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181 | christians remember god's love at? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 98191 | ||
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182 | types and symbols | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 98413 | ||
Christian7 - What I have to say on the topic will most likely come across as being no answer at all or, at best, as being a very jaded one. Among web sites and printed materials that attempt to deal with biblical symbolism and typology it is difficult to find any two that wholly agree with one another. Thus the definition of what constitutes a "good" site or book is largely subjective: a "good" source is one that agrees with the reader's preconceptions and a "bad" one is one that does not. Along with a number of other subjects that treat of "high theology," -- eschatology comes readily to mind -- symbolism and typology encompass a very broad spectrum of beliefs that range from conservative to wildly speculative. Some years ago I had occasion to talk on the subject of the symbolism in the Book of Revelation with a good friend, a retired minister of a very large Methodist congregation in my community. He readily admitted that he did not have all the answers to the symbolism of Revelation and had never known anyone who did, though he said he had known a number of people who claimed to. Known and beloved for his wit and humor, he summed the matter up with the observation, "I have come to believe that anyone who claims to understand everything about Revelation will probably lie about other things too." ..... Of course one of the first problems one meets in his efforts to ferret out possible meanings of biblical typology and symbolism is determining whether a passage under consideration is, in fact, typology, symbolism, or merely a literal statement of fact. For instance, there are schools of thought that interpret the first few chapters of Genesis, the story of creation, as being symbolic. When this premise is accepted, it materially and dynamically influences the interpretation of all Scripture that follows. When one attempts to establish as a universal principle throughout all Scripture "that one day is with the Lord a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8), then all other biblical time lines become symbolic and can be interpreted largely as one wishes. ...... It is not at all uncommon among the various sects and cults in our time to see a whole system of doctrine based upon nothing more than a single verse or a small number of isolated verses of Scripture that have been, whether ignorantly or deliberately, lifted, if not out of their immediate context, out of their broader context of Scripture and used as "proof texts" to advance their false teaching. Genuine exegesis holds that the interpretation of any portion of Scripture that contradicts the clear teaching of any other portion or portions of Scripture is faulty interpretation. Yet this sound interpretative principle does not stop false teachers from parading their lies in the pulpit, in the media, on the street corner, and even on this forum. .... So, dear brother Christian7, see, I never promised to be able to answer your question definitively, and you will no doubt agree that I've kept my promise! :-) --Hank | ||||||
183 | Heaven isn't capitalized because...? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 98812 | ||
Ironsage - Standard conventions of modern English generally treat the words 'heaven' and 'hell' as common nouns; hence, they are not usually capitalized. Exceptions to this are as follows: The word 'earth' is usually capitalized when it refers to the planet that is third in order from the sun, e.g., planet Earth. 'Heaven' is sometimes capitalized when it refers specifically to the dwelling place of the Deity. ....... By the way, the word 'bible' that you typed in lower case in your question should always be capitalized when it is used to refer to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. When so used, 'Bible' and 'Scripture(s)' should be capitalized, but the adjectives 'biblical' and 'scriptural' should not. --Hank | ||||||
184 | personal prophecy | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 98971 | ||
terryandangie - What these self-proclaimed prophets are really saying is that God's word, the Bible, is incomplete. It's as if God is admitting, "Oops, I forgot to include something in Scripture. Tell them this..." ..... To believe self-proclaimed prophets is to be deceived. Why should we believe them? They claim to have received special revelation from God in a dream or vision. They may well be as mad as a hatter. Mental hospitals are full of people who claim the same thing. As John Reformed suggested, ignore them and stick with Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
185 | what is theocracy | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 99390 | ||
Cheif - The term 'theocracy' is not found in the Hebrew Bible, yet it is descriptive of a type of government in which Yahweh was king over Israel. In ancient Israel, Yahweh was viewed as the sole Sovereign from whom other authorities derived legitimacy. This was not unlike the position that the founding fathers of our republic held, but this position has been severely compromised in contemporary American governance by the influx of skepticism and secular humanism resulting in moral and spiritual decay. .... In Israel's political life theocracy came into being during the premonarchic times of the judges and prophets, continued on as a monarchic form during the period of the kings in which the king was viewed as Yahweh's representative and called Yahweh's anointed or prince. Later, theocracy was present as a postexilic priestly form that saw both priest and prince as Yahweh's representatives. Throughout Israel's history theocracy was often more an ideal than a reality that Israel lived out. --Hank | ||||||
186 | What #5 really means regarding grace? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 99654 | ||
Sampq - The only connection that comes immediately to mind between grace and the number 5 is the same connection between your name, Sampq, and the number 5: Both grace and Sampq have 5 letters each. --Hank | ||||||
187 | Endorsing the TNIV, how can this be? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 99944 | ||
Justme - I wish I could offer an informed explanation of why Zondervan's TNIV has received favorable endorsement from a few well-known leaders in the Christian world, but I can't. It's often a difficult and dangerous business to impugn the motives of others. One possibility that comes to mind is that there are doublessly some people who think that reading any translation is better than reading none at all. Yet this seems a shallow reason to endorse a translation that has taken so many liberties with the biblical text when there are so many other and better translations to choose for endorsement. Is it being too cynical to suggest the possibility that money may be involved? I don't know. Of course, there is also the apparent fact that there are those who do not see any problems in the translation. But I hold with those who do see problems in it. Sorry to give so unprecise an answer to an excellent question, another good product of your agile and inquiring mind! I hope your health is improving daily, my friend. --Hank | ||||||
188 | what type of book is the bible, research | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100238 | ||
g3ills - That the Bible is an anthology is true of course, but so were my literature textbooks in college. Let's let our research begin and end with what the Bible says of itself. ....... From the Old Testament: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105). ....... And from the New Testament: "All Scripture is inspired (literally, 'God-breathed') by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16,17). ...... "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12). ..... The Bible is the living word of the living God, that's the type of book the Bible is. And the best way to go about "researching this question out" is simply to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest this unique, incomparable book. It does not merely contain the words of God, it is the very word of God. --Hank | ||||||
189 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100242 | ||
Dee1Rose - You won't find an account of Paul's death in Scripture. You'll have to resort to secular accounts for that, and even then you won't be able to find a definitive answer; accounts vary. One tradition tells of Paul's execution in Rome. Another tells that he traveled to Spain. The New Testament emphasis is on Paul's calling to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, on his life, not his death. On his faith, his hardships, his missionary work; in short, his carrying out of his mission as a bond-servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. ...... Perhaps our focus should be on his life lived for Christ and his dedicated work in His service. In no way, however, am I being critical of your question about his death, I assure you. ...... It's interesting to observe that the New Testament gives a great deal of attention to the death of Jesus and, except for a brief mention of Judas Iscariot's death, none to the Apostles. Why, do you suppose? --Hank | ||||||
190 | Hank, found the answer to the riddle. | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100244 | ||
GeorJoy - It must have been a case of a blind Razorback stumbling upon an acorn. I assure you, George, it was not a case of mental acuity on my part. :-) --Hank | ||||||
191 | Wrong to divorce husband for bad actions | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100813 | ||
Anonymous - As one who has been fairly active on the Forum from near its beginning, I've seen a large number of domestic issues addressed to it, and it has ever been my firm conviction that these kinds of questions ought not be dealt with on a medium such as this, because there are too many variables and complexities involved to do them justice on the Forum. Moreover, the Forum is not a counseling service and is not staffed by trained counselors -- well, there is one who uses the Forum, and my guess is he'd give you essentially the same advice as I'm going to give you. ..... In the first place, one-way counseling on an internet forum, carried on through a third party, is worthless. It is powerless to solve a rupture of a marital relationship. Resolution of knotty domestic problems should be sought through counseling resources in one's own community, resources such as pastors, Christian psychologists, social workers, etc. I've been married for more than 44 years and don't believe divorce offers any panacea for marital difficulties. Urge your friends to seek local, real-life professional guidance without delay. --Hank | ||||||
192 | What did God do before He made the world | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 100819 | ||
la flor - That's a fascinating question, but I have no fascinating answer. Neither does Scripture. Scripture reveals that God is eternal. That means He always existed and always will exist. Our finite minds are not equipped fully to grasp any such concept as eternity. Oh, we can perhaps envisage in a pale, fuzzy sort of way a time frame that has no end to it. But can we get a sharp image in our minds of something or someone that had no beginning, that always was? ...... And eternity is not a time frame as we know and measure time. It's a dimension that is incomprehensible to finite minds, and God, in a certain sense, is incomprehensible. We speak of God as being transcendent, as lying beyond the ordinary range of perception. "For who in the skies is comparable to the Lord?" the psalmist asked, "Who among the sons of the mighty is like the Lord?" [Psalm 89:6]. The answer, of course, is there is none like God, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts," God has said, "nor are your ways My ways." [Isaiah 55:8] ..... But even though, la flor, God is transcendent, eternal, and sovereign, the Bible tells us He loved the world so dearly that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have life eternal with the eternal God. We don't know what God "did" before he created the universe, but He loves us, this we know, for the Bible tells us so. That's really about all we have the capacity to absorb -- or need to -- that God loves us. ..... What a mighty God! What a wonderful Savior! Soli Deo Gloria! -- To God alone be the glory! --Hank | ||||||
193 | man's tradition | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102648 | ||
junmeskie - Air-conditioned church buildings are not "biblical" either. Paul never preached in one in his life. But is it following "the traditions of men" to provide worshipers a cool place in the summer and a warm place in the winter? The Apostolic Church was not illuminated by electric lights either, so should modern houses of worship use lamps or candles? Benches at which worshipers can kneel and pray are not, in my view, a perversion of the gospel of Christ I say that, even though the church of which I'm a member does not have a so-called mourners' bench. Nor do air-conditioning nor electric lights pervert the gospel in any conceivable way. It is doctrine that needs ever to be scrutinized in light of the gospel that is the important consideration, not physical appurtenances. --Hank | ||||||
194 | use of the pronoun she or her | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102712 | ||
astafford - Traditionally in English usage the pronoun 'she' (her, hers) has been applied to anything considered, as by personification, to be feminine, e.g., ship, country, the church, etc. To refer to one's country, for instance, as 'she' makes sense: it is the land of one's birth, the mother country. (But this usage is inconsistent with the term 'fatherland.') The New Testament refers to the church as the bride of Christ (see Rev. 21:17; 19:7-9; 21:9), so it follows that the church of Christ would be referred to as 'she.' ..... The usage of the feminine gender prounouns to refer to nouns that are not specifically feminine -- 'countries' is a notable example -- has begun to give way and to be replaced by 'it' (its), as, for example, "America is blessed not only by its freedoms but by its wealth of natural resources. It is truly a land of opportunity." --Hank | ||||||
195 | unborn babies heavenly body age ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102854 | ||
savedunergrace - By "unborn babies" it is assumed you are referring to offsping who die before they are born. To the first segment of your question, I believe it is not inconsistent with Scripture to say they will have a glorified body. To the second, since Scripture is silent on the age of heavenly bodies, I am fearful of speculating on that. One gleans from reading the Scriptures the sense that God's eternity is quite unlike the dimension of time that we as mortal creatures know on planet earth. The finiteness of our minds binds us to a certain degree so that we cannot fully comprehend the concept of eternity. Our lives on earth are measured in days and years. When we pass into eternity it will, I'm fully convinced, be a totally different dimension. Not a frightening one but a glorious one for those who know and trust Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. All who live will make that journey, soon for some, later for others, but all of us are headed toward eternity. As for me, I'd rather not cross over without my Lord. And I would urge all who may happen to read this page now or later to think seriously on the question, "With whom and where do I want to spend eternity?" It's the most important question anyone could ever ask. Please pardon my preaching, dear user. Now and then I get carried away! --Hank | ||||||
196 | Contradictions in the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102894 | ||
Crossland - Try www.icr.org for some answers to your creation and flood questions. You evidently know more inquiring atheists than I do. How do you stand theologically, by the way? .... Allow me to comment please on three points you raise in your set of questions. ....... First, you say that at first glance there seems to be a lot of nonsense in the Bible. I submit to you that the Bible is the very word of God and invite you to take a second glance. ...... Second, you talk about two creation accounts. There is only one, the second being an expansion of the first. ..... Third, you say that "we know" the animals evolved over millions of years. Who is this "we" and how do they "know?" Darwin didn't "know" either, and neither do his disciples. His ungodly theory is just that, a theory, and it has never been proved by science or by anything else. --Hank | ||||||
197 | final round of "contradictions" | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102899 | ||
Crossland - Even though your battery of questions is quite long, I'd nursed the notion to take a segment of them at a time and attempt to render a biblical answer. Having read through your list, however, I've changed my mind and here's why. A pure question that seeks information is a forthright question, one not encumbered by interpretation, presumption, bias, commentary, or presupposition. All of your questions contain one of more of these elements; thus, to respond, one would be burdened with the task not only of attempting to answer the question itself but of trying to overcome the hurdles imposed by so many assumptions that appear within the questions. The ambient assumptions in which the questions are encased does lead one, I must say candidly, to impugn the motives for asking such "loaded" questions on a Forum such as this. Please don't misunderstand me. I do not say the questions themselves are unworthy and should not be asked. What I object to, and vigorously, is the pre-judgmental, presumptive way in which they are posed, as for example, "Jesus mistakenly tells his followers that" ... or, "Peter wrongly believed that" Comments like these do no honor to the Bible..... Finally, it seems to me that it would be characteristic of whoever had the head for the kind of minute research required in order to formulate this set of questions would be able to research the answers to them, given the vast amount of biblical exposition and exegesis readily availble on the internet and elsewhere. --Hank | ||||||
198 | Holy Spirit, did He change? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102910 | ||
mouse - One way of answering your question is to ask, Who is the Holy Spirit? Who is the Father? Who is Jesus Christ? Are they not all God -- God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit? Hebrews 13:8 speaks of Jesus Christ as being the same yesterday, today, and forever. If God the Son is immutable, it cannot be otherwise but that God the Father and God the Holy Spirit also have the same attribute of immutability. Man's concept of the Holy Spirit may change, but man's concept does not change the Holy Spirit. --Hank | ||||||
199 | about taking someone to court | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 102994 | ||
joel - Even if the owner of the business is a wealthy man, if he is a Christian as you say, you might be surprised to find that he will give you the time of day. Contact him in any way you can and tell him the story of what happened to you in his firm and why it happened. --Hank | ||||||
200 | reply for new creation ... thank you | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 103017 | ||
joel - EdB and New Creature certainly have valid concerns regarding the exact nature and cause of your dismissal from your job, and your new admission that your manager's stated reason for letting you go was because of lack of sales performance. While I am not questioning your truthfulness -- I have no way of knowing about that except through what you have told this Forum -- I am saying that you need to be on firm footing and able to prove to the owner (should you contact him), or to anyone else through whom you might seek remedy for your alleged ill treatment by your firm's manager, that your dismissal was occasioned by your Christian witness and not by your job performance. For years I was a sales manager and it was my lot from time to time to discharge an employee, a duty that I never enjoyed, believe me. The dismissals were in a few instances for dishonest business practices on the part of the employee, but by and large they were brought about by the employee's lack of job performance, and by performance I mean sales performance. But never did I or my company fire anyone on account of his religious convictions. --Hank | ||||||
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