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1021 | Did NASA prove Josh 10:13 to be true? | Josh 10:12 | Emmaus | 66679 | ||
justme, I am glad you had more details on the debunking that I mentioned having seen, but could not remeber the details. Your post contained the same basic information I saw before that debunked that weird little tract, which really does nothing but send people on a wild goose chase. Emmaus |
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1022 | Why Rabbi? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 66644 | ||
Charis, I was not offended. I enjoyed your post and found your discussion of the cultural implications of your own situation in Japan very interesting. I think you made it clear that your concern was not with any one particular group or title, but with the broader subject. I just thought I would address the topic from my particular prospective, since it is brought up to me on occassion, usually in a polite and sincere manner. Always good to hear from you. Emmaus |
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1023 | "Call no man father" | Matt 23:9 | Emmaus | 66600 | ||
"Do not call anyone on earth your father..." Charis, You have expounded on this subject and related titles favored by other Christian groups for pastors or ministers. The subject grew out of Rabbi Mark's use of the title Rabbi. My own differences with him had nothing to do with the title Rabbi itself. Such titles usually respresent respect for a particular office and the title is given by the members of the various Churches or congregations. I do not have a problem addressing a Protestant pastor as Pastor or Reverend or a Rabbi as Rabbi as a title of courtesy, even though he may not be a pastor or rabbi to me, although they might on occassion provide true pastoral guidance or teaching to me. Perhaps a little word study is in order. In Matt 23 Jesus was beginning to pronounce the "woes" against the Scribes and Pharisees for their hypocracy. They claimed to be fathers (exercising authority) and "teachers" to the people, but instead of providing comfort and spiritual food and teaching to their people they placed "heavy burdens" on them and were "blind guides." Hyperbole and metaphor and I suspect sarcasm if that would not be considered blasphemy are used here by Jesus to point out their hypocracy. Surely at least we all call our own earthy fathers, "Father," without violating the true spirit of this passage. The Decalogue tells us to honor our father and mother The word "father" applied to men is found in many places in the New Testament. Jesus mentions earthly fathers in many of his parables. Jesus also refers to "your father Abraham,"(John 8). St. Paul (Rom 4:12)refers to "our father Abraham." See also Stephen's use of "brothers and fathers" and "father Abraham" in Acts 7:2. More to the point St Paul refers to himself as "father" to the Corinthians in 1 Cor 7:8 and calls Timothy his "beloved and faithful son," ovbviously referring to himself as a spiritual father to Timothy. It is in this sense and in this tradition that Catholics referr to their pastors as "Father" and the bishop of Rome as "Pope" from the Italian Pappa. They are the spititual fathers of the local and universal Church community. They provide spiritual food from the Scriptures and the Eucharist. And like fathers they exercise authority and provide counsel and encouragement to members of their spiritual families to lead good moral lives in Christ. No one confuses them with God any more than we confuse our physical fathers with God. Although we have one High Priest in Jesus, yet we are all called to share in that Royal Priesthood. So it is that although we all have one Father in heaven, yet we have and are (some of us)earthly fathers also in various capacities both physical and spiritual. All these offices come from God and are subsidiary to Him who works through earthly fathers, bith physical and spiritual. The problem comes when people start to confuse themselves with God because of the titles which are given to them, or even worse titles they give to themselves. As Jesus said, "Woe" to them. And He warns the Apostles and us against that pitfall. Emmaus |
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1024 | Why Rabbi? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 66599 | ||
Hello Charis, We have not corresponded in quite a while. You have addressed the issues of titles very well and broadly, with the addition of an interesting cultural context. I will post a note on the narrower issue of the title "Father" within the context of my background (and a little word study) since it comes up from time to time in my personal encounters with others. Emmaus |
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1025 | Is baptism a work? | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 66353 | ||
cwade, If baptism is a "work" it is certainly a work of God, working through His Church. The person being baptized does not baptize him or herself. Because of the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ Jesus, the spiritual and physical are not mutually exclusive. Otherwise, why should we look forward to our own resurrections? Jesus in healing the blind and deaf on occassion used spit and mud and physical touch or the spoken word. The fact that physical matter such as water is used in baptism does not by any means deny the spiritual reality of the transmission of grace. Jesus came to redeem all creation, spiritual and physical. In the Old Testament what was holy and set apart was contaiminated by contact with the unclean, hence the concept of ritual impurity. But in Jesus, under the New Covenant when the Holy comes into contact with the unclean, the unclean is made clean, as when Jesus touched lepers and the when the woman with the issue of blood touched the hem of His garment or when Jesus used His physical touch to raise a dead child or His voice to Lazarus back from the dead. This is what was so shocking to the Pharisees, that the pattern of corruption was reversed. God's creation was found by Him to be "good" and Jesus came to restore that goodness and raise it to an even higher level by redeeming man and all creation. Emmaus |
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1026 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 66278 | ||
Rabbi Mark, Thanks for the psychoanalysis. Should I address you as Doctor Mark too? What do I owe you? Emmaus |
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1027 | Egnatain Way? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 66170 | ||
Prayon, Read more closely. It was built in the 2nd Centurty B.C., before Christ. Emmaus |
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1028 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 66159 | ||
Rabbi Mark, I do not recall placing myself under your teaching authority, nor am I concerned with meeting your standard of what is "adequate scriptural references" on any particular question. Your opinion of what is adequate is a rather subjective standard. Emmaus |
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1029 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 66099 | ||
Mommapbs, Always happy to assist. "Perhaps we should also look seriously at Hebrews 9:31-10:4." Hebrews 9 ends with vesre 28. Did you mean to reference some other passage? Emmaus |
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1030 | Multitude is all tribulation believers? | Rev 7:7 | Emmaus | 66056 | ||
Chusarcik, I believe in the Tribulation since it is scriptural. If pressed would probably say post trib, because I believe when Jesus comes again it will be only once more, not twice more. Emmaus |
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1031 | Chronology of Creation | Gen 1:3 | Emmaus | 66006 | ||
Hello Lionstrong, In the local sense, yes we do measure time by the "motion" of the luminaries. But we can do that only because of their light, by which we see them. An even then,in the case of stars, we are not really seeing them, but rather the light that left them light years ago. In my comment I was thinking of how we measure time in "light years" and how the speed of light is the finite limit of material movement as we know it. At least until someone devlopes warp drive. :-) But your point is correct and certainly more poetic and beautiful than mine. You had a better writer. The Very Best! Emmaus |
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1032 | Creation, feminism, and equality. Oh my! | Gen 3:15 | Emmaus | 65975 | ||
phruubeljiie, On the question of gender issues, you may find the article titled: Why God is Father, Not Mother, at this link interesting: http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Faith/Jul-Aug99/God2.html Emmaus |
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1033 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 65953 | ||
Get the book, Darwin's Black Box, by Michael Behe, a professor of Biochemisty. He discusses the problem presented by the irreducible complexities of some parts of nature, e.g.the eye, to the concept of batural selection. You should be able to get it at a library. If not you can get it online. Emmaus |
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1034 | I belive this inline with mt 13-37-38 | Matt 13:24 | Emmaus | 65947 | ||
phruubeljiie, "Truth is my head's really spinning about how religion is changing from the literal translation of the bible to today's accepted versions," Can you give a specific example. Sadly, I get the impression you have some not very good teachers. Essential truths do not change. A bit of advice specifically about Catholic religion teachers: Get a copy of the Catehcism of the Catholic Church. If what they are teaching conflicts with the Catechism and its interpretation of Scripture, ignore them! Especially if it seems directly opposite of the obvious meaning. I limit my comments only to my own Church. Others could have similar things to say about their own affliations. Emmaus |
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1035 | Creation, feminism, and equality. Oh my! | Gen 3:15 | Emmaus | 65940 | ||
phruubeljiie Think more of the Whore of Babylon is to the AntiChrist, as to the Church, the Bride of Christ is to Christ. The woman in Revelation 12 also represents the Church and Israel as well as Mary who in Catholic theology also symbolizes the Church and the fulfillment of Isreal and the concept of "daughter Zion" in the Old Testament. The devil (evil) always presents a counterfeit of the good. He presents himself as an "angel of light," (2 Corinthians 11:14) when in fact he is the prince of darkness. The essence of temptation is to present an option that in itself seems appealing and good, but in reality is evil because it takes the place of the greater fgood that God has in mind for us. Pick a subject good created by God; food, sex, medicinal drugs, etc.: when taken out of their proper God given context they can still appear good and appealing but in fact be sin, such as gluttony, fornication, drug addiction, etc. The tempter never says "Let's go get into trouble!" He always presents it as "Lets have some fun! It won't hurt anybody." Gen 3:1-7 Emmaus |
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1036 | Is reverence feasible? Always? | Eph 5:33 | Emmaus | 65850 | ||
"When we seek to know the Lord, and listen for His heartbeat, our being will reflect Him more and more and obviously, that will be seen in a life that exemplifies the principles that God has set for us to live by." Mommapbs Having studied the Bible for many years I immediately recognized that not only is this not from the Bible ... there is nothing in the Bible that could be twisted or stretched in any way to even resemble what you wrote. Rabbi Mark "But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. " Deut 4:29 " And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away. He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever." Luke 1:46-55 Next you (Mommapbs) wrote: "Living life by the Law, following Biblical principles will never bring about the abundant life we long for unless we long for the giver of Life as a Bride longs for her husband --the key word is intimacy." "Again this concept can be found no where in the Bible. I mean, you actually say, that following Biblical principles will never bring about the abundant life we long for ... unless..." Rabbi Mark intimacy "O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine, your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is oil poured out; therefore the maidens love you. Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you." Song of Soloman 1:2-4 "And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;" Rev 21:2 "The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let him who hears say, "Come." And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price." Rev 22:17 "One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house, and took his place at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he answered, "What is it, Teacher?" "A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly." Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little." And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?" And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." Jesus, Luke 7:36-50 Emmaus |
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1037 | I belive this inline with mt 13-37-38 | Matt 13:24 | Emmaus | 65840 | ||
phruubeljiie, Welcome to the forum. If you are planning to study theology in college, may I suggest you consider the Franciscan University of Stubenville at Stunbenville, Ohio. They have some great professors of theology there. Emmaus |
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1038 | I belive this inline with mt 13-37-38 | Matt 13:24 | Emmaus | 65839 | ||
phruubeljiie, I am a Catholic and believe in a final purification by God's firely love called Purgatory, but I do not see any relationship between that doctrine and this passage of Matthew. Ultimately there are only two place in the end, heaven and hell. Purgatory (assuming there is a purgatory; most here do not)will cease to exist after the final judgement. Even those who believe in Purgatory, believe it is only like the ante room to heaven and only those destined for heaven pass through that final purification. A better comparison might be this. The seed might also be like God's invitation to the wedding feast that was turned down by the first people invited. God then issued the invitation to the people from the highways and byways, Luke 14:15-24. Emmaus |
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1039 | I belive this inline with mt 13-37-38 | Matt 13:24 | Emmaus | 65837 | ||
phruubeljiie, I am a Catholic and believe in a final purification by God's firely love called Purgatory, but I do not see any relationship between that doctrine and this passage of Matthew. Ultimately there are only two place in the end, heaven and hell. Purgatory (assuming there is a purgatory; most here do not)will cease to exist after the final judgement. Even those who believe in Purgatory, believe it is only like the ante room to heaven and only those destined for heaven pass through that final purification. A better comparison might be this. The seed might also be like God's invitation to the wedding feast that was turned down by the first people invited. God then issued the invitation to the people from the highways and byways, Luke 14:15-24. Emmaus |
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1040 | Anyone else? | Luke 24:19 | Emmaus | 65594 | ||
Hank, You obviously surpassed any academic accomplishment of mine, since I managed to graduate only cum difficulty. Emmaus |
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