You’re missing my point. I have learned to acknowledge that today we see “as through a glass darkly”. There are things we can know, absolutely. But other things we can’t - e.g. the number of “days” it actually took God to create the earth, or how long people suffer if they don’t accept Jesus’ free gift, or the nature of the suffering, or its purpose.
Did Mary die a virgin? Is drinking alcohol permissible? Etc.
The Word tells you Mary had children after Jesus was born, so no she did not die a Virgin.
She was 16 when she had Jesus, so where did his brothers and sister come from if not? And NO they were not Josephs children from before he was with Mary.
Alcohol is OK, just do not abuse it. All things are permissible, but not all things are good. All things in moderation, which includes food and alcohol.
These and many other things are easily found in Scripture, if you truly want the answers.
You either believe God or you do not? If God can bring a man back to life, why would you think He is so small He cannot create the Universe in 7 days and make it look like millions or billions.
If God created Eve from Adam and an adult as He did Adam, then why can He not do all the other miracles?
Show where in the Word God was wrong?
Show me where it says He didn’t do as He did. Show me one thing in the Scriptures that you question, and I will prove it true.
Yes. I agree. The question you pose is, what is essential? And the famous quote, most often credited to Augustine, “... in essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity.”
I strongly believe what is plainly stated in the scripture, on divorce, adultery, homosexuality. If the issue is interpretation, you have to understand the context of the time, and the original meaning of the words in which it was written.
No matter how long we live, or what experiences we’ve had, the meaning and intent of the scriptures do not change.
READ, then interpret. Don’t ACT, and then interpret (justify your actions)
I denounce so-called Higher Criticism, and am more orthodox than any of the Celebrity Preachers.
I also wrote the first draft of a monograph emphasizing that truth from I Corinthians 13:12 in 1988.
I consider it churchianity versus Christianity.