The Illogicality of the Dual Nature Doctrine
Posted in dual natures, Mike Hicks' Articles, Oneness on March 20th, 2012 13 Comments »
A Plea for Oneness Believers to Reconsider
by Mike Hicks
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The Beauty of Biblical Terms
Posted in Guest Authors, Mike Hicks' Articles, Oneness on March 12th, 2012 4 Comments »
by Mike Hicks
My wife and I recently attended a baby dedication in our old church. During the message, my former Pastor noted, while condemning abortion, that Biblically a baby in the womb is a baby, not a “fetusâ€. He continued, “The word fetus isn’t in the Bible, so I don’t use it!†That is excellent advice, and in fact it is that very idea which began my departure out of Oneness Pentecostalism into the glorious truth of God the Father and His precious Son, Jesus Christ. Because my old Pastor believes that Jesus was God the Father in flesh (literally), he had a natural aversion to calling Jesus the Son of God. Instead, he would consistently “clarify†every scripture that he read which called Him the Son of God by saying “that word Son means flesh; the flesh of Godâ€. Finally, after letting this bother me slightly for years, it began to bother me a lot. I realized that if I ever mimicked the prayer in Acts 4:24-30 (by the name of thy holy child Jesus) I would likely raise eyebrows, and possibly be rebuked. Why is it that we have to constantly “clarify†Biblical words in order understand what they mean?