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201 | Vain Babbling | 2 Tim 2:16 | Hank | 192006 | ||
In Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (not one of his best, by the way) from which you quote a line that appears in the fourth stanza, viz. "And miles to go before I sleep," there is a line that precedes it which says, "But I have promises to keep." Don't we all of us, those who use and contribute to Study Bible Forum, have promises to keep? We have promises to keep, and those promises consist of taking seriously the guidelines that the Lockman Foundation has laid down for each of us as we post to this Forum, and to which each of us agrees every single time he enters a post. If we will make it our business to keep those guidelines uppermost in mind and refresh our minds from time to time of the aims and purposes of SBf, we will incur far less unfavorable feedback from our peers. On the positive side, just perhaps we can be a pinch of salt and a glimmer of light to some soul who needs help and guidance. This is a sola scriptura Forum. It is wise to keep that in mind also. --Hank | ||||||
202 | Vain Babbling | 2 Tim 2:16 | Hank | 191998 | ||
Hmmm...What's the author of "Leviathan" doing on Study Bible Forum? --Hank | ||||||
203 | 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 | ||||||
204 | What about this teaching? | Eccl 3:21 | Hank | 191610 | ||
Amen, Fellowlaborer. Amen! The question you responded to was out of line, but your response was right on target! Thank you and God bless. --Hank | ||||||
205 | where do animals go when they expire? | Eccl 3:21 | Hank | 191598 | ||
Rabban - Are you saying essentially that each generation of individual Christians are to throw out the corpus of centuries-old teachings, confessions, and creeds (what we call orthodoxy, for want of a better name) and each in his own way proceed to re-invent the theological wheel? If not, what are you driving at? ...... By the way, now that you have amassed more than 50 posts on SBF, thus creating a certain interest in your ideas, would you mind going to the user profile page and tell us something about yourself, your core beliefs, your denominational connection, etc.? It always helps others on the Forum to understand where you stand and where you're going by learning where you're coming from. --Hank | ||||||
206 | where do animals go when they expire? | Eccl 3:21 | Hank | 191552 | ||
Justme - What we do on the Arkansas side of the Ozarks is give our pet turtles a simple interment in a tortoise-shell casket, laying them to rest in our pet seminary. We don't hardly ever eat turtles. Fried possums is a heap better. --Hank | ||||||
207 | where do animals go when they expire? | Eccl 3:21 | Hank | 191547 | ||
Dear Rabban - It makes me sad to hear you are having difficulty finding the Book of Tada in your Bible. Perhaps I can help. In some editions, the Book of Tada comes between II Maccabees and I Bumblebees, while in others you will probably find it between the Gospel of Maps and the Epistle to the Concordances. No doubt about it, it's hard to find. But keep looking! Down here in the Ozarks, folks still use that old-fashioned Bible that has only 66 books. Imagine that! We ain't very modern, I reckon. --Hank | ||||||
208 | forgiveness | Matt 18:1 | Hank | 191364 | ||
Parable - Ah, but the Bible does define divine forgiveness! See Jer. 31:34; Heb. 8:12; Heb. 10:17. --Hank | ||||||
209 | forgiveness | Matt 18:1 | Hank | 191363 | ||
Cheri, even though the hour is late and I came within a hair of closing my computerized toy box for the night, I saw your post addressed to me, read it, and decided to respond briefly, which for me could run into several pages. :-) ...... Cheri, you made an important point when you raised the crucial issue of the tension that we all of us experience, in varying degrees perhaps, depending upon where along the road we happen to be in our walk with Christ, between knowiedge of the word of God and application of that knowledge to our lives. And I don't for a moment believe, or claim as my achievement, that anyone this side of glory ever does, or can, reach a flawless homeostatis between knowledge and application; or, one could say, between knowing what to do and doing it. ...... But we cannot apply God's word to our lives unless we know what it is, can we? So the point I wish to make is that the first step, the sine qua non, in doing what God wants us to do is to apply ourselves first, and diligently, to learning, to which there is no royal road. It comes no other way except by study. Some Scripture references along these lines are as follows: 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; James 1:25; 1 Peter 2:2; Deut. 11:18-21; Ps. 1:2; Ps. 119:11. There is more, much more, that could be said about the importance of studying God's word. Perhaps I'll say more about it anon. For now, Cheri, I do hope that this little dissertation will help you in some small way. --Hank | ||||||
210 | forgiveness | Matt 18:1 | Hank | 191359 | ||
Steve, a tip of the hat to you on your post which is generously laced with Scripture references, a beacon of light in this thread which is dominated by opinion without Scripture. And opinion on theological matters bereft of scriptural reference or support is like a ship without a rudder. On a Forum such as this whose raison d'etre is to study God's word, it would be a most encouraging sign to see more of "Thus saith the Lord" and less of "Thus opineth I." How easily we all of us can get caught in the trap of our own cherished opinion and stumble along the way, losing sight of the eternal truth that it is God's word (not ours) that is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Cf. Ps. 119:105). --Hank | ||||||
211 | forgiveness | Matt 18:1 | Hank | 191338 | ||
Dear Parable - Having read your post on forgiveness, two things come to mind. First, in keeping with the aims of SBF, it would be nice to see your views documented by Scripture references. And second, with one of your assertions in particular I have a real problem and need your help. You state, "To forgive is to surrender your right to see justice done." I simply can't agree with this premise, but let me assure you that I'm more than willing to recant if you can provide solid biblical evidence that that is what Christians are commanded to do. That followers of Christ are taught to forgive is not open to debate and is not the consideration here. But that Christians are to have nothing to do with bringing a criminal to justice? Are Christians duty bound to look the other way while a murderer, robber, rapist or terrrorist goes free and unpunished for his heinous crimes? That's the message I get from your post, and to substantiate it, friend, you will need to show wherein the Bible teaches Christians to behave in this manner. --Hank | ||||||
212 | Situations in Joseph's life? | Gen 37:28 | Hank | 191307 | ||
Restate - You are evidently combing the archives in search of posts about Joseph, because you responded to a post more than two years old and to a user who long since has been inactive on SBF. It's puzzling too why you chose to copy a long segment from this ex-user's largely unintelligible user profile. How is this going to benefit, instruct or edify current readers of this Forum? How many times must you be admonished to use the Forum for the purposes for which it was designed? Please don't abuse it. --Hank | ||||||
213 | 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 | ||||||
214 | Why sold? Why not kidnapped? | Gen 37:28 | Hank | 191231 | ||
Steve, when it comes to answering all those questions about why did God do thus and so, you don't seem to be any better than I am at it. Both of us evidently suffer from an inability to read into Scripture what simply isn't there, and neither of us shows any talent at all in manufacturing theological fairy tales. So I guess we may as well reisign ourselves to sticking with the biblical text, even though one can imagine how much fun it would be to be God's press secretary and given the leeway of filling in the gaps now and then. ....... I like your quote of Deut. 29:29. Very appropriate to the question. --Hank | ||||||
215 | How many magi? | Matthew | Hank | 191229 | ||
Restate - How did I get McGee's exact quote? Elementary, my dear Watson! I own the printed version of the entire "Thru the Bible" series. --Hank | ||||||
216 | How many magi? | Matthew | Hank | 191219 | ||
An excerpt from Dr. J. Vernon McGee's commentary on Matthew 2:1: "...The record doesn't tell us there were three wise men. I don't know how many there were, but I doubt whether three wise men would have disturbed Herod or have excited Jerusalem. I do believe that three hundred men would have done so. These wise men who came from the East evidently came from different areas. They had been studying the stars, and when this new star appeared, they joined forces and came to Jerusalem. I don't know how many there were, but I'm almost sure it wasn't three, and I believe three hundred would be more nearly true. But, please, don't say that I said there were three hundred!" (Thomas Nelson: "Thru the Bible" with J. Vernon McGee, Vol. IV, p.14). --Hank | ||||||
217 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 191145 | ||
Restate - What your doctrine entails and supports is the creation of a _tertium quid_, a "third thing," being neither fully God nor fully man. This train of thought runs counter to orthodoxy and thus can be rightfully called heresy. May I admonish you to stay well within the parameters of orthodox Christian doctrine, if you please. And if it does not please you to choose sound doctrine on which to base your theological conclusions, please choose another Forum that permits heresy to be promulgated. We do not. Study the guidelines laid down for SBF and comply, or move on. --Hank | ||||||
218 | Bad things, Good People. Prov 4:10 | Prov 4:10 | Hank | 190997 | ||
Val - What's your point, please? How is your response about Calvinism's doctrines related to Doc's post 190980? I frankly don't get it. It strikes me as a classical non sequitur. Can you help me out of the dilemma into which I seem to have fallen? ...... And, in regard to your remark about hearing no love in Doc's voice, Val. If you knew Doc the way I know Doc, I don't believe you would ever say such a thing about this Christian brother. --Hank | ||||||
219 | What flavor is your vapor?! James 4:14 | 2 Tim 4:2 | Hank | 190912 | ||
Dear angelinwaiting - Since, as "they" say, one good turn deserves another, surely you won't mind my correcting your correction of surfin4Jesus' post. ..... In the last pararaph of your post you say, "...and if there is any members of the congregation..." This is grammatically incorrect. It should read "...and if there are any members of the congregation..." ..... Three things perhaps you should know: (1) We all of us live in glass houses, (2) there are others on this Forum who know a thing or two about English composition, and (3) it is especially unconvincing to attempt to correct grammatical errors of others with a post that contains grammatical errors of its own. --Hank | ||||||
220 | 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 | ||||||
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