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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: waldo700 Ordered by Verse |
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1 | how many books in bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | waldo700 | 20008 | ||
The Bible is: * B)asic * I )nstructions * B)efore * L)eaving * E)arth - waldo |
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2 | Why do people lose interest and leave? | Bible general Archive 1 | waldo700 | 21163 | ||
I was frustrated that there seemed to be so few interested in what Scripture might say. So many come with their own preconceived or pet theologies and I feel we all work too hard at defending our positions -- rather questioning our positions and really challenging them so that we arrive at the truth of Scripture. Also, in defending a position, or conclusion from Scripture, many resort to a simple barrage of verse upon verse upon verse. One would have to be an utter master of the Bible, to the point of being on the level of famous well-known preachers and apologists of the past, in order to counter Scripture upon Scripture, each disconnected from its immediate and broader contexts. It seems firing "prooftexts" at one another is a lot easier than making all the different positions of Scripture harmonize into a single, coherent whole. This requires more than prooftexts; it requires theology. It's not that I would not like to be such a master of Scripture; but when one has a hobby such as this (or any other) forum, can one really take so much time and effort in these conversations: often not to just defend doctrine but merely to protect our ego from embarrassment? Finally, if we really choose to live out the Bible, we need to use our time wisely. And with all the personality problems which come with trying to discuss the Bible, sometimes repeated posting of opinions to a forum seems hardly a godly use of our time. Just my opinion, waldo garcia |
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3 | Where to find a Bible comparisons chart. | Bible general Archive 1 | waldo700 | 22533 | ||
I don't know which one you were looking at before, but here is one: http://www.zondervanbibles.com/translations.htm waldo700 |
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4 | Why does everything happen in thirds? | Bible general Archive 1 | waldo700 | 28055 | ||
I'll answer you in two more posts. | ||||||
5 | displaying things of jesus | Ex 20:4 | waldo700 | 24639 | ||
They think it is breaking the second commandment: Ex 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. Ex 20:5 "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Ex 20:6 but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. -- waldo garcia |
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6 | Verdict on the ESV: An opinion poll.. | Ps 119:105 | waldo700 | 32537 | ||
I have been perplexed on what to make my "translation of choice" for a long time. I used to love reading the NIV, it was my favorite. But as I became more interested in studying and memorizing, I found that I had to go with the NASB although I did not like the renderings as much. (I found the rendings of the NIV more meaningful while still maintaining accuracy.) Anyway, I got very excited about the ESV. It is readable and it seems to be fairly accurate, (though I am no scholar in the original languages; I have compared certain passages with the Greek and Hebrew in my BibleWorks program. The ESV seems to do a good job. I got stuck however as I realized that, as a study tool and as a memorization version, the ESV does not use italics to indicate which words have been "added" to the translation, as the NASB does. So, while I prefer the readability of the the ESV in many ways and even in some of its renderings, I'm a little gun-shy about depending on it: even its own P.R. materials say that it's only "essentially" literal and admit that the NASB is "strictly" literal, (which I suppose is some kind of putdown)... And, also, there's still that issue about the lack of italicizing the "additions". Oh, one other thing: since it's so new, I'd hate to depend on it, memorize it, and then find out that in twenty years it's out of print. It could be a fad that vanishes, while I don't think that's likely with the NASB. Any thoughts in response to these comments? Thanks, waldo700 |
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7 | Why does God create after Christ | Jeremiah | waldo700 | 25118 | ||
What do you mean? waldo |
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8 | Do you think 2 Tim. 3:5 is nations too? | 2 Tim 3:5 | waldo700 | 24619 | ||
I think we should consider what Paul was thinking when he wrote these words. It is hard to see that he would have had nations in mind. True, that if you get enough sinners together, they will make up a nation and so ultimately, cumulatively, and collectively this list of sins could characterize a nation. That is just an interesting way to look at it, but there does not seem to be anything in the text (that I can see) indicating that Paul was thinking of anything other than individuals. If that is so, we cannot really apply this verse and say we ought to turn away from this nation or that nation. We need to start by thinking of the church and turning from those individuals who would be living in sin but professing to be Christians. We should also protect the church from those outside of the church and especially from those who seek to destroy it explicitly. But that would be the application of some other verse perhaps, not this one. waldo garcia |
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9 | Rev 8:8 what is the meaning? | Revelation | waldo700 | 20406 | ||
Rev. 8:8 "The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood," It means that there was an angel, (specifically the second of the angels in this section), and he blew his trumpet. Then, "something" -- it wasn't a great mountain burning with fire, but it was very similar to one -- was thrown into the sea. (Who through it into the sea is not clear, at least from the immediate context). Also, third of the sea became blood. This could mean all of the sea in the world or a particular sea; but the point is that a third, a significant portion of it, turned into blood. Moses also turned seas and rivers into blood in Exodus and that was a sign of judgment to come. It could be reasonable to assume that here, too, the sea becoming blood was a sign of impending judgment. This would be borne out by the context. In sum, this is just one of the many incidents described in Revelation, which foretell the judgment which God is going to exercise against unbelieving mankind in payment for their transgressions of his law and their sinful hearts. |
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10 | ___-trib satisfactory? | Revelation | waldo700 | 20407 | ||
I do not believe Revelation is trying to give us "chronology" of endtime events. After all, it is not a book of history -- it is prophecy. And prophecy is often told in poetic form, using repetition, allegory, symbolism and other literary devices. Even though the events described in prophecy are real historical events which will in actuality occur (or have already occurred in some cases), the events are told in a specific genre of writing -- poetic and apocolyptic. While it is always about true events, it is not always meant to be a historical accounting of how those events will be played out. This is obvious when you just take a look at double fulfillments from the Old Testament and the fact that OT prophecies are not at all given in chronological order but rather topical order. For these reasons, I would say it is like chasing one's tail to study "rapture chronology." The point of the prophecies is not to give us a historical timetable of precisely what will happen when. The point of prophecy is to declare the judgments which God will execute against people for violating His laws and also how God will bring about the coming of Christ, (both His first and second comings), in order to save people from God's judgments against them for their sins. The main point is that looking for chronologies is to entirely miss the context of prophetic passages. We need to ask, "What is the GENRE of the book which I'm reading?" With prophetic books, we are not reading historical narratives, we are reading prophetic, judgmental pronouncements told in non-chronological, but topical order, using the literary devices of apocalyptic writing and poetry. Regards, waldo garcia www.choosecalvinism.org |
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