About

Hello and welcome! I am SevenShepherd, a physics student and computer programmer working towards a Master’s in Applied Physics. This is my independent research ministry, which I have owned, operated, automated, and maintained since 2016. The X.com (formerly Twitter) account is managed by my custom Python-programmed Raspberry Pi single-board computer. Please feel free to look around, read articles, or contact me below.

Overview

1. Basic Protestant (five solas)
2. Theologically Conservative
3. Faith is a “believing trust” or “trustful belief”. Faith is composed of notitia (‘knowledge’), assensus (‘agreement’), and fiducia (‘trust and reliance’).
   • pisteuō means “to entrust oneself to an entity in complete confidence, believe (in), trust, w. implication of total commitment to the one who is trusted…”
4. Repentance is a turning from sin to God (Acts 3:26,19), produced from godly sorrow (2Cor 7:10), culminating in a hatred for sin (Jude 23).
   • The term metanoéō (μετανοέω) means “feel remorse, repent, be converted in a (religio-)ethical sense,” while metánoia (μετάνοια) means “repentance, turning about, conversion” (Bauer et al. 567–568). These definitions are drawn from the world’s most authoritative Greek lexicon available.
5. Moderate Distinctives (systemless)
6. Compatibilist view of free will
7. Eschatological Premillennialist
8. Soft-cessationist
9. Recommendations
   • BDAG / HALOT
   • NET Full Notes
   • ESV Study Bible
   • NLT Filament

See my extended profile.

• Repentance is a scriptural turn from sin.
• What Is A Cult?
• How To Be A Good Berean
• Understanding Predestination
• This Is How You Know You’re Saved
• The True Meaning Of Repentance
• Christians Are Unified By Essential Doctrine
• A Comprehensive Study On Jesus Deity
• An In-Depth Study On Revelation’s Prologue
• A Detailed Look At The Three Heavens
• Litmus Test Quick Reference

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And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. — Acts 17:11 NLT

Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. — 2 Timothy 2:15 NET Full Notes

sn Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like “cutting a straight road.” In regard to the message of truth, it means “correctly handling” or “imparting it without deviation.”

but test everything; hold fast what is good. — 1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV

“The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd drives the sheep.” ― Ecclesiastes 12:11