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- Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: Major and Minor Prophets
- Topic: Jeremiah 31
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8587
Re: Jeremiah 31
Not all NT writers would necessarily have held to the same hermeneutics; some might have been willing to interpret texts in ways that others would not. And in the NT, we will not always see a writer discuss their hermeneutic; we may not be able to show how a writer understood their mode of interpret...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:49 pm
- Forum: Missions & Evangelism
- Topic: Don't convince me of the resurrection from the bible
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12202
Re: Don't convince me of the resurrection from the bible
The relative earliness of certain ideas does not guarantee their reliability. Last week, bombs exploded in Boston; and since then, misinformation and wishful thinking and propaganda have exploded across mass media and social media and daily conversations. Various elements from this maelstrom of idea...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:18 am
- Forum: Major and Minor Prophets
- Topic: Jeremiah 31
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8587
Re: Jeremiah 31
dwilkins wrote: ...our foundations are so different that I don't know how to move forward. Since you believe that " Hebrews is inspired scripture ," then you could tender an argument for why that premise should be accepted. Since you believe that " Jesus, Peter, and Paul [made] inspired, accurate c...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:09 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: 1st Century Greek
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12353
Re: 1st Century Greek
steve wrote: There are few, if any, here, who can match you in scholarship, in charm of articulation, or in cleverness of illustration—nor, I think, in self-confidence. Well, even a tactical compliment can be gratifying. :smile: steve wrote: It is true. If I had considered language acquisition to b...
- Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:42 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: 1st Century Greek
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12353
Re: 1st Century Greek
mattrose wrote: Well, that was a very long post. I appreciate the time and thought you put in to the dialogue. Undoubtedly, my response will seem like avoidance if for no other reason that I don’t plan to put nearly as much effort into it as you have above. I will, however, respond to the points I ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:13 pm
- Forum: Major and Minor Prophets
- Topic: Jeremiah 31
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8587
Re: Jeremiah 31
dwilkins wrote: [C]hapter 32 declares that one day there would be “a generation” that is so degenerate that God decides to terminate them. Christ, Peter, and Paul apply this penalty clause to their generation (I suggest everyone take a good reference Bible and follow the references to chapter 32 th...
- Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:50 pm
- Forum: Church History
- Topic: Help me get ready for Good Friday / Resurrection Sunday
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21013
Re: Help me get ready for Good Friday / Resurrection Sunday
mattrose wrote: I could request help (if possible, call the police, etc). But I will not resort to violence (attempt to kill the enemy) b/c that is the opposite of what Jesus told me to do. Knowing that police might resort to violence - even attempting to kill - can your conscience justify calling ...
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Extract from Ptolemy's letter to Flora
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8122
Re: Extract from Ptolemy's letter to Flora
Source/evidence for this claim, please.dwilkins wrote:
The former Jews, who founded Gnosticism in ~115AD, couldn't come to grips with the fact that God had rejected them so they were forced down this path.
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: The Pentateuch
- Topic: Extract from Ptolemy's letter to Flora
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8122
Re: Extract from Ptolemy's letter to Flora
jriccitelli wrote: My point was that 'some' Rabbis felt they were, and or, are still handing down the traditions of past scribes, all the way back to Moses (Sometimes referred to as The ‘second’ Torah). It seems some Jewish people I know agreed this is true, why you don't I do not know. The problem...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:53 pm
- Forum: Eschatology
- Topic: ISA 11:11-12 Most Peoples take?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6020