tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post8559638115604301060..comments2024-03-04T00:50:02.182-08:00Comments on KeithGiles.com: JESUS: The Prince of Peace (2 of 4)Keith Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328300571647154699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-49050770762983103002009-07-20T18:29:10.380-07:002009-07-20T18:29:10.380-07:00And as always, your posts engage the mind and pres...And as always, your posts engage the mind and present a perspective that is sorely lacking today. Say on brother.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148200931578403227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-22999303443405763592009-07-20T16:26:53.665-07:002009-07-20T16:26:53.665-07:00Well, I must confess I'd never hear of it eith...Well, I must confess I'd never hear of it either but in a recent debate this guy threw it out there and so I felt it necessary to address it...however strange it may be.Keith Gileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328300571647154699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-71925463257888396912009-07-20T16:13:03.491-07:002009-07-20T16:13:03.491-07:00Keith:
This portion of your current series presen...Keith:<br /><br />This portion of your current series presents a view of the conversion of Cornelius that I have never heard of and I consider myself well read.<br /><br />To see the conversion of Cornelius as anything other than a Gentile coming to saving faith in a Jewish Messiah is to completely miss the point.<br /><br />I can't imagine someone using this wonderful story to support the idea of the "Christian soldier" as it were. <br /><br />The Bible needs read like any other piece of literature in that you apply a basic common sense approach to the text like any other book. I am not minimizing it by any means however, when you read into it something that isn't there you are no longer bound by rules of context, grammar, etc...instead you are limited only by you imagination.<br /><br />PeaceMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148200931578403227noreply@blogger.com