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4181 | Time lapse between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:3. | Gen 1:2 | Hank | 8231 | ||
Ed, I agree with you regarding the "Gap Theory." It's merely another in a long line of theories ostensibly designed to explain the unexplainable mysteries of God's creation. The theory is weak at best; the gap theorists can offer virtually nothing to support their view. I'd sooner accept what the Bible says in plain language than seek to invent theories in an effort to explain what it does not say. The Darwinian theory of evolution, for example, leads down dead-end paths and creates far more questions than it answers. As a matter of fact, I can't think of anything it really does answer definitively. And you're right about carbon dating too. It's been proved highly unreliable not once, but many times. At one time carbon dating was the darling of some scientists who set out to "prove" the creationists wrong and the evolutionists right. It failed them miserably. Is is such a radical statement to say that God created the universe just as He said He did? Do we need to add our varnish to the account to slick it up and make it conform to our notions of how He did it? Not I, brother Ed, not I. --Hank | ||||||
4182 | To forgive and be forgiven | Matt 6:12 | Hank | 8176 | ||
The scoffers may laugh when they read on this forum that someone is asking to be forgiven for saying something that may have offended another, and they may look with skepticism when someone says that he forgives. Those who would seem to believe that Christians are somehow immune to human passion need to disembarrass themselves from this delusion. When, from time to time, we see a series of apologies and acceptances of apolgies, it is no cause to feel ashamed of this forum. Quite the opposite. When forgiveness is not asked for, when forgiveness is not granted -- then is the time to worry. We are, all of us, thrown together as it were in this room we call a forum. We are from varying and diverse backgrounds, communions, points of view, doctrinal persuasions and convictions. It is all but inevitable that clashes are bound to occur, made the more pronounced by our lack of being able to see each other or hear each other. When you can look at another person, you can see his facial expressions, his body language. When you can hear his voice, you can gain a great deal of meaning, not only by what he says, but by the tone of his voice when he is saying it. On the forum we are limited. We must get all our meaning from the words that appear on the screen. There can be no doubt that there is often a dichotomy between what the words seem to say and what the author of those words meant to say. There are some posters on the forum who write with a great deal more felicity than others. They are more at ease with the written word and can express themselves with more clarity than some others. And what has been said about writing posts can be said about reading them. Reading and comprehension skills vary widely among people. No one is entirely free of the error of occasionally reading into a piece of writing more than it actually says, or of failing to grasp the full meaning of what is actually being said.....Well, you get the drift I trust. I'd never meant to post a dissertation on language usage. It sounds like something from an English teacher, and that I'm not, although it was my major topic of study back in 1812 when I went to school....To conclude: My heart is touched and my hat goes off to all of you who have posted, whether forgiveness sought or forgiveness granted. I live in as much of a glass house as any of you and put myself at the head of the line of those who beg to be forgiven of any wrong doing, whether realized or unrealized. In my book, a man never stands taller than when he is on his knees begging forgiveness. --Hank | ||||||
4183 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | Hank | 8174 | ||
Joe! The second paragraph of your post beginning, "The fact I was trying to put forth..." has some mighty good stuff in it. It's easy for some of us, and possible for all of us, to fall prey to the hypnotic talents of today's false teachers, and the woods are literally full of them. They seem to proliferate at a rate that surpasses that of proclaimers of orthodox, Bible-based teaching. From the gnostics of old to the false teachers in our time who wear coats of many colors, Christianity has ever been challenged and assaulted by falsehood, by deception, by sheer superstition and emotionally-based, profit-driven heresy. But through it all, by the will and grace of God, it has not been stilled ..... Yes, the Elmer Gantry syndrome flourishes today, and it is always a good dictum to search the Scriptures every day to see if what is being said is true (Acts 17:11). If we are not rooted and grounded in the pure truth of the Scriptures, we are most vulnerable to error. If we don't follow our biblically-based convictions, we are apt to follow the man who is following his, whatever they may be. If we stand for nothing, we are likely to fall for anything. I know of no quick fix. It is no simple thing to dig into the meat of the Word. But we are commanded to do it, and do it we must if we prize our calling and election and want to make it sure. (2 Pet.1:10). --Hank | ||||||
4184 | Paul's extra-biblical teaching inerrant? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 8094 | ||
Yes, Nolan, why speculate indeed? Scripture is profitable for (1) Teaching........(2) Reproof........(3) Correction.......(4) Training in righteousness. IT IS NOT GIVEN US TO SPECULATE UPON! I ask, Is speculation upon Scripture correctly handling the word of truth? (2 Tim 2:15). Is it showing to God's Holy Word the honor and respect it so richly and surely deserves and, indeed, demands? Aren't vain speculations vain? May I again remind us all that this is supposed to be a Study Bible Forum, not a Speculate on the Bible Forum? He who has ears to hear, let him hear! --Hank | ||||||
4185 | Paul's teaching: Inerrant or Fallible? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 8064 | ||
Paul was an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had the full authority of an Apostle, invested in him by the Lord Jesus Christ. I disagree with your wild speculation that Paul's teachings, written or oral, could have been in error. I disagree with you Steve, most strongly I disagree with you. This forum is no place for wild speculation based on absolutely nothing but wild speculation. What is the potential impact upon new believers or non-believers who at this stage in their life may not be able to discern sound Biblical teaching from the kind of wild, unfounded, speculative error and misinformation that they see posted on this forum? Think about it. Think long and hard about it. Let's cease with this sort of thing and cease now. --Hank | ||||||
4186 | What is YIC | Rom 5:6 | Hank | 8026 | ||
That's a good one, retxar! YIC "You is comical" --Hank | ||||||
4187 | Is the Word-Faith movement biblical ? | John 10:27 | Hank | 7878 | ||
This is a good post, Ed. Thanks for sharing your insight into this Word-Faith movement, about which I knew virtually nothing until the matter has been recently addressed by various members of this forum. I live a sheltered life I suppose. Or perhaps, as my wife has more than once suggested, I'm just in a rut :-). --Hank | ||||||
4188 | What is the Word-Faith movement? | John 10:27 | Hank | 7852 | ||
Mark, thanks for another view of the Word-Faith movement. This sickness-disease-healing business seems to have shades of Mary Baker Eddy and her Christian Science schemes. And viewing God as a "Giant Slot Machine in the Sky" is, well, uncomfortably close to heresy, wouldn't you say? It's awfully hard to put God in a box or to make Him paint Himself in a corner. A neat trick, but what mortal can pull it off? You know, there came a time when God stepped in and put Job in his place (Job 38 and following). And He puts us in ours. --Hank | ||||||
4189 | What is the Word-Faith movement? | John 10:27 | Hank | 7850 | ||
Thanks, Hiram. Your posting on the Word-Faith movement is interesting and instructive. Where O where do these people get their ideas? We are Christ, and the Trinity is really nine persons? Like WOW man, far out! No wonder the Bible goes out of its way to warn of false prophets. --Hank | ||||||
4190 | How did He get into closed rooms? | John 20:19 | Hank | 7843 | ||
Nolan, step this way and get your label! I hereby label you a fine, courteous and courageous young man, a true gentleman, and by every measure that I have any access to, a humble and dedicated child of the King. May you ever wear your label so that all may see the Lord Jesus in you. --Hank | ||||||
4191 | Is there anyone else who has input? | Acts 5:34 | Hank | 7752 | ||
EdB, Am I "into defensive mode" as you put it, when all I did was ask Steve to post proof of his assertions? It was not I who made these assertions; therefore, it is not my burden to defend anything. Is it acceptable to make general statements of something so weighty as this, i.e., that most churches are wrong about worship, without offering one iota of factual datum to support the claim? Conversely, is it inacceptable to ask for proof? Do I need to "cool down" because I dared challenge such a statement? I'm not angry, not hot under the collar, and not motivated by anything sinister that is designed to show anyone up or put anyone down. But a statement such as this given, as it was, without any proof is a statement without power to convince. --Hank | ||||||
4192 | Is there anyone else who has input? | Acts 5:34 | Hank | 7711 | ||
Steve, I don't get it. You say, "Most of the church teaches wrongly about worship." First, I don't know what you mean by "most of the church" -- do you mean most churches or the "most part" of one church? Secondly, you say "teaches wrongly about worship" -- a broad, sweeping generality if ever there was one -- and you do not follow up your dictum with any facts, Biblical or otherwise, to substantiate it. Where did you get your facts to justify such a statement as this? Even if it is merely your personal opinion, with what can you back it up? Should someone, anyone, say that the church at which I worship teaches wrongly about worship, I should expect them to show, prove, support, give specific examples based on Scripture, that I was being mislead and mistaught. Is it asking too much that you do likewise on this forum? --Hank | ||||||
4193 | Correction of Date on JVH Post 1,000 | Ps 45:1 | Hank | 7511 | ||
Correction on Congratulations to JVH: Thursday was June 14, 2001. We can't read calendars too well in Arkansas! Sorry for the error, JVH. -- Hank | ||||||
4194 | 1,000 Posts for JVH0212 CONGRATULATIONS! | Ps 45:1 | Hank | 7510 | ||
On Thursday, June 15, 2001 history was made on this Study Bible Forum. JVH0212 entered his post No. 1,000. Those of us who have made a fair number of posts know it's real work to make, say, 50 or 100 posts. But 1,000 -- WOW !!! I know you will join me in congratulating JVH for a truly monumental achievement. I think we should give him a day off with full pay, don't you? --Hank | ||||||
4195 | Performance or Preaching? | Acts 5:34 | Hank | 7495 | ||
Well said, brother Ed. I think the acme of foolishness was reached recently in a local church in my city. All the members were asked to bring their pets to the church lawn. The ministers then conducted a ceremony they called "Blessing of the Animals." The ministers actually conducted a "laying on of hands" ritual in the process of blessing these animals. Besides blessing a number of cats and dogs, a lucky mouse got blessed as did a pet goat. I don't know whether anyone took his goldfish for a blessing.....This is a church ordinance? Lord, have mercy on us! --Hank | ||||||
4196 | What DO you mean, then? | 1 Tim 6:20 | Hank | 7493 | ||
Well, no retxar, not until now :-). And your question is not really unbiblical, even though it is quite umbilical! --Hank | ||||||
4197 | Goodbye, Friends | Eph 4:29 | Hank | 7087 | ||
Friends of the Forum: Sad to confess, but I have fallen prey to the very thing against which I have spoken in a number of postings -- engaging in a heated debate during which someone felt offended and put upon, for which I am truly sorry. It is time for me to take my leave of the forum. The forum has problems enough of its own; I don't want to become a problem myself. Whether my leave will be for a season or permanently, I simply do not know. In any event, I will continue to pray for the forum, as I have been doing, and continue to hold it dear in my heart. Farewell. --Hank | ||||||
4198 | divorced pastors as overseers | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 7076 | ||
Dear weezach, Thanks for your post. And yes it is so true that if God demanded perfection, there would be no pastors, no missionaries, no teachers and no church leaders of any kind. You made some very astute and sensible observations. --Hank | ||||||
4199 | What do you mean 'twas brillig'? | Prov 26:5 | Hank | 7066 | ||
Gee, I'd like to get a copy of Dr. R's Catechism, JVH. I think it would help my cat. I suspect he has a touch of Catechism too. He's always asking me to define "meow." By the way, is there any Truth (please define Truth) in the rumor that Dr. R. is planning a sequel to his Catechism to have the tentative title, "Fabulous Fantastic Fables From the Forum?" --Hank | ||||||
4200 | Elder must be 'the husband of one wife'? | 1 Tim 3:2 | Hank | 7064 | ||
Thanks, JVH, for the vote of confidence.As one who more than once has been called "an interesting guy" -- whatever that's supposed to mean -- and has been dubbed as one to whom there is more to "than most comprehend" -- whatever that also is supposed to mean -- I'm grateful that you at least still feel that my sentences are constructed clearly and unambiguously. But I am having a great deal of trouble trying to understand what an "interesting guy" is and what there is about me that most do not comprehend. I've never been one to be overly fond of speaking in riddles or in trying to decipher the riddles of others. I'd much prefer a writer to come forth and say what he means in clear and unambiguous prose. This forum is no medium in which to use cryptic and arcane innuendo. --Hank | ||||||
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