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101 | Introducing the English Standard Version | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 95018 | ||
Nolan, I once told you of a friend with a 25-yr-old, duct-taped NASB. You said you'd have liked to compare notes with him on the old versus the Update. Here's an example of where the Update is a Down-date: James 3.4 "Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder, wherever the inclination of the pilot desires." (NASB original) (Jam 3:4) Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires." (NASB95) By one lost comma after "behold" in version 1, version 2 is now crying out for the pronoun "they" after "winds," without which this verse is a grammatical dud. See what I mean? How did they miss this? I've come across several punctuation/grammatical errors in the NASB. Nevertheless, all hail the NASB. Colin. |
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102 | Introducing the English Standard Version | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 95031 | ||
Hank, I knew you'd know a "DEC" when you saw one. Just what the heck is a DEC? A dangling elliptical clause, (Or a "DEC" to those few in the know), Is a jangling centrifugal pause In the midst of a scriptural flow. Stay honed, Hank, you are so there! Colin. |
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103 | Introducing the English Standard Version | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 95045 | ||
Hank, the DEC is dusted. Colin. |
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104 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98321 | ||
Joe, James 2:18 "But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." (NASB) I don't believe because I work, I work because I believe. Read the book of Romans. Colin |
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105 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98685 | ||
Hank, Doris Day sang "Que Sera, Sera". Caruso might have sung the aria "Che Sara, Sara" to a gal named Sara whilst bench-pressing her from a bar stool in an opera of the same title. Colin |
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106 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98716 | ||
Hank, for the sake of the Forum, let's not spark another divisive Day/Caruso debate. Colin. |
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107 | Who determines our destiny? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 98753 | ||
D'accord, Monsieur Hank. Colin |
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108 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 100959 | ||
If you believe in Jesus Christ, the son of God, the Gospel of Thomas will read like a self-help book for lapsed scientologists. Makarios's citation of Galatians 1.6-8 is apt for those who may have once believed, but your rapture for this flaming bunkum indicates you have yet to repent and believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Colin |
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109 | 5 crucificitions at the time of Jesus? | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 110730 | ||
Please prove your assertion scripturally within the forum. Colin |
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110 | Does our actions help save us | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 114209 | ||
Nae-Nae, Jesus saves, of course, but we must be obedient to do good works in loving faith. Some verses: What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?.. Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. (James 2:14,17) NAS Jesus Christ, ...through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake, (Rom 1:5) NAS ...commands us to love God and one another and to demonstrate our love with works in faithful obedience; otherwise that faith is useless (Jam 2:20) NAS. We are justified by faith through a confessed belief in Christ, a faith that is itself a gift received from God. ...God has allotted to each a measure of faith. (Rom 12:3) NAS and ...Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. (Mat 16:17) NAS By faith we enter God's covenant family as children of God; and, like children we have to be disciplined and raised by our Father. In this way we mature as Abraham, the father of our faith, matured. And in this way our justification, like Abraham's, is progressive and contingent on our contined loving obedience to our Father. "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." (Act 5:32) NAS Faith is as faith does. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. (Gal 5:6) NAS What saves us is a loving, active, obedient faith in Jesus Christ. Colin |
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111 | Does our actions help save us | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 114273 | ||
Hank, if once we believed in faith, yet our faith died through worklessness, we are left with 2 choices, it seems: 1) We never really believed unto salvation. 2) We believed but our salvation died. This scripture, "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." (Acts 5:32) In conjuction with, "You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;" (Jam 2:22) has been bugging me lately. James uses Abraham as an example of faith needing to be progessively proven and perfected, a maturation process (James 2:21-23). Does Paul understand this any differently that James? "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;" (Phi 2:12) It seems we can lose the gift of life through simple neglect. "how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?" (Heb 2:3a) Apparently, like Adam, we can fall from the grace given to us, to the degree that the Holy Sprit is denied us (Acts 5:32). Hank, how readest thou? Colin |
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112 | Does our actions help save us | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 114279 | ||
Hank, to die, to sleep, perchance to dream, Ay! there's the bug! I'll ponder these verses and return ere long. Learingly thine, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/theater/reviews/05LEAR.html Colin |
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113 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 114320 | ||
Arrow1, Hello, is repentance necessary for salvation? Colin |
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114 | Does our actions help save us | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 114666 | ||
Hank, Your verses helped. This is an absolutely heavy topic. Let's see where it leads us. The question of whether salvation is guaranteed is moot because God has promised it: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (Joh 5:24) …and “I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. "I and the Father are one." (John 10:28-30) But is that guarantee categorical or contingent? Can we forfeit our salvation? Jesus also says, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him…” (John 14:21) …that the one who loves Him will keep His commandments and, "…he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words” (John 14:23,24). If we don’t keep His commandments we evidence our disdain for Him and His word, and both He and the Father will not abide in us, apparently. That doesn’t mean the Holy Trinity moves out, but that we must be made a fit abode by abiding reciprocally in our Holy Tenants (John 15.5). It follows that our faith consists in our love for Him and obedience to His word. Faith requires our willingness to do His will; otherwise our faith is dead (James 2), without which we can’t please God (Heb 11.6). In the family of God we’re free to reject His love and our promised eternal life through sin. In God’s family we’re free to be prodigal. Did Peter understand salvation as a done deal irrespective of subsequent prodigality? In Acts 8:20-21 Peter’s rebukes Simon, a baptized believer, for his apostasy: “But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you… for your heart is not right with God.” (Act 8:20). Peter warns Simon that he stands to lose his salvation unless he “…repent of this wickedness… and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.” v.22 Peter’s rebuke accords with a clear understanding that salvation is both progressive, “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure…” (2Pe 1:10) and contingent: “For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. (2Pe 2:20-21) Could Peter have written this without Simon in mind? Could Paul have understood salvation any differently from Peter? “...for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” (Rom 8:13) Paul is talking about spiritual death, since we’re all bound to die physically. Colin |
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115 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 115815 | ||
Hello, Classy, baby Christian. This is a great place to learn; however, some on this forum, though they quote the Bible, do not believe in Jesus Christ as the eternal, uncreated Son of God, and are very harmful to new believers. Jehova's Witnesses are a nasty case in point. The one with username Aniset is one of these. The Gospel of John is a great place to start to learn about Jesus. Colin |
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116 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 115816 | ||
Aniset, As a confessed JW you have a lot of nerve using this forum to invite a new Christian to study with you off-line. Hands off, guy. Colin |
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117 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 115827 | ||
Emmaus, "In accordance with the scriptures" is a fairly modern translation. Is that from the NAB? Colin |
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118 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 117193 | ||
Aniset, JW "beliefs" are anti-Christian. Your "job" is anti-Christian, along with the "words" you "preach". For a JW to actively recruit young Christians in a Christian forum is disgusting. Colin |
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119 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 117201 | ||
Hi, Sir Pent. Thanks for your comment. The post I was referring to is ID# 115810. I'd like you take on that particular exchange. Colin |
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120 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | flinkywood | 117297 | ||
Sir Pent, For starters, let's imagine a scene: Exterior, Church, Sunday Morning. A GIRL, 17, approaches a Church Door. A MAN meets her at the door. They are alone. MAN: "Good morning, welcome to our little church... Oh, you're a new Christian, wonderful! I bet you have lots of questions... Good! 'In order to get the full understanding of what Jesus has done for us it takes time, an open mind and the willingness to learn (ID# 115810)...' I can help you find answers about Jesus. Here's my number. Let's study together." The man is a Muslim. The girl is your daughter, Sir Pent. 1) How would you feel? 2) What would you do? Colin |
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