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I am a web programmer by day (PHP) and work on sermons and teaching material in the evenings.

I attended Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, for a Master of Arts in Theological Studies and a Master of Divinity. I am an associate pastor at a small church in Iowa. While in seminary, my emphasis was on Old Testament studies, but Dr. Wave Nunnally introduced me to the rabbinics. Those have become a special interest as well.

I also enjoy apologetics and was a very active member of the apologetics.org forum before it went defunct.


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accepted Can we tell from the text who wrote Hebrews?
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revised Who was the Beloved Disciple?
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comment Who was the Beloved Disciple?
According to the rabbinic writings, one of the times "the absorbant" was allowed was after marriage to allow the couple to adjust to married life. The absorbant was a cotton diaphragm contraceptive. I'll add an edit regarding the reason to be one of the 12.
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awarded  Suffrage
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comment “You are gods” in John 10:30-36
Plus 1 for showing the kal vachomer rule interpretation. Meaning, light and heavy, it was a rabbinic method for arguing from something minor we know, we conclude this major. Kinda like an inductive proof in mathematics. An example, "If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts, how much more so will your father in heaven give good gifts to his children." Kal vachomer is often indicated by the phrase "how much more so" in English translations.
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answered Who was the Beloved Disciple?
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