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161 | God Punished New Orleans with Katrina | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209357 | ||
jack5505 :: Who or what is the source of this material? A reminder to you, please: read the terms of use before posting to Study Bible Forum. --Hank | ||||||
162 | God Punished New Orleans with Katrina | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209358 | ||
Val :: In my post 209308 on this thread I endeavored to make the point that questions on events such as the Katrina-New Orleans hurricane disaster tend to lead to speculation. And they invariably do. You admit in your post to Brad that what you wrote on the issue was your opinion. And opinion and speculation are at least close cousins if not identical twins. What makes this a Bible study forum is the study of the Bible. Dishing out opinions on any issue -- be it why hurricanes hurt and often kill people or why some dogs bite and others only bark -- is not Bible study. The central question, it seems to me, should not be "What is my opinion on thus and so?" but rather "What does the word of God teach on thus and so?" Opinions may be fun to read and even more fun to write, but they don't teach us very much, do they? --Hank | ||||||
163 | Church membership...a requirement? | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209409 | ||
Good, sound post, Doc. I've been a follower of Christ, i.e., a Christian for well over 50 years and never been quite able to understand the thinking of anyone who claims to be a Christian but refuses to tie himself to the church, the body of Christ. My analogy may be corny and simplistic, but for me to say that I am a Christian and refuse to affiliate myself to the church, for whose life the Lord gave His, is unthinkable. It's like saying that I am a citizen of the United States but refusing to obey its laws, to pledge allegiance to its flag or to honor the Constitution upon which it was founded and according to which it is governed. ..... Speaking of the very early days of the church, Scripture says, "And the LORD ADDED to the CHURCH daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:27, emphasis mine). Salvation is God's sovereign work. God Himself adds the regenerate to the church, the body of Christ. Scripture does not teach that church membership is an option for God's elect. It is thus quite impossible to be among Christ's redeemed without being a member of His body, the church, since Scripture plainly states that it is God who adds to the church those who are being saved. --Hank | ||||||
164 | God Punished New Orleans with Katrina | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209437 | ||
Hi, Jack :: Wouldn't it also be fair to ask, "If Kim Clement is a true prophet, how did he get things wrong?" You see, there is no record in Scripture of a bona fide prophet, chosen by God Himself, ever being wrong. ..... The problem with self-proclaimed prophets, Jack, is this: If in fact they are true prophets and get their prophecies wrong even once, then that would mean that God didn't get it right when He inspired the prophet to prophesy. Thus we are faced with a choice. We must choose to believe the prophet who claims to be inspired by God or to reject him. If we choose to believe he is divinely inspired yet see clearly that his prophecy is simply untrue, what can we say then? That God made a boo-boo? Or do we amend our thinking about the prophet's claim and accept the obvious, that the prophet himself is bogus? Anyone with enough brass can claim to be a prophet. Those who are glitzy and gutsy enough to dazzle and deceive large numbers of people make pretty good money at it. --Hank | ||||||
165 | Changing my skin color | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209502 | ||
Dear bermudianchristian :: Thanks for sharing your thoughts. While not specifically biblically oriented, in a broader sense they perhaps are. My guess -- please set me straight if I've wrong -- is that you are a young person. This thing that has been called "the herd instinct" is especially strong among young folks -- everybody wants to be, think, do, and look like his peers. This usually passes with time. ..... When I read your post, my mind went back nearly 50 years to an experience I had when I was in the U.S. Army. For a time I was attached to a medical unit at an Army hospital in Aurora, Colorado and there met a fine old gentleman, a patient at the hospital, who was a black man. His skin color was not brown but quite black. His hair was as white as snow, his teeth white and even, his smile engaging, his voice resonant -- in short, he was a strikingly handsome man for his age. I visited him on several occasions. He was gentle, wise, and seemed to enjoy our visits very much. We talked of many things as we sat in our comfortable chairs basking in the sun on the spacious lawn that surrounded the hospital building. The years have erased the memory of the content of most of those pleasant conversations but this much remains. One day this kind old gentlemen observed that people should be content with the gifts the Lord has given them and thank Him for life itself and all its wonders and marvels. Then he said something like this: "You know, I think it's so foolish that black people want to straighten their hair and bleach their skin trying to turn it white. And white people want to curl their hair and bake their skin in the sun for hours trying to turn it dark." ..... Now I'll close with a verse of Scripture: "Not that I speak in respect of want, but I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" (Philippians 4:11). May God richly bless you. --Hank | ||||||
166 | how do i become a pastor | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209713 | ||
Imoulton: In the main, the educational requirements for a pastor are laid down by the denomination or by the local church. There are pastors who have a doctorate in theology and there are others who have never seen the insides of a seminary. --Hank | ||||||
167 | Just a question | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209850 | ||
Nevvvvine :: The term you are asking about is "proof text," not "text proof." ..... Proof texting in its simplest terms is the methodology used in an effort to "prove" a doctrinal position by taking a passage or passages of Scripture out of context so that they appear to say what the person wants them to say. The proof text method of biblical interpretation generally ignores not only the immediate context of the verse but the broader context of the entire Bible. For example, a favorite proof text used by promoters of baptismal regeneration is Acts 2:38. ...... Genesis 6:14 provides a dramatic example of how misleading proof texting can be. Suppose we remove the verse from its natural context and interpret it soley on the basis of the command it contains. In that case, everyone who fears the Lord and yearns to obey His commands should head out to Home Depot first thing tomorrow in search of gopher wood in order to build an ark. ..... All of Scripture has been masterfully woven together into a seamless fabric. It was never meant to be read and studied in little isolated snippets while ignoring all the rest. We can "prove" or "disprove" about any doctrinal position we wish if we handle God's word recklessly and abuse it to further our own suppositional errors. In his second letter to Timothy, Paul charged him to "be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). And indeed those who do not accurately handle the word of truth have every reason to be ashamed. And proof texting is not accurately handling God's word. --Hank | ||||||
168 | How many Gods | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 209869 | ||
92406 :: Are you a Jehovah's Witness? --Hank | ||||||
169 | new | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 210036 | ||
Dear skateboardp :: Thanks so much for your question. Although it is an excellent one, it has not been answered very well. You may forget the terrible and murky advice about linking names and numbers to nature, whatever that means! ...... Skateboard, I'd like to recommend a web site to you that I believe will be of help to you in determining how to begin the wonderful journey -- and I pray the life-long one -- of studying your Bible. The article has down-to-earth practical hints on where to begin and how to proceed in your Bible studies. I hope you like it. Please let us know how you're progressing and how we may be able to help you. Here's the URL: http://www.gotquestions.org/start-reading-Bible.html --Hank | ||||||
170 | Is Christmas wrong...... | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 210089 | ||
Dear Hancock :: The remembrance of the "Christmas Story" from the Gospels is never wrong at any season of the year. When I was but a boy, I committed to memory the "Christmas Story" that Luke told so beautifully in Luke 2:1-20. For years I've gathered my children -- and now my grand-children too -- around the fireplace at Christmastime and recited this passage from Luke's Gospel in the majestic words of the King James Version. ..... But what the world means by Christmas is another thing. It is what C. S. Lewis used to call "the commercial claptrap." Lewis also used to lament that dreadful business of having to exchange gifts, which was more out of habit and custom than anything else. He observed that perfectly rational people would actually buy some useless trinket for a friend but they would never think of buying anything quite so absurd for themselves. ...... Your question has to do with whether it's wrong for Chrstians to celebrate Christmas. That depends in large measure upon which Christmas we celebrate, it seems to me. Do we put our emphasis on Santa Claus or on Jesus Christ? Are we more agog about what gifts we hope to get than about the gift of His Son that God has already given us? ...... Every year we hear someone remind us that He is the reason for the season. We hear it so often, in fact, that we may cease to listen to it. Yes, it's a trite saying, tired and worn out, and yet it doesn't hurt us to listen to it once more. He IS the reason for the season. ...... So let me wish you a Merry Christmas in the best possible sense of the term. --Hank | ||||||
171 | A difficult question | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 210459 | ||
Hi, COG :: If you are serious enough about this subject to invest a few dollars of your money and quite a few hours of your time, pick up a copy of Josh McDowell's "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict." Published by Thomas Nelson, the book is still in print and can be purchased at religious bookstores and online. With its 760 pages, this book is no wimp. It tackles hard questions such as "Is the Bible historically reliable? Is the Bible from God?" ...And much, much more. ...... I've enjoyed the book enormously and find myself turning back to it periodically in order to refresh my mind on certain questions. And I believe you will enjoy it too. ...... For a postscript, I'll say that the subject that you've broached is of such enormity and scope that no "crash course" or cursory reading is likely to do much good, certainly not a response so necessarily brief as a post on Study Bible Forum must needs be. That's why I recommend this hefty book. And it just happens to be one of the best contemporary books on the subject that I've come across. So please buy it, read it, study it, and I truly do believe, you'll be the richer for having done so. An avid reader for many years, I always feel slightly robbed when I invest my time and money in a book only to find it wasn't very good and hardly deserved the investment I made in it. But I don't think you'll feel cheated when you buy and read "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict." I certainly haven't felt short-changed by it! --Hank | ||||||
172 | interputer the main thought | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 210992 | ||
Dear Cheri: There are as you say 66 books in the Bible, but not all of them have a Chapter 3. Six of them have fewer than three chapters, viz. Obadiah, Haggai, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. Thus, in only 60 books is there a Chapter 3. This narrows the field of inquiry, but not by much. :-) --Hank | ||||||
173 | Prayer Request from My Family | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 212025 | ||
Dear Skccab (Cheri) : Although it's true that this is a Bible study forum (you don't really need to be reminded of that), there is no earthly reason why an occasional urgent request for prayer should not be honored. This company of believers should deem it a privilege, it seems to be, to engage in intercessory prayer on behalf of you and your friend who is gravely ill. You have been an active member of this forum for quite a while and many of us consider you as "family" now. so the last thing I'd want to see is your sincere prayer request being summarily dismissed and your being essentially ignored on this forum. Of course, I'll pray for your friend Stanley and for you, Cheri, and take comfort in the belief that other Christians on this forum will do likewise. ..... I do want to emphize, however, that the thrust of SBF is Bible study, so by and large it's better to channel prayer requests through other web sites that are designed for prayer requests and capable of handling a large volume of them. Study Bible Forum simply isn't. --Hank | ||||||
174 | ... | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 212137 | ||
Dear Messenger : You have not asked a question but have made a series of statements, the point and direction of which I do not know. While it is recognized that this was your initial post to the Forum -- to which I bid you welcome -- you are encouraged to make sure that you understand and follow its guideline as stated in the links cited beneath the "Information" section on the left column of the home page. --Hank | ||||||
175 | ... | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 212155 | ||
Dear Messenger : The revision of the 1901 edition of the American Standard Version had its genesis in the mind of one man, Dewey Lockman, a Baptist layman and wealthy citrus grower of La Habra, California. Being a businessman and not a Bible translator, he made no attempt to revise the ASV himself, but using mainly his own financial resources, which were considerable, Mr. Lockman engaged a team of respected and highly trained Bible scholars and translators and the project was launched from which emerged the New American Standard Bible. ........ So now, sir or madam, may I ask you why some several years later you take upon yourself, so you say, the task of revising the ASV of 1901? Do you somehow feel that the team of professional scholars who spent hour upon hour on the revision of the 1901 ASV in order to produce the NASB botched the job so badly that you decided to come along and fix it? ..... And this seems a fair question to ask you at this point: What insights do you have that you presume the team of translators did not have? And whence came your insights? What qualifies you to be able to revise the ASV and get it right? What's wrong with the NASB anyway? ....... The regular readers of this Forum are not ignorant of the tetragrammaton, YHWH. I question the appropriateness of devoting post after post to the topic you've introduced in view of the fact that much has already been said about it in the archives of this Forum. ...... By the way, you apparently misread a few points given in the Forum guidelines. You don't have to ask a question to create a post and you certainly are not expected to answer your own question. A post may be created by (1) asking a question, (2) answering someone else's question, or (3) writing a note or responding to one. --Hank | ||||||
176 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 212273 | ||
Flyman, the plethora of questions your posts have raised added to the minute details you are seeking overwhelm me, so I refrain from writing a word about all those individual trees until we've taken a peek at the whole forest. In your user profile you wrote of desiring God, of seeking a walk with Him, and mentioned that you hope to be guided in some way by your interaction with people of this Forum. Well may you be, but frankly that is not the place I'd pick to begin my search. You mention nothing of church attendance, but a conservative, orthodox local congretation having a conservative, orthodox pastor is the best place to hang your hat right now, I'd say. This Forum has a lofty aim to be sure, but church it isn't. You need to go to God's house, for which there is absolutely no substitute. And may I suggest that you in connection with your Bible stuy. stop inspecting the individual trees so minutely right now, and instead that you look first at the forest, the big picture. You need to fully understand what 2 Timothy 2:15 really means and learn how to do what it says to do. This knowledge comes about slowly and takes a lot of time. ...... Where you are "coming from" I think I know, because many years ago I believe I sounded much like you. You may come off as being argumentative perhaps, but I don't think that is your aim. Just lighten up a little and be paiient. You are not going to understand everything in the Bible....not ever. Friend, I've been a follower of Jesus Christ for almost 60 years and studied the Bible for the same length of time. I'm probably boasting to say that maybe I understand 10 per cent of it by now. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Surrender your will to Him. That's the most important thing in life. --Hank | ||||||
177 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 212298 | ||
Flyman, my suggestions were chiefly about finding yourself a conservative church with a high view of God's word. Such a church is not likely to delete you! ..... Speaking of which, in my nearly eight years on Study Bible Forum I've observed that those who follow Forum guidelines religiously generally have no problem with their posts being deleted. You said nary a word about the pointers I tried to give you but seemed only concerned about your posts being deleted. Do you think that you are possibly being a mite egocentric in your approach to this Forum? --Hank | ||||||
178 | i am sure where to find this | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 156966 | ||
Dear Elhar - There is considerable variation from communion to communion in how members are received as well as in how membership may be terminated. Your question is rather general. Would you like to make it more specific? --Hank | ||||||
179 | I want my wife back | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157261 | ||
Mark, let me add my firm support to those who have urged you to seek counsel. Your pastor or other qualified Christian adviser may be able to help you and your wife mend the breach. What's done is done and we can't unscramble an egg, but that does not mean the egg is worthless and should be thrown away. --Hank | ||||||
180 | selling raffle tickets | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157560 | ||
Dear pbp, the church of which I'm a member (First Baptist Church in a good-sized Arkansas city) does not engage in any such activities as selling raffle tickets whatever, and if it did, I would be strongly opposed to it. I would neither buy them nor sell them nor in any way promote the enterprise. In my view, the preferred way to dispose of the donated quilt would be to give it away to a needy person or family. And the way to raise money in a church is not by the employment of a raffle-ticket scheme or other questionable gimmick, but by the free-will offerings of its members. I see no harm whatever in your expressing your intense concern and honest misgiving about this activity to your pastor and other leaders of the church you attend. Participation in raffling is to play a game of chance with the hope and expectation of material gain. It is not giving but gambling. It is not good fiscal stewardship within the body of Christ. Moreover, for the parishioners who may be tempted to gamble, I see this practice as being a potential stumbling block in a brother's way. The church is never to follow the ways of the world but of Christ. --Hank | ||||||
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