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101 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 186819 | ||
Psalm 25 - Greetings, and welcome, even though your voyage on SBF seems to have run swiftly into a mild tempest! Chances are you may have already discovered that it pays to test the waters before launching out full sail. :-) ...... For me the issue of the absolute sovereignty of God has been settled for decades, as apparently yours has, although I have no way of knowing whether for decades. My decades add up now to about six, during which time I've never felt constrained to kick against the goads by placing God's sovereignty into question. But I am slightly uncomfortable with your assessment of what you term "the free-will mentality" -- a characteristic you assign (and I believe somewhat arbitrarily) to that school of soteriology we commonly label "Arminian." ..... Specifically, you say, "The Arminian 'freewill' view is very damaging and destructive. God's honor and sovereignty are being destroyed by the freewill mentality." .... Now I have some Arminian friends who I think would be surprised to think that they had such magnificient power that they, little creatures of clay that they are, could, by the force of their beliefs, destroy the honor and sovereignty of Almighty God! And I'm stunned and numbed to hear this startling revelation from a stated Calvinist! ..... I've been a follower of Christ for 58 years and during that time I've assigned my mind to investigate these so-called schools of soteriology, Calvinism and Arminianism. That being true, your bold (I first thought of calling it brash) statement concerning these two systems arrested my attention and I would be happy if what you say rings true for me, but frankly it does not. Here is your quote to which I allude: "The freewill view will leave you many unanswered questions, many! The Calvinist view answers 'all of them.'" Peradventure it would be a happy day for so many of us if your utopian claims about Calvinism were true, but they are not true, not for me and not for anyone else that I know. They weren't true even for John Calvin who, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is not on record anywhere as ever having claimed that he had all the answers. ....... Well, you had your say. I've had mine. Now let's not expand this little meeting into a long-winded discussion or a debate. If you wish, you may access the forum archives to find enough material on these two systems of soteriology to keep you busy for hours on end. And you can follow my posts to get some idea of where I stand, just in case you'd feel better by pinning a label on me. :-) ...... P. S. I do hope that you will find the Forum a place to learn more about our Lord and grow in Him, as well as a place where you can help others likewise to learn and grown. Agape. 1 Corinthiansd 13. --Hank | ||||||
102 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 188238 | ||
Hi, Brad -- I've read through this thread this afternoon and conclude that your concerns about it becoming nothing more than conjecture and speculation are clearly justified. ....... The contributors to this thread -- and indeed to this Forum -- sorely need to remind themselves that this is a BIBLE study forum and not an opinion-sharing get together wherein anyone can lay Scripture aside and say whatever pops into his head about any subject that strikes his fancy ...... We all of us need to be reminded that this is a sola scriptura forum, meaning that it attaches no authority whatever to human opinion; but, on the contrary, relies upon the written word of God and that alone. Thus, human experiences, dreams, private revelations, hunches, opinions, conjectures, speculations, feelings, and such like, having nothing to do with the revealed truth of God and no genuine didactic value, are vigorously discouraged on SBF. ..... Let's follow the forum guidelines please. ..... Teaching what the word of God teaches is priceless. Expounding on human opinion is worthless. --Hank | ||||||
103 | Can the devil tune in to our thoughts? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 188239 | ||
Dear WOS - It's clear to see that you are trying to get this thread back on a Bible-based footing. I offer my thanks and support. --Hank | ||||||
104 | reason for update? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 189367 | ||
greatscott - Who but the Lockman Foundation, translator and publisher of the NASB 1995 Update, is better equipped to answer your question? Please go to http://www.lockman.org/nasb/ ...... You are aware that the Foundation sponsors this Study Bible Forum, I presume. --Hank | ||||||
105 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 189780 | ||
Your apology to kalos saved me from the unpleasant task of reading you the riot act, which I would have too, because your response to my dear brother kalos was both inaccurate and out of line, not to mention hasty and acerbic. John (kalos) is one of the "pioneers" of SBF and has served it admirably for years. He deserved no such treatment from you or anyone else. ..... You make some fine posts and we're happy to have you aboard, believe me. But most of us from time to time are guilty of posting first and thinking later, and need a reminder now and then to guard our words carefully and to make every effort to be as accurate in what we say as we possibly can. God's blessings to you. --Hank | ||||||
106 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 189782 | ||
InGodITrust - Possibly such a large segment of the modern church and its congregants prefer a watered-down paraphrased version of God's word for the same reason they rally around shallow, fluffy, "feel good" theology and the charlatans who promote it. How far the church has fallen from the sound preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon and Jonathan Edwards to the 'name-it-and-claim-it' nonsense exemplified by the TV con artists who want to bilk you out of your money by tricking you into sending them "seed faith." What a pity, what a farce! ..... If you want to see a stark contrast -- and I do mean stark -- between the kind of preaching/teaching people were exposed to in Colonial America and in the religious thought of today, compare Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" with Joel Osteen's powder puff, "Your Best Life Now." --Hank | ||||||
107 | The APOCALYPSE CODE. | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 189904 | ||
InGodITrust - Ad hominem attacks are forbidden on Bible Study Forum. Cease this kind of activity at once unless you are looking to be removed from this Forum! | ||||||
108 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 190111 | ||
Justme - Your calling me "wise one in Arkansas" reminds me of a cartoon I saw several years ago in the "New Yorker." Two adult owls were talking, and one said to the other, "How's you son coming on, wise wise?" ...... By heaping lavish praise upon the NASB, I hope I didn't inadvertently paint myself into a corner and look like the world's foremost hypocrite if I ventured to say something very good about the King James Bible too. In my judgment we do ourselves a distinct disservice to lay this venerable old masterpiece quietly away in some dark, obscure corner of our bookshelf to gather dust, keeping it only because we lack the courage to put it in the trash heap. It was by reading the King James Bible that school kids a few generations ago learned to read English -- and what a treasure trove of beautiful and majestic English it was, and is still. When contemporary readers of English skip over the King James Bible and land on some modern paraphrased version, they not only do themselves ill by choosing to remain ignorant of one of the supreme masterpieces of English literature, but they do themselves no favor by substituting a literal translation -- the KJV is, after all, among the most literal of translations -- for the cheap substitute of a paraphrase. ...... Here's a sample from a segment of one of the loveliest of the Psalms, the 23rd, in two versions. First, the KJV: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." ...... Now, here's the same passage in a modern version, the New Century Version, "Even if I walk through a very dark valley, I will not be afraid, because you are with me, your rod and your walking stick comfort me." ...... Is this a better rendition? No, I affirm it is far inferior to the King James. Is this clearer than the King James? Not to me it isn't. Does the locution of this modern version lift and inspire like the King James does? Not for me it doesn't. ...... But I'll have to admit that I learned from the New Century Version that God hobbles around Heaven with a walking stick! How absurd! --Hank | ||||||
109 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 190143 | ||
Cheri, you can find a selection of NASB's at americanbiblesales.com at a discount and often at real bargain prices for their (slightly) damaged volumes. I'd recommend the single-column side-reference edition. I noticed they have a selection of these Bibles in genuine leather that are slightly damaged for about 17 dollars, and calfskins that list for 150 dollars for around 44 dollars. You might want to check it out. --Hank | ||||||
110 | Why the NKJV over the NASB ? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 190152 | ||
Cheri - I know of no cogent reason on earth why your newly acquired NASB could not co-exist in perfect harmony with your King James Bible. Mine have lived side by side on my bookshelf for years, and to my knowledge they are the best of friends. I've never known them to misbehave, or treat one another unkindly, or ever to have a serious disagreement between themselves. Each has his own unique way of expressing himself, the venerable King James Bible tending to wax more eloquent perhaps but with no more fidelity to the text than the New American Standard Bible. Both have a high view of Scripture and both do justice to the ancient manuscripts which they prize so highly. Both have taken great pains to render into the English tongue a transparency of the ancient Scriptures. I hope you enjoy your NASB! --Hank | ||||||
111 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 190274 | ||
Wise words from Dr. Cooper on a topic that needs to be kept simmering on our front burner as we read and study Scripture, both in our private study and our community study on this Forum. One wonders and feels constrained to ask himself why so many insist on approaching God's word as if He wrote it in some sort of code to which only a privileged few hold the key. No sooner do some pick up the Bible and read Genesis 1:1 until Presto! they see a place where they can insert a theory (Gap Theory) between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Then someone comes along and writes a whole book about the imaginary events that occurred between these two opening verses of Scripture. And with this sort of wild eisegesis, things get worse and worse, the theories wilder and wilder, all the way to the end of the Book of Revelation. How much easier the Bible is to understand simply by following what 2 Timothy 2:15 commands! --Hank | ||||||
112 | Keep the Sabbath Holy? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 190892 | ||
Doc, in re the writings of Ellen White that you quoted, in spite of all their uncontested elegance, felicity and charm, one is forced to conclude, upon close examination of the original Greek theological term which properly describes her flights of fancy, and in light of the Holy Scriptures and centuries-old Christian orthodoxy, her writings are best defined by the Greek word, balonai, which is literally and accurately translated by the English word "baloney." Hank | ||||||
113 | Is there a Theological name for this? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 191287 | ||
Gye, when in C. S. Lewis' book, "Mere Christianity" I first read the following words many years ago, I took heart, knowing that I was not the only Christian on earth who was willing to admit he didn't have all the answers. Here's what he said in his preface, "Ever since I became a Christian, I have thought that the best, perhaps the only, service I could do for my unbelieving neighbors was to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times. I had more than one reason for thinking this. In the first place, the questions which divide Christians from one another often involve points of high Theology or even of ecclesiastical history which ought never to be treated except by real experts. I should have been out of my depth in such waters: more in need of help myself than able to help others. And secondly, I think we must admit that the discussion of these disputed points has no tendency at all to bring an outsider into the Christian fold. So long as we write and talk about them we are much more likely to deter him from entering from entering any Christian communion." ..... Those words and others by this great apologist of the faith, C. S. Lewis, have had a profound effect on my thinking, and are one of the chief reasons I fought so hard against the bitter debates of a few years ago that crippled SBF so badly. ..... I believe that there really is only one kind of Christian, Gye, and one kind of Christianity which, to use C. S. Lewis' good term, is "Mere Christianity." When Paul addressed his letters, he addressed them to the saints (or Christians) at this or that place. I don't recall his ever mentioning that they were Arminian or Calvinist, Methodist or Presbyterian, or anything else but Christian. Some may indeed look upon this as a simplistic view, but it's good enough for C. S. Lewis and it's good enough for me. --Hank | ||||||
114 | Stumpped by my son | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 191844 | ||
Sir, "abundant references to scripture" are found in the works of many writers whose theology is far from orthodox, among whom are Mary Baker Eddy, Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russell, Ellen G. White, E. W. Kenyon, Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland. Let's have no more promotion of Boyd's highly controversial ideas and writings on SBF, if you please. --Hank | ||||||
115 | how tall are angels | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 192246 | ||
Evidently the angel Michael was not too tall to fit into Noah's boat, because the Bible says he was an archangel (Jude 1:9). --Hank | ||||||
116 | hyh vs eithe what is the diference? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 193064 | ||
Very good points, Tim! Your illustration about John MacArthur's parsing of "independent" reminds me of what a school boy wrote down on his test sheet when he was asked to give a synonym for _nevertheless_. In a burst of inspiration he wrote _alwaysthemore_. ..... Your first point, the one about consistency in translation, calls to mind something Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." An astute observation and wise counsel to apply to Bible translation. In their preface ("The Translators to the Reader") to the Authorized Version (King James) of 1611 the translators spoke of this "foolish consistency" when they wrote: "Another thing we think good to admonish thee of, gentle Reader, that we have not tied ourselves to an uniformity of phrasing, or to an identity of words." The translators continue at length to explain why they didn't always translate the same Hebrew or Greek word in a text by using the same English word throughout all texts in which the word appeared. They were saying in 1611 essentially the same thing that responsible contemporary translators all say: context determines meaning. An isolated word, whether in English or another language, rarely has a great deal of meaning of itself, apart from how it is used in spoken or written language. What does "if" mean, standing alone on a page? The answer obviously is that the word by itself has little or no meaning, and really doesn't make sense standing alone. ...... I agree with you, Tim, that there indeed are modern self-appointed "translators" who evidently think that the small investment in a concordance or a Hebrew or Greek entry-level textbook qualifies them not only to translate but to correct the errors that they believe seasoned translators have made. Once in a while one of these yokels appears on SBF and proceeds to pontificate upon matters about which he knows nothing. The only real show he puts on is not one of erudtion but of ignorance. --Hank | ||||||
117 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93345 | ||
New Creature: I say amen to, I applaud, and I totally agree without reservation with your response that God never commands His creatures to do anything unless He enables them to do it. To believe otherwise is contrary to what the Bible teaches on the nature and attributes of God and re-images the holy, loving and righteous God into an unthinkably hideous monster. Would any loving parent ever dream of threatening his infant child with severe corporeal punishment, even death itself, unless that little baby stood up and recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? Does God command all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30) while at the same time making it impossible for all but a chosen few of them to do so? And does He then condemn to eternal hell those from whom He has withheld the "ability" to obey Christ's command to "repent and believe in the gospel"? (Mark 1:15) Everyone who does not "repent and believe in the gospel" is hell bound to be sure. But are they hell bound because God has not given them the "ability" to do what He says do, or is it because they themselves chose to disobey a command that they clearly had the ability to obey? --Hank | ||||||
118 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93347 | ||
JibbyJee, your incontestible insinuation that New Creature is a heretic is clearly out of line and demands an apology and a sincere pledge that you will cease and desist your name calling on this forum. I've said on this forum before that we all live in glass houses. There are sincere Christians who happen to think that your brand of Calvinism is heresy, but how would you like the tables turned on you and be branded a heretic on this public forum? Unless you comply by offering New Creature a sincere apology and stop your slanderous name calling, abuse reports will be lodged against you to the Lockman Foundation. That is a promise, I assure you. --Hank | ||||||
119 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93410 | ||
New Creature, I like your anonymous quote about the rabbis who wrote so much to explain the Scriptures that they eventually crowded out the Scriptures themselves. Things haven't changed much. John Calvin wrote a whole library trying to explain why the "whoever" of John 3:16 and the "whoever" of Revelation 22:17 don't mean what they say. --Hank | ||||||
120 | do you pay tithe on loan money | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93505 | ||
When you negotiate a loan, you don't increase your assets, you increase your liabilities and decrease your net worth. Think about it. You now have incurred the obligation not only to repay the loan but to pay interest on it as well. --Hank | ||||||
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