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21 | Why is NAS better than KJV | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141679 | ||
A couple of possibilities are http://www.auburn.edu/allenkc/rylt/rylt.html This gives a revised youngs but more modern language and http://www.e-sword.net/ You can download the Young's literal and another literal translation. ebay has a literal translation of the bible (young) on bid for 3 days more at 15 dollars. (5 bids already), type literal bible. Greentwiga |
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22 | Why is NAS better than KJV | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141858 | ||
What info besides what I had already put would you like to see? For years, I used the Nasb study Bible. It got me through Bible school and Mission work. Later, I switched (for some forgotten reason) to NIV and enjoyed it. Though it is not as word for word as NASB, with a concordance, I have done great Bible Studies. I was following information of Greek teachers when I said the old ASB was more literal than the NASB. I am willing to be wrong, though. Have you looked at Young's literal? It was written in the 1800, so the language is old, but it still seems to follow the Hebrew and Greek better than either the old ASB or the NASB. I have stumbled across a couple of other literals, but haven't looked at them. Though I personally would not use the Living Bible, I see why some do. The point is that people are without excuse to read the Bible, just as you said. One site I saw had the KJV and the NASB, both with the Strong's numbers for each word next to the word. At the rate I have been studying the book of Genesis, I seem to need that. Intense studying of the Hebrew has led me to some unique insights on some of the stories. One just has to believe each and every word and try to put them together so every word makes sense. greentwiga |
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23 | Where did the Book of Mormons come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141882 | ||
It depends on who you talk to. They say from an angel. A few years ago, I worked with a man whose ancestor, a Presbyterian minister, wrote a fiction book. My friend told me the family story how the man looked for a book agent. Joseph Smith came and offered to get the book published. That ancestor never saw the book again, despite repeated efforts. It was a story about Jesus coming to america and preaching to the Indians. More recently, a man got photo copies of a few of the original pages of the book of Mormon. He took it to some handwriting Experts who agreed one of the pages had the same handwriting as the presbyterian minister. He theorized that Joseph had gotten tired of recopying and inserted a few pages of the original now and then. Both my coworker, and this researcher said a Presbyterian minister wrote the original book of Mormon. greentwiga |
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24 | Where did the Book of Mormons come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141958 | ||
I don't remember how much of the original was left. I can't remember if it was Dr. Martin or another researcher on cults that did the research on handwriting. What was fascinating was meeting a Dr. Spaulding and working with him and hearing the family story directly. Some Joseph Smith just wrote directly, as need arose. I would imagine that Dr. Spaulding and Joseph Smith would have both quoted from the King James. Thanks for reminding me about Dr. Martin's Book, it has been so long since I read it. Greentwiga |
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25 | Why is NAS better than KJV | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141962 | ||
Wow! I was in Kenya Africa, working with Hindus and Muslims for only three years. Like you, I tend to avoid the commentaries and search for myself. A good study Bible with cross references is essential to me. I am using the NIV, but it is getting worn out. Know a good way to get it rebound in leather? I once had a NASB rebound by a monk. I am thinking about returning to the NASB. The updated version sounds great. I have strongs and the NIV exhaustive concordances. Otherwise, I am a voracious reader of the ancient cultures. This keeps my interpretations fitting the Bible and ancient societies. (eg. Gen 6 - sons of God marrying daughters of men.) I am just getting into some internet Bible resources, especially ones that look up phrases instead of just words. I used to own a greek english interlinear, but it was left in Kenya. | ||||||
26 | what are the books of the Apocrypha? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141965 | ||
There are a variety of Apocryphal books. Some were written from a more Jewish legalistic point of view. Others were written by gnostics promoting their hidden truth. Some promote a type of Mary worship that would be comfortable to people from the mother goddess worship (Diana of Ephesus. All were written at least one century after the apostles, though they often claim an apostle as an author. Some were; 1. Pseudo-Jesus apocrypha 1.1 The Epistles of Jesus to Abgarus 2. Pseudo-apostolic (general) apocrypha 2.1 Teachings of the Twelve Apostles (Didache) 2.2 Epistle of the Apostles 3. Pseudo-apostolic (specific - by Apostle) apocrypha 3.1 - Andrew - 3.1.1 Acts of Andrew 3.1.2 Acts of Andrew and Matthias* 3.2 - Barnabas - 3.2.1 Acts of Barnabas* 3.2.2 Epistle of Barnabas 3.2.3 Gospel of Barnabas 3.3 - Bartholomew - 3.3.1 Gospel of Bartholomew 3.3.2 Martyrdom of Bartholomew* 3.4 - James - 3.4.1 Apocryphon of James 3.4.2 Book of James (protevangelium) 3.4.3 First Apocalypse of James 3.4.4 Second Apocalypse of James 3.5 - John - 3.5.1 Acts of John 3.5.2 Acts of John the Theologian* 3.5.3 Apocryphon of John (long version) 3.5.4 Book of John the Evangelist 3.5.5 Revelation of John the Theologian* 3.6 - Mark - 3.6.1 Secret Gospel of Mark 3.7 - Matthew - 3.7.1 Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle* 3.7.2 The Martyrdom of Matthew 3.8 - Nicodemus - 3.8.1 Gospel (Acts) of Nicodemus (aka The Acts of Pontius Pilate) 3.9 - Peter - 3.9.1 Acts of Peter 3.9.2 Acts of Peter and Andrew 3.9.3 Apocalypse of Peter - version 1 3.9.4 Apocalypse of Peter - version 2 3.9.5 Gospel of Peter 3.9.6 Letter of Peter to Philip 3.10 - Philip - 3.10.1 Acts of Philip 3.10.2 Gospel of Philip 3.11 - Thaddeus - 3.11.1 Acts of Thaddeus (Epistles of Pontius Pilate)* 3.11.2 Teaching of Thaddeus 3.12 - Thomas - 3.12.1 Acts of Thomas 3.12.2 Apocalypse of Thomas 3.12.3 Book of Thomas the Contender 3.12.4 Consumation of Thomas 3.12.5 Gospel of Thomas 4. Pseudo-Pauline apocrypha 4.1 3 Corinthians 4.2 Acts 29 4.3 Acts of Paul 4.4 Acts of Paul and Thecla 4.5 Acts of Peter and Paul* 4.6 Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena 4.7 Apocalypse of Paul 4.8 Apocalypse of Paul - other version 4.9 Epistle to the Laodiceans 4.10 Revelation of Paul* 4.11 Paul and Seneca 5. Infancy Gospels apocrypha 5.1 Arabic Infancy Gospel 5.2 First Infancy Gospel of Jesus Christ 5.3 Infancy Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 5.4 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Greek A 5.5 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Greek B 5.6 Infancy Gospel of Thomas - Latin 6. Relatives of Jesus apocrypha 6.1 Gospel of Mary 6.2 Gospel of the Nativity of Mary 6.3 Book of John concerning the dormition of Mary (transitus mariæ)* 6.4 History of Joseph the Carpenter* 6.5 Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea 7. Sub-canonical (disputed canon) apocrypha 7.1 Shepherd of Hermas 7.2 II Clement 7.3 Diatession 7.4 Gospel of the Lord (Marcion) 8. Other significant Epistles and pseudomynous writings and apocrypha 8.1 I Clement 8.2 Avenging of the Saviour 8,3 Epistles of Pontius Pilate 8.4 Letter of Aristeas 8.5 Sentences of the Sextus 8.6 Alexandrians 8.7 Revelations of Stephen 8.8 Muratonian Canon (fragment) 9. Fragments of lost apocryphal books 9.1 Gospel of the Ebionites 9.2 Gospel of the Egyptians 9.3 Egerton Gospel (Egerton Papyrus 2)* 9.4 Gospel of the Hebrews 9.5 Traditions of Mattias 9.6 Gospel of the Nazaraeans 9.7 Preaching of Peter 10. Apostolic Constitutions (Didascalia Apostolorum) 10.1 Book 1 10.2 Book 2 10.3 Book 3 10.4 Book 4 10.5 Book 5 10.6 Book 6 10.7 Book 7 10.8 Book 8 11. Psuedo-Sibylline Oracles 11.0 Preface 11.1 Chapter I 11.2 Chapter II 11.3 Chapter III 11.4 Chapter IV 11.5 Chapter V 11.6 Chapter VI 11.7 Chapter VII 11.8 Chapter VIII 11.9 Chapter XI 11.10 Chapter XII 11.11 Chapter XIII 11.12 Chapter XIV 11.13 Appendices - Fragments from http://www.comparative-religion.com/christianity/apocrypha/ |
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27 | Where did the Book of Mormons come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 141989 | ||
This must have been the source of what I heard: http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/response/qa/spaulding.htm Nevertheless, some have continued to promote the Spaulding theory (e.g., see Holley). In 1977, graphologists claimed to have detected similarities between the handwriting of Spaulding and of one of the scribes who transcribed some of the Book of Mormon from Joseph Smith's dictation. After considerable media attention and further scrutiny, anti-Mormon spokespersons acknowledged that they had been too hasty. The handwriting evidence did not support a connection between Solomon Spaulding and Joseph Smith. The Question was, did they change their mind because of heavy pressure from the Mormons, to be politically correct, or because they had made a real mistake? The site also says: Hurlbut set out in the ensuing months to refute Joseph Smith´s claims for the origins of the Book of Mormon. He interviewed members of Spaulding´s family, who swore that there were precise similarities between Spaulding´s work and the Book of Mormon. If the family members swore then that there were the similarities, they would have passed the information down. If you hear the story from a dear trusted family member and a different one from the newspaper, which would you believe? I would believe the parent or grandparent. I don't think that contacting the family member would add anything. If you still want, email me. Greentwiga |
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28 | Where did the Book of Mormons come from? | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 142047 | ||
I was quoting my friend and what I had heard about 1977. I had not quoted this site. I just found it when you challenged me. Thanks for updating my facts. I thought the infor was correct, but it had been changed (the handwriting) after I heard it. Since then, I have more focused on eastern religions to witness to them, and haven't kept up to date on Mormons. Greentwiga |
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29 | Bible Order | Bible general Archive 2 | greentwiga | 144764 | ||
The order of the Bible is almost incidental. The Hebrew OT is in a different order than the protestant. They organized it by "Holiness." The Torah was the most holy. The prophets were next, and then the other writings, ie the histories came last. The 12 minor prophets were all on one scroll, so the order was standardized. Paul's writings tended to be ordered by length. This was a classic system of ancient people that memorized huge volumes. The Koran, for example is ordered that way. Various of the first compilations of the New Testament are ordered differently. Thus, the ordering is not particularly inspired greentwiga |
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30 | "Seers" and how they saw | OT general | greentwiga | 145516 | ||
I don't know about someones specific research, but I do know some about the Old Testament. There were various sources of knowledge about God. Seers were people that saw. Compare this to the oracle at Delphi (oracle - to see ) She saw visions when she sat by a spring in a grove of trees. One word in Hebrew for spring is the word for eye. Abraham frequently camped by the trees of Mamre. The seer might have functioned like that. Another type of office was the dreamer. From Joseph to Daniel, dreams and dream interpretation was considered important. A third office was the Hearer. Many prophet say This is the WORD of God. The focus was on having heard God's voice. These men spoke what they heard, not what they saw or dreamed. Some peophets would get revelation by more than one method. Douglas |
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31 | "Seers" and how they saw | OT general | greentwiga | 145523 | ||
OK, I was just following the first persons terminology, not necessarily an official Office as such. My focus was on the words Chozen and Ra'ah, both meaning seer. Nabi means prophet, from to speak. There was also a category chalam, for the dreamer and his dreams. Though the outside world of Old Testament times is not inspired, it can help give us a flavor for how people saw things. Of course, the Old Testament Seer did not function the same as the other "seers" of other religions. Since there were good prophets and evil prophets (like of Baal) and good dreamers and evil dreamers, good seers and evil seers, the world and the Bible had some reason for lumping those people into similar categories. Where the Bible is silent, I do not mind looking at other sources for a flavor idea. Still, I do not want to argue about a point that I was not trying to make such as offices. | ||||||
32 | "Seers" defined | OT general | greentwiga | 145551 | ||
I have a friend who lays her hands on people and sees what is wrong with the body. I was having some health problems and worried that it was heart related. She laid her hands on me and described a constriction and its location, plus a sidewards hole or cavity. She said it was not the heart. I went back to the doctor and started demanding some other tests. It turns out that I had acid reflux, and as is standard, the stomach cells were migrating up into the esophagus. They were not fast enough, because there was some damage, thereatning to become a hole, off to one side. How did this Christian see what the doctors needed a barium swallow and X-rays to see? I do not know. God gifts people and enables them with abilities that we can simply describe the results of. We have more information about how the false imitators did it in the middle east than the Bible gives us. The current theory is that the false oracles used a halocenogenic gas to achieve their visions. It is one thing to be able to see auras around people and interpret them correctly (honest or scoundrel) it is another thing to see exactly what the person is up to. Remember, the false seers "saw" by human effort, not colors but information. They gave confusing information. "If you attack a great nation will fall." The King attacked and a great nation fell, his own. God's seers saw because God gave them specific information (no drugs). They gave specific advise to the king. They were always right. Remember,Trying to attain God's gifts by human effort leads to the false imitation. I only refer to the false to give us some idea about How the seers saw. since even the false did not see by colors or auras, it is unlikely that the real did either. greentwiga |
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33 | Auras? | OT general | greentwiga | 145572 | ||
Use the aura thing as a tool to minister to people. As you grow in maturity, see if the aura becomes more or less important. God's gifts grow stronger. I just don't think it was connected to the seer. That doesn't mean it is not of God. The prophets were told that even if every prophesy came true, if it caused people to leave off worshipping God, reject it. God bless your ministry greentwiga |
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34 | Trinity | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 140597 | ||
I have heard some good analogies. If I were an ant, how could I explain to another ant what it meant to be a human. How can you or I comprehend what God is like. So much seems contridictory. 1 Cor 2:10-16. Think of God like a tree. The Father is the roots. Jesus is the trunk, the only visible part. The spirit is like the sap, coming from the father, through the son to the branches which are us. When we are attached to Jesus, the spirit causes us to bear much fruit. John 15, Rom 11. Yet, how can they be three distinct personalities? They are, and yet one. Greentwiga |
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35 | Did the Holy Spirit inspire Scripture | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 144767 | ||
I was a missionary for some years. We were from a variety of denominations. There was a basic set of beliefs that we had to agree to. These beliefs are held by most every denomination. There are some minor belief differences, but the core ones are the same. A few denominations like the Seventh Day Adventists tend to drift from the saved by grace and return to laws, such as worship on the sabbath, but the rest agree the New Testament is by grace alone. The Charismatic vs fundamentalist disagreement is basically based on interpretation of history in acts. History interpretation, such as the timing of the baptism by the Holy Spirit, unless clearly supported by teaching (Words of Jesus, Peter, or writings like Paul's) tends to be a rich source of the different interpretations. I simply say, My interpretation is wrong in some places. I try to get better, but God uses all of his children that are willing, despite the misbeliefs. When you meet a true brother, the love is amazing, despite differences in beliefs. The Holy Spirit is guiding us into all truth, and he is uniting us in love. greentwiga |
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36 | Did the Holy Spirit inspire Scripture | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 144901 | ||
We have a God that is so much greater than ourselves. We are told that we can't understand or interpret his thoughts. He does give us information about His plans, but some areas are difficult. We try our best to understand, but we will always have side issues that we can't. I just relax and say, My theology is wrong somewhere, but I just don't know where. God will eventually explain it to us. In the meantime, I see both pre and post trib verses and leave tham be. God has given me a sharp analytical brain, and I use it to look at some of these issues, but mostly, I just say, in either case, my job is the same, so I'll do my job greentwiga |
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37 | Did the Holy Spirit inspire Scripture | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 144980 | ||
You never know. I got that job, and then lost it when I went through a divorce. It also messed up two other careers, and an attempt to build another never got successful. I am researching difficult Bible questions (Adam and evolution, Noah and the flood, with possible books) Now suddenly, unlooked for, at 54, my pastor wants me to come on as the missions pastor to start a missions program at this large church. Suddenly, after a life of frustrations, a wonderful opportunity. We do not always know why God uses us the way he does, we just stay faithful and do the job he gives us today. Keep faithful, for He has always supplied. Greentwiga |
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38 | Should women be ordained? | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 145686 | ||
First, there were women elders, women deacons, and prophetesses. Then look at the statements about women. Some statements say this is of God, or just an absolute command (don't steal) God inspired these wordings. Others have cultural tags. "This is our practice." "I don't have the mind of God on this," "does not nature teach you this." In these cases, God inspired these wordings also. Here, we have to pray. Was this the practice in the Greek culture? Can we do differently? Only be absolute if God says be absolute. Bro' greentwiga |
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39 | Should women be ordained? | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 145732 | ||
I Tim 5:2 The word is the word for elders, with the feminine ending. The sentance construction compared to 5:1 Shows the typical Jewish doublet, which adds force to translating the vers women elders if 5:1 IS men Elders, which it is. See also Titus 2:3. I Tim 3:11 again can equally well be translated deaconesses. To insist on translating the word as wives is insisting on an interpretation. You can disagree, but it would be a disagreement on interpretation rather than ignoring an absolute statement of scripture. greentwiga |
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40 | Should women be ordained? | NT general Archive 1 | greentwiga | 145902 | ||
I have read the contexts carefully. I have studied greek, and do not just read the english. I stated that we would disagree about the interpretation, which we do. I do appreciate your zeal for the word of God, and keep it up. God Bless greentwiga |
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