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181 | doctrinally unsound? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157656 | ||
Uma: I wonder whether anyone sees anything unsound or confusing in the following "news item," which is composed of several sentences extracted verbatim from several articles that appeared on the front page of this morning's edition of my hometown newspaper, The Times Record: "Timmons is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The churches are really acting like churches. For people to vote a tax increase is always a push. More than 630 school-age children who escaped to Arkansas in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have enrolled in the state's public schools. The Quorum Court is considering an expansion of the current jail." ..... These excerpts from one page of a newspaper are out of context, they are non sequiturs, they don't make sense, and can even invite false and ridiculous conclusions; as if, for example, the enrollment of 630 children from the Gulf Coast had something to do with the expansion of the local jail! ...... Now, if we can take snippets from a newspaper and put them together in a collage in such a way that they become absurd, misleading, and even comic -- and we can and I just did -- then what is to keep us from walking all over God's word in such a crass and outrageous manner? .... There are some 39 Shakespearean plays extant. One could select a line or two from King Lear, from Hamlet, from Romeo and Juliet, from Julius Caesar, or from any of the 35 other plays, and by careful manipulation make up any number of absurd "doctrines" from the Bard. But is this sort of adulteration of his works fair to Shakespeare or fair to the readers of such out-of-context quotations? Of course it isn't. Yet hardly a day goes by that one doesn't see on this Forum a scissors job being done to the Bible in some vain effort to prove a point or tout a false teaching. ..... How many times have some of us who contribute regularly to the Forum stressed context...context...context! ..... It's odd indeed that some of the very folks who can readily see my ridiculous error in pulling lines from a newspaper out of context think nothing of doing it with Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
182 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157721 | ||
Doc, being the scholar that I am, I've assigned my mind to the task of discovering the true meaning of the number 216. My research led me to a little copy of the New Testament, King James Version, which I've owned for some 60 years, since I was 10 years old. I turned to page 216 and counted down from the top of the page until I came to the 216th word. It was the word "may." Eureka! I exclaimed. That's it. The number 216 means "may." Moreover, for additional proof, as if any were needed, when one adds the components of 216, i.e., 2, 1, and 6, the answer is 9, and "may" is the 9th word in the verse, as well as being the 216th word on page 216. What more proof could anyone possibly ask for? ..... It's hard to describe the sensation I felt upon making this astounding discovery. The best I can do is compare it to the overwhelming wave of emotion that comes over one when he dips his finger in a pail of water and detects a distinctive sensory perception of wetness. ..... Now I recognize that some people will not agree with my findings when they engage in their own research. They may well find that the 216th word on page 216 of their New Testaments is not "may." But that in no way invalidates the fruits of my research nor diminishes the sheer force and unimpeachable truth of my discovery. All it means is simply that they are using the wrong copy of the New Testament. Mine is correct because it is mine. And it is THE King James Version, the same one Peter, Paul and Mary used. --Hank | ||||||
183 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157725 | ||
Whatever. If the singing group don't read the Bible, they should! --Hank | ||||||
184 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157727 | ||
Tim, if you develop fever with those chills, take a couple of aspirin and call me in the morning :-) Perhaps it would be good to forget about 216 and concentrate on 911. --Hank | ||||||
185 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157728 | ||
The key to understanding the post is to recognize that it is pure tongue-in-cheek, pure irony, a parody designed to spoof the inane notion of finding hidden meanings in Scripture through the use of the arcane pseudo-science of numerology. We don't play Dungeons and Dragons on this Forum. --Hank | ||||||
186 | Number 216 | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157730 | ||
Truly amazing discoveries, Doc! As Cousin Caleb, who is beyond doubt the world's greatest authority here in the Ozarks, is so fond of saying, "The more I study on this nummerology, the nummer and dummer I git." --Hank | ||||||
187 | List Nasb departures from Hebrew text? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157975 | ||
PeterAV, inasmuch as the NASB is a very literal translation, it is doubtful that it ever actually departs from the Hebrew text. This, however, is a question for the scholars who translated it. --Hank | ||||||
188 | List Nasb departures from Hebrew text? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 157980 | ||
Peter, you may already be in the habit of comparing several translations with one another. I find this practice helpful, because often a murky locution in one version will be cleared up by another. I frequently find myself using the NASB, NKJV, ESV, NIV and NLT in making comparisons of difficult passages. Almost always it helps. --Hank | ||||||
189 | Is it a sin to marry a divorced woman? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158373 | ||
Dear loreto: Thanks for your question. This subject comes up quite often on SBF and many posts have been written on it. Please go to Search and type in the word, divorce. --Hank | ||||||
190 | about change | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158601 | ||
John 80, your two words, 'about change,' don't give us much to go on. If you have a question, please try asking it by using a complete interrogatory sentence. --Hank | ||||||
191 | will going to church get me to heaven? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158832 | ||
Dave: The term "going to church" is such a misnomer! It follows the same error as calling a building the church. The church is the body of Christ and is composed of all the redeemed in Christ. So in a real sense nobody "goes to church." We who are individual members of the body of Christ do assemble in community for the purposes of worship, instruction, the breaking of bread and prayer. Christ saves. We are saved by grace through faith in Him. Read the book of Acts. You won't find in it a single example of any regenerate believer who cloistered himself in a cave and absented himself from the fellowship of the saints. He who inclines to drum up excuses for not attending worship services on the grounds that this will not keep him out of heaven has a decidely myopic view of what the church is all about. If everyone thought as he thinks, local churches would become extinct. You figure the consequences of that! --Hank | ||||||
192 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158841 | ||
Doc, at one time or another I believe I've seen all these interpretative mistakes committed on the Forum, some of them many times over. Mercifully hidden away somewhere in the Forum archives is a gruesomely long thread debating, of all things, the meaning of the little word "all" in which we were asked to believe that when the Bible uses all, it doesn't mean all at all. That pill was hard for me to swallow, because where I come from when a man says you all he means every last one of you. The whole shootin' match. ..... I guess the eisegesis business -- forcing an interpretation into a text that simply isn't there -- and taking a passage out of context are the two most frequently seen on the Forum. Many of the "old regulars" on the Forum have posted again and again about the importance of context. Yet the problem persists. Either the warnings against lifting passages out of context don't get read, or if they do, they go in one ear and out the other two. :-) --Hank | ||||||
193 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158869 | ||
"Truly sir, all that I live by is the awl. I meddle with no tradesman's matters, nor women's matters, but with awl. I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes. A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. I beseech you, sir, be not out with me, yet if you be out, sir, I can mend you" (Shakespere: "Julius Caesar," Act 1, Scene 1). ...... Awl things considered, Kalos, we are in the debt of the Bard of Stratford for clearing this matter up once and for awl. ...... It was he who also gave us -- well almost -- the famous lines, "Oil's well that ends well" and "What fuels these mortals be." ..... With that I will end, sir, hoping awl's well with thee. --Hank | ||||||
194 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158874 | ||
To correct a typo in my post 168869 -- For those who caught it, as I'm sure you did, Kalos, the Bard's name is spelled Shakespeare, not Shakespere as in the cited post. For those who failed to catch the typo, well, read more carefully next time! And for those who don't know or care who Shakespeare was, I apologize for disturbing your afternoon nap. :-) --Hank | ||||||
195 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158893 | ||
Kalos, congratulations! I thought I had you on this one, but you're too smart for me. You figured it out. Actually, the Brad of Stratford isn't exactly a restaurant, but you're close. The Brad of Stratford, Ltd. is a British firm that actually produces brads, but no tacks. They are a tacks-exempt organization. And yes, the international headquarters of the Avon cosmetics corporation is also located in Stratford. And did you know that Stratford has no male citizens? They're all Avon ladies. Read Psalm 23 tonight. It has nothing to do with Brad of Stratford or Avon, but it will do all of us good to read it. Don't miss it if you can. --Hank | ||||||
196 | Properly Interpreting the Bible | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158903 | ||
Who's Mart Twang? | ||||||
197 | Could there be more? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158940 | ||
Hello, Angel in Training: I rather like your user name; while I would not adjudge myself an Angel, I've been "in training" as a Christian for some 56 years. ..... By the way, would you consider giving the Forum a little background information on yourself in the User Profile? (access by clicking on to your user name on any of your posts). You can use other registrants' profiles a guides if you'd like. ..... I'd like to ask you something so that we can get to know you and your views a little better, and I'd like, if you don't mind, for you to make the answers as short and to the point as you can. The question is about facing God which you touched upon in your post. Angel, do you believe and accept the following statements with all your heart: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as the result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9). .... No need to be expansive, just a yes or no will do. ..... I was once young and new in the faith, but it was so very long ago. I didn't have all the answers then, and some that I had were wrong ones. After 56 years as a born-again believer in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I still don't have all the answers, but I have more than I had at age 14 when I was saved. But through it all I've hung on to and cherished the firm belief that I was saved, am being saved, and will be saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. And when I come to the end of my journey on earth and meet Him face to face, my plea will not be based on my righteous deeds, which have been so few, and are like filthy rags to Him; or my good intentions, which have been so many, and are equally valueless; but solely upon the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross. He and He alone saves me from sin and gives me eternal life. Believest thou this also, Angel? ..... We are happy to have you on the Forum and pray that we can in some measure encourage and strengthen and help you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (see 2 Peter 3:18). --Hank | ||||||
198 | will god forgive anyone bout anything? | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 158976 | ||
Duplicate post. | ||||||
199 | Roomates | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 159163 | ||
Ema, germane to the room-mate question is whether you yourself are male or female. --Hank | ||||||
200 | idle mine is thedevil work shop | Bible general Archive 3 | Hank | 159342 | ||
Bennett: Generally rendered, "Idle hands (not minds) are the devil's workshop," this quotation has been traced back to Chaucer who lived in the 14th century. It became associated with the philosophy of the Shakers, a religious movement in America during the 1800's. It is not a quote found in Scripture. --Hank | ||||||
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