that some Christians will receive greater eternal rewards than others

Eternal rewards > People’s hesitancy regarding

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
Introduction to the idea that some Christians will receive greater eternal rewards than others
However, when the rewards in question are eternal, people seem to be a bit more skittish

Eternal rewards > Scripture about

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
Introduction to the idea that some Christians will receive greater eternal rewards than others
Some general passages dealing with differing levels of eternal reward

Euphimism

Euphimism > Use in scripture

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
Jesus' describing Lazarus as "sleeping" in John 11

Every knee will bow

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Comment: God's glory as it relates to "every knee will bow, and every tongue confess"

Fall

Fall > Effects on mankind

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Like Adam and Eve, we live in a broken world - as strangers in the devil's realm
The contrast between pre-fall paradise and post-fall realities

Fallen angels

Fallen angels > Desire for physical bodies

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
If mankind is at present "a little lower than the angels", why do angels desire physical bodies like ours?

Family of God

Family of God > Derives its name from the Father

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity

Forgiveness

Forgiveness > Even if Jesus paid it all, it can be hard for us to embrace the forgiveness as we ought

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Accept God's forgiveness

Genealogy of Christ

Genealogy of Christ > Women in the line of Christ

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
The Supposed Scandal of a Prostitute in the Line of Christ
More on the women in the genealogy of Christ

Genealogy of Christ > Women in the line of Christ > Showcase God’s surpassing grace

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
The Supposed Scandal of a Prostitute in the Line of Christ
But they were included in Matthew's genealogy specifically to showcase God's surpassing grace towards mankind

God

God > Essence

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Conclusions - The Essence of God
An overview in picture form
Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God

God > Externality to spacetime

Genesis
Genesis 1
Genesis 1:1 - What "Beginning" Is in View?
How did God exist before space and time?
Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
The essence of God is being. He is the Great I AM

God > Immortality

God > Immortality > Antithesis of death

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Q: 1 Timothy 6:16 talks about God's unapproachable light. It also says God alone possess immortality. What does that latter statement mean?

God > Is de facto ruler of the universe

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Unique

God > Is de jure ruler of the universe

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Sovereign

God > Is Spirit, but in a way different from the spirits of humans and angels

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
What does it mean for God to be Spirit, if the Holy Spirit is just one member of the Trinity?

God > Is eternal

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Eternal

God > Is faithful and true

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Faithful and True

God > Is good

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Good

God > Is holy

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Holy

God > Is immeasurable

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Immeasurable (in a spatial sense)

God > Is infinite in nature

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature

God > Is just

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Just

God > Is life

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Life

God > Is love

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Love

God > Is omnipotent

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Omnipotent

God > Is omnipresent

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Omnipresent

God > Is omniscient

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Omniscient

God > Is perfect in character

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character

God > Is sovereign

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
God is Sovereign

God > Is spiritual

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Spiritual

God > Is unique

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God is Unique

God > Name of God

Genesis
Genesis 1
Genesis 1:1 - What "Beginning" Is in View?
How did God exist before space and time?
Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
The essence of God is being. He is the Great I AM

God > Resplendence

God > Resplendence > Glory

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
The resplendence of God: light and glory

God > Resplendence > Unapproachable light

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
The resplendence of God: light and glory

God > Resplendence > Veiled to preserve human free will

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Comment: God's glory as it relates to "every knee will bow, and every tongue confess"

Heaven

Heaven > Is upon the surface of the Earth in eternity, not up in the clouds

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Wait, is it just human spirits in these places? But what about resurrection bodies?

Heavenly geography

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
"Heavenly geography"

Heavenly geography > Subdivisions of Hades

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
Luke 16 - on the chasm of separation

Hell

Hell > People are sent only because of unbelief

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
"How is it just for unbelievers to face infinite, eternal punishment for finite sins?"

Hell > There are no levels in hell

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
"How is it just for unbelievers to face infinite, eternal punishment for finite sins?"

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit > Has always been present upon the Earth

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Why wasn't the Spirit sent to indwell believers before He actually was (i.e., only after Christ's ascension)?

Holy Spirit > Indwelling ministry of

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Why wasn't the Spirit sent to indwell believers before He actually was (i.e., only after Christ's ascension)?

Human beings

Human beings > Are dichtomous, composed of flesh and spirit

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
On the nature and composition of human beings

Human beings > Are not trichotomous (we do not have souls, but are souls)

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
On the nature and composition of human beings

Image of God

Image of God > We are godlike in our free will/ability to choose

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
Regarding the notion of us being "small G gods", what words are used for such in the Greek and Hebrew?

In the world, but not of the world

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Purpose in This Dark World Only Comes by Faith, Which Makes Us Outcasts Here but Chosen by God
Though strangers and outcasts in this world, our faith marks us out as God's chosen people

Incarnation

Incarnation > It is only Jesus’ human nature that was created/begotten

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
Is Jesus "the Father's seed"? Is the Holy Spirit "the Father's spirit"?

Infinity

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature

Interim bodies

Interim bodies > Bodies obtained after physical death but before resurrection

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Interim bodies

Interpretation

Interpretation > Apparent contradictions

Interpretation > Apparent contradictions > Hebrews 9:27 says people can only die once, but resuscitated people die twice

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
So Hebrews 9:27 does not contradict the idea of resuscitation, QED
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
What of Hebrews 9:27?

Interpretation > Challenges

Interpretation > Challenges > Different cultures use different idioms, metaphors, and so on

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
Jesus' describing Lazarus as "sleeping" in John 11

Interpretation > Challenges > Different people in the Bible can have the same name

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
First of all, the Lazarus of Luke 16 is not the same Lazarus as John 11

Interpretation > Context often directly limits how words can be translated

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
The Greek adverb *hapax*

Interpretation > Inferences have their place when they only go so far as the evidence allows

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Interim bodies
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
It is not a euphemism this time, but something completely different

Interpretation > NT Principles

Interpretation > NT Principles > “Jesus’ time had not yet come”

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
It is not a euphemism this time, but something completely different

Interpretation > NT Principles > “Once for all”

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
The importance of the "once for all" concept as it pertains to Christ's work completely forces our hand in translating Hebrews 9:26, 28

Interpretation > Semantic overloading - words with unique connotations stemming from multiple meanings

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Does Jesus' Use of the Sleeping Terminology Have Anything to Do with Resuscitation?
More explanation about how sleeping and death are tightly linguistically coupled
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Defining terms: physical death means someone's human spirit departs their physical body

Interpretation > Sensitivity to the cultural context of the audience to whom the text was written

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
Jesus' describing Jairus' daughter as "sleeping" in Matthew 9
Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
Jesus' describing Lazarus as "sleeping" in John 11

Interpretation > Symbolism

Interpretation > Symbolism > Numbers

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Revelation 1:4 - What is going on with the mention of seven Spirits?

Jesus

Jesus > Intentionally avoided celebrity

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
It is not a euphemism this time, but something completely different

Josephus

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
Handling Several Other Matters
"Neither Josephus nor Joshua mention a marriage between the prostitute Rahab and Salmon"

Legalism

Legalism > Counterexamples

Legalism > Counterexamples > A prostitute is in the line of Christ

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
The Supposed Scandal of a Prostitute in the Line of Christ
There could never be a harlot in the line of Jesus Christ! How heretical!

Limited human perspective

Limited human perspective > Makes some teachings hard to understand

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
The Trinity can be hard to explain properly

Meaning in life

Meaning in life > Only comes through faith

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Purpose in This Dark World Only Comes by Faith, Which Makes Us Outcasts Here but Chosen by God
True meaning in this life only comes through faith

Meddling

Meddling > Is not proper for Christians

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Should we step in if people aren't parenting how we would?

Middle knowledge

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God's knowledge of hypotheticals

Minding your own business

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Should we step in if people aren't parenting how we would?

Molinism

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God's knowledge of hypotheticals

Nephilim

Nephilim > Satan’s attack on the human bloodline

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
What does it mean for Noah to be called "perfect in his generations"?

No man may see God and live

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Q: We say God dwells in this unapproachable light that no one has seen nor ever can see. What then of cases in scripture where people seem to have "seen God?"

Omniscience

Omniscience > includes knowledge of hypotheticals

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
God's knowledge of hypotheticals

Parables

Parables > How do you know if something is a parable or actually happened?

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
First of all, the Lazarus of Luke 16 is not the same Lazarus as John 11

Parables > Parable of the minas

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas
Interpreting the parable of the talents and the parable of the minas

Parables > Parable of the talents

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas
Interpreting the parable of the talents and the parable of the minas

Parents

Parents > Disagreement with

Parents > Disagreement with > Career

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Career

Parents > Disagreement with > Friends

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Choice of friends

Parents > Disagreement with > Significant other

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Choice of significant other

Parents > Disagreement with > Spiritual approach

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
But What About Matters That Tend Toward Gray More Than Black or White?
Spiritual approach

Parents > Honoring

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
Scripture Is Clear That We Are to Honor and Obey Our Parents

Parents > Honoring > Scripture about

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
Scripture Is Clear That We Are to Honor and Obey Our Parents
Some direct quotes from scripture: honoring parents

Parents > Obeying

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
Scripture Is Clear That We Are to Honor and Obey Our Parents

Parents > Obeying > Scripture about

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
Scripture Is Clear That We Are to Honor and Obey Our Parents
Some direct quotes from scripture: obeying parents

Penance

Penance > Is bad theology

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Avoid self-loathing

Perfection

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character

Perfection > Is impossible for fallen mankind

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
Why are we told to be perfect like God in Matthew 5:48 if we can never live up to that standard?

Philosophy

Philosophy > Perils of getting off in the weeds

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Essence, nature, character... ???
Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
So keeping the focus on the Bible is necessary

Prophecy

Prophecy > mechanics of

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Infinite Nature
The relationship between future prophecy and the time continuum

Protoevangelium

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Like Adam and Eve, we live in a broken world - as strangers in the devil's realm
God's promise of deliverance

Rahab the prostitute

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
Dealing With the Main Arguments Against a Single Rahab Interpretation

Resurrection

Resurrection > Bodies obtained after resurrection

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Wait, is it just human spirits in these places? But what about resurrection bodies?

Resuscitation

Resuscitation > Is different from resurrection

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
What of Hebrews 9:27?

Satan

Satan > Is already positionally defeated

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Discussion - Level of depth; calling many deceived -- too harsh?; why God allows Satan control
Why doesn't God just defeat Satan already?
Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Introduction to SR4 - Satan's World System
Why doesn't God just defeat Satan already?

Satan > The enemy of believers

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Discussion - Level of depth; calling many deceived -- too harsh?; why God allows Satan control
Is this much depth really necessary?
Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Introduction to SR4 - Satan's World System
Is this much depth really necessary?

Satan’s rebellion

Satan’s rebellion > Is the backdrop of all creature history

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Like Adam and Eve, we live in a broken world - as strangers in the devil's realm
The Introduction's title: Satan's rebellion and fall

Sin

Sin > God already disciplines us perfectly, so we ought not discipline ourselves more

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Avoid self-loathing

Sin > Universality

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
What to make of the fact that we all sin?

Sin > We should not dwell on the past, but keep our eyes fixed forward

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Looking back is not productive for us as Christians

Sleep

Sleep > As a euphemism for death

Sleep > As a euphemism for death > Does not necessarily point to eventual resuscitation

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Does Jesus' Use of the Sleeping Terminology Have Anything to Do with Resuscitation?

Sleep > As a euphimism for death

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Lazarus and Jairus' Daughter - Are They Sleeping or Dead?
Jesus' describing Lazarus as "sleeping" in John 11

Soul

Soul > Is the combination of flesh and spirit

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
On the nature and composition of human beings

Spiritual gifts

Spiritual gifts > Given after Christ’s ascension

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Why wasn't the Spirit sent to indwell believers before He actually was (i.e., only after Christ's ascension)?

Spiritual perspective

Spiritual perspective > Eyes on the prize

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB6A Peripateology - The Study of the Christian Walk
Confession, forgiveness, avoiding self-loathing, and reorienting towards God after we fall
Reorient

Spousal abuse

Self-gen Q&A
On Honoring and Obeying Parents
However, if Our Parents Are Out of Line, There Are Exceptions
Spousal abuse and divorce

Tabernacle

Tabernacle > Contrast between earthly and heavenly

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
Could You Explain More How All This Works with Respect to the Finality of Death?
Hebrew 9:27's wider context

Tetragrammaton

Genesis
Genesis 1
Genesis 1:1 - What "Beginning" Is in View?
How did God exist before space and time?
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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
The essence of God is being. He is the Great I AM

Textual criticism

Textual criticism > Places where it matters

Textual criticism > Places where it matters > 1 Corinthians 5:3

Reader Q&A
Sleep as a Euphemism for Death; Resuscitation; the Afterlife; and More
How Does the Concept of Resuscitation Affect the Afterlife?
Interim bodies

Theophany

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Essence of God
Q: We say God dwells in this unapproachable light that no one has seen nor ever can see. What then of cases in scripture where people seem to have "seen God?"

Translation

Translation > Is always an imperfect process

Shorter Topical
Some Christians Will Achieve Greater Eternal Rewards Than Others
The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas
Tangential aside: On Bible versions that translate 'talent' with some actual dollar amount

Transliteration of names, places, etc.

Transliteration of names, places, etc. > Is not consistent in scripture

Reader Q&A
On the Possibility of Multiple Rahabs
Handling Several Other Matters
Dr. Luginbill of Ichthys.com responding

Trinity

Trinity > All members are deity

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity

Trinity > All members are distinct from one another

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Distinct Persons

Trinity > All members fully and equally share status, activity, and substance

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Coequal, Coeternal, and Consubstantial

Trinity > All members share the same essence

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
Is Jesus "the Father's seed"? Is the Holy Spirit "the Father's spirit"?

Trinity > Definition

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity in the Bible
Review
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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity

Trinity > Distinctness

Trinity > Distinctness > Father

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Distinct Persons
The Father is a unique person in His own right (for He is distinct from the Son)

Trinity > Distinctness > Holy Spirit

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Distinct Persons
The Holy Spirit is a unique person in His own right (for He acts as a distinct person)

Trinity > Distinctness > Son

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Distinct Persons
The Son is a unique person in His own right (for He is distinct from the Father)

Trinity > Divinity

Trinity > Divinity > Father

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
The Father is God

Trinity > Divinity > Holy Spirit

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
The Holy Spirit is God

Trinity > Divinity > Son

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
The Son is God

Trinity > Illustrations

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Illustrating the Trinity

Trinity > Illustrations > Perils of

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Illustrating the Trinity
Perils in attempting to use illustrations for the Trinity

Trinity > Illustrations > Trinity triangle

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Illustrating the Trinity
An illustration from the early church: the Trinity "triangle"

Trinity > Jointly partake in one single essence

Trinity > Jointly partake in one single essence > Father

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
The Father is revealed to be uniquely God

Trinity > Jointly partake in one single essence > Holy Spirit

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
The Holy Spirit and the Son and the Father are revealed to be uniquely God

Trinity > Jointly partake in one single essence > Son

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
The Son and the Father are revealed to be uniquely God

Trinity > Scripture alone is sufficient for establishing the teaching

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity
Is the terminology itself important in considering the development of this doctrine?

Trinity > Share

Trinity > Share > Eternal function of deity

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Coequal, Coeternal, and Consubstantial
They all possess a full and equal share of the *eternal function* of deity

Trinity > Share > Status of deity

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Coequal, Coeternal, and Consubstantial
They all possess a full and equal share of the *status* of deity

Trinity > Share > Substance of deity

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Coequal, Coeternal, and Consubstantial
They all possess a full and equal share of the *substance* of deity

Trinity > The teaching existed before the word “Trinity” was used for it

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
Introduction - The Trinity
Is the terminology itself important in considering the development of this doctrine?

Trinity > What it is not

Trinity > What it is not > A pantheon

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Joint Partakers of the Same Essence
Key point: God is *three* in person, but that does *not* mean that the Trinity is composed of three (or more) different "gods"

Trinity > What it is not > A union with inferiority or disparity between members

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Coequal, Coeternal, and Consubstantial
Key point: God is *three* in person, but that does *not* mean that there is any inferiority or disparity of status, activity, or substance between the members of the Trinity

Trinity > What it is not > Only one member possessing divinity

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Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Deity
Key point: God is *one* in essence, but that does *not* mean that only one person of the Trinity is deity

Trinity > What it is not > Only one person with multiple modes or aspects

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
All Members of the Trinity Are Distinct Persons
Key point: God is *one* in essence, but that does *not* mean that the Trinity is only one person (merely displaying three modes or aspects of Himself)

Truth

Truth > Most people are blind to it

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Discussion - Level of depth; calling many deceived -- too harsh?; why God allows Satan control
Are many Christians really so helpless?
Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Introduction to SR4 - Satan's World System
Are many Christians really so helpless?

Truth > Plato’s allegory of the cave

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Introduction to SR4 - Satan's World System
Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Unbelievers

Unbelievers > Are already positionally dead

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
Contrasting eternal life and eternal death

Unlimited atonement

Unlimited atonement > Double jeopardy

Longer Topical
Group Study - Ichthys' BB1 Theology - The Study of God
God's Perfect Character
"How is it just for unbelievers to face infinite, eternal punishment for finite sins?"

World

World > Fallen state of

Longer Topical
Ichthys' SR4 - Satan's World System
Purpose in This Dark World Only Comes by Faith, Which Makes Us Outcasts Here but Chosen by God
The darkness all around us in the world
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