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Though I have not had a lot of time to think about it yet (that isn't always a good idea for me giggle ) I can't help but think that he is still missing the forest through the trees.
You cannot divorce the work of the Lord from the Scriptures.
I could use his own reasoning against him by saying it the opposite way he uses his analogy.
Rather than focus on the events themselves, if we take Scripture and all that it claims, particularly it claiming to be God breathed. If it contains error, it isn't God breathed because God is perfect and unlike us, He does not make mistakes.
So in that manner, not only the work of our Lord as shown by history; but also the very Scriptures that proclaim His work are of equal importance.
I would like to think about his mentioning the oral message before it was recorded a little more though.

Is that the way you would think about his response to me?

Tom