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The Mosaic Law, Part 1: Introduction

Many nominal Christian religions today observe some form of the Mosaic Law, in whole or in part, sans the punishments, which are not sanctioned in the Christian Scriptures. They may observe the sabbath day of the week (Friday/Saturday) or the first day of the week (Sunday) in honor of Christ's resurrection without knowing what the Scriptures say on the matter. Some even observe a sabbath month and year according to the Law of Moses. Many perform circumcisions or have a long list of dietary restrictions. They may even impose restrictions in excess of the law, often about veganism and/or clothing and grooming, ritualistic practices, etc. But are Christians under obligation to continue to observe the Mosaic Law? Are there any parts of the Mosaic Law that Christians are required to observe according to the Scriptures? If so, why? Are any laws not in the Mosaic Law added to Christians? The question really comes down to what it means to be obedient and what it means to be lawless? Which ...
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The Trinity/Binity, Supplemental: Trinitarians Desperate to Plug Mark 10:18

Trinitarians and Binitarians are so desperate to explain away Mark 10:17-18 that they scrounge for any excuse that has nothing to do with the Biblical text, but the explanations are so weak that they can't even come to agreement about it. A False Translation Some Trinity-biased commentaries claim that the best rendering of Mark 10:18 is "Why do you ask me concerning that which is good?" But in verse 17 the young ruler said, "Good teacher!" (Gk, "didaskale agathe", an exclamatory statement), but even if you translate it as "Teacher!, what good! should I do to gain eternal life?" his question would remain to be about a verb "doing good", not a noun "what is good". After all, he can't "do" God, but he can do good works, which is what he was asking about. Also, the grammar in the verse is very clearly Jesus saying, as every translation in the world puts it, "Why do you call me good?" Then, after hi...
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The Mosaic Law, Part 2: A Brief History of God's Laws

Law from God has played an integral part throughout human history. Rebellion against Jehovah God's laws began with the very first rulebreaker, an angel whom we now call Satan, ( Re 12:9   [ pa | in ] ) whose jealousy led him to pretend to be a serpent and lie against God to bring mankind death through sin. ( Ge 3:1-5   [ pa | in ] ;  Joh 8:44   [ pa | in ] ) It was by loving his wife more than God ( Ge 2:22-25   [ pa | in ] ;  Ro 1:21   [ pa | in ] ) that the first man, Adam, rebelled, breaking the one simple rule ( Ge 2:16-17   [ pa | in ] ;  3:6   [ pa | in ] ) and thereby lost the gift of everlasting life for all his descendants by passing sin to them, and lost paradise for us all. ( Ge 3:23, 24   [ pa | in ] ) Afterward, his son Cain violated the natural law of human existence not to murder. He had even been warned not to let his petty jealousy consume him, and then he murdered his brother anyway and was therefore driven from ...
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