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81 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | Hank | 205090 | ||
COLT .045 (Steven) :: Immediately after posting my question to you, I noticed your post to which I'm now responding, which was your response to Humbled. So you may feel free to ignore my question. ....... Is the church in which you have your membership the same as that which is commonly called the Church of Christ? The reason for my asking is that your description of it could easily be applied to the group who call themselves the Church of Christ. ...... To answer your question regarding a list of denominations that are forbidden on SBF, no such list exists. Please read the Forum Guidelines. Everyone is welcome to register and postto this Forum who agrees to, and in fact does, abide by these Guidelines that have been laid down by the owner and sponsor of Study Bible Forum, the Lockman Foundation. Our objective is not nor has it ever been to ban sincere and honest seekers after God's truth as revealed in His word, but each user becomes accountable to do that which he agreed to do upon registration, which is to comply with Forum Guidelines and Terms of Use. Being a sola scriptura Forum, we hold the Holy Scriptures in the highest esteem possible and thus repudiate any and all theological and doctrinal claims that have no basis in Scripture. If you at any time have questions or seek assistance with Forum-related problems, please do let us "old timers" know about them. --Hank | ||||||
82 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | Hank | 205085 | ||
COLT .045, or Steven :: Pursuant to an apparent drift of some of your posts, it seems both fair and necessary to pose the following question to you, a simple one that you can answer easily. Are you a member of, or do you subscribe to the teachings of, the group known as Jehovah's Witnesses? Please respond at your earliest convenience. --Hank | ||||||
83 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | Hank | 205015 | ||
Appropriate questions and excellent observations, Val. Keep standing in His grace and keeping holding fast to that which is good! ..... "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed" (Galatians 1:8). The Greek word translated "accursed" is anathema, a mighty strong and emphatic word which refers to "devoting someone to destruction in eternal hell" (John MacArthur). God bless. --Hank | ||||||
84 | An interesting discussion/question | Romans | Hank | 205010 | ||
Jamison :: I've read your posts. They contain a great deal about so-called soul sleep, a topic that has been treated of on this Forum a number of times and denounced as unscriptural for an equal number of times. Another fruit of my labors garnered from reading your posts is the distinct impressions that an inordinate number of them appear to promote Mormonism, another topic that has been treated of on this Forum and dismissed as being a cult promulgating another gospel than that which is laid down in Scripture. ....... This Forum subscribes to the reformed doctrine of sola scriptura, which by definition excludes other sources that purport to be divinely inspired, among which is the Book of Mormon........ You are arguing certain points of view freely, yet you cloak yourself in secrecy, even to the point of failing to divulge your church affiliation or to put as much as a single word about yourself in the personal profile section which is provided for all registrants. ....... You seem to embrace Mormonism. Are you yourself a Mormon, or do you believe and teach the doctrines of the LDS? You seem to embrace "soul-sleep." Do you believe that doctrine? ..... You accuse Doc, a long-time and respected contributor to this Forum of using bad logic, of misleading others, and of attempting to discredit you. He has done nothing of the kind. On the contrary, he merely is trying to juxtapose your opinions with what Scripture teaches so that all who read these pages may be enabled to compare your opinions and points of view with what Scripture teaches. I don't impugn your motives; I don't even pretend to understand precisely what they are or where you purport to go in your posts to this Forum. But I do kindly ask you to give earnest heed to what this Forum is about by refreshing yourself thoroughly on its aims and mission, and especially on its clear and specific guidelines to registrants....... A common thread that I've detected in your posts, including the response to Doc to which I'm attaching this post, frankly reminds me of something Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, with which I will close this post to you: "I am amazed that those who think so much of what the Holy Spirit can teach them often think so little of what the Holy Spirit has taught others." My 73 years of life on this earth, 59 of them as a follower of Christ, teach me to savor the wisdom of Spurgeon's words, and I commend them to your serious consideration also. --Hank | ||||||
85 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Hank | 204671 | ||
Val, in addition to listening to many of his folksy, chatty "Thru the Bible" radio broadcasts, I've heard him preach from the pulpit (in recorded messages). He was as powerful a preacher as I've ever heard. What a man of God he was! --Hank | ||||||
86 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Hank | 204661 | ||
Hi, Val :: Good ole Vernon McGee! I may not agree with his every word on every topic, but I love him nevertheless. I have the entire written transcript of his "Thru the Bible" radio talks, and can think of few things that I enjoy reading more. Hardly a day passes that I don't read a few pages of McGee. In his preface to the "Thru the Bible" series, he says, "Behind these messages is a great deal of research and study in order to interpret the Bible from a popular rather than from a scholarly (and too-often boring) viewpoint. Perhaps not being especially scholarly myself helps indear me to Vernon McGee's sound, common sense and down to earth approach to Scripture. No one could say it better than Dr. McGee himself when he wrote, "We have definitely and deliberately attempted to put the cookies on the bottom shelf so that the kiddies could get them." And I've been enjoying those cookies for years. :-) Just a day or two ago I revisited Matthew 1 with McGee, and he made even the 'begats' interesting. --Hank | ||||||
87 | Why can't I speak in tongues yet ? | Acts | Hank | 204285 | ||
Tam, it takes considerable time for most people to get a real handle on SBF and feel comfortable with it. And this of course calls for a certain amount of patience, in which, saith the venerable King James Bible, "possess ye your souls" (see Luke 21:19). ..... Being myself counted among the early pioneers of this Forum -- those on whom you have graciously pinned the label of "old timers" -- I tend at times to forget the trials through which newcomers often must go. So far as I'm aware, it is expressly not the intent of any of the seasoned users to willfully ignore the new ones, but on the contrary, to encourage them and offer them help if they would but ask. So, please, dear one, please ask when you need help; but please do not attack others based on your evident but mistaken perception that they are being deliberately aloof or otherwise behaving themselves ungraciously toward you and your posts. ...... I note with interest that you have made a large number of posts in a fairly short time, and I venture to say that others have too. So it would appear that you have learned the ropes with uncommon rapidity, and consequently I'm sure most of us have been unaware that you have had problems that needed our attention and help. There are many here who will be happy to assist you and all other sincere and conscientious newcomers in every way possible. Just ask. And, like all the rest of us, veteran and neophyte alike, must do, keep always in mind the aims and purposes of Study Bible Forum and strive ever to abide by the guidelines that our gracious host, the Lockman Foundation, has laid down to keep the Forum on track and running as smoothly as possible. --Hank | ||||||
88 | Oxford Study vs Oxford Annotated Bibles | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 204256 | ||
Several over the years, Azure. And the good news is that in all the versions, everything turns out just fine for those who love the Lord, who are called according to His purpose. Now that's really good news that you'll never hear on the news networks. Soli Deo Gloria! --Hank | ||||||
89 | Oxford Study vs Oxford Annotated Bibles | 2 Tim 2:15 | Hank | 204252 | ||
Yes, the Thompson Chain is a good resource indeed. The only fault I find with it is that along about the time I hit 65 years old, I noticed that the size of the print had become remarkably smaller. But it wasn't the Thompson Chain only whose print had the shrinks. So I decided to buy one of these 'talking Bibles' to give my eyes a rest. But guess what? The guy doing the narrating on the talking Bible had a real problem. Not only did he mumble a lot but he didn't seem able to raise his voice much above a whisper. You'd think they would get somebody to make the recording who didn't have such speech impediments. I had to turn my hearing aids up before I could make out what the poor guy was mumbling about. If they'd quit shrinking the print, and start talking above a whisper and cut out the mumbling, I'd be a whole lot happier. --Hank | ||||||
90 | KJV question | Gen 34:19 | Hank | 203870 | ||
Dear Lookin :: To Thomas you write, "Nice to find someone else that keeps to a KJV only opinion." Evidently you read into Thomas' writings something I'm unable to find, for there is nothing in them that leads me to believe that he holds to a King James Only view. But from the "someone else" wording that you used, I incline to infer that you subscribe to the view commonly held by the advocates of the King James Only notion. But none of the points that have been advanced by the King James Only group in regard to the KJV's divine inspiration resulting in its infallibility as a translation, or its unique position of superiority and singular trustworthiness among all other English translations, are in any manner corroborated by the translators themselves in their preface called "The Translators to the Reader" which appeared in the original 1611 printing of the Authorized (King James) Version. In it the translators make no grandiloquent claims for their work such as the devotees to the King James Only position ascribe to it. On the contrary, they write in their preface, "We affirm and avow that the very meanest translation of the Bible in English set forth by men of our profession containeth the word of God, nay, is the word of God, as the King's speech which he uttered in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Italian and Latin, is still the King's speech, though it be not interpreted by every translator with the like grace..." ..... I would venture to judge that not everyone who subscribes to the King James Only persuasion has heard of, let alone read, this preface that was appended to the publication of the Authorized Version in 1611, though it seems perfectly obvious that all who are tempted to espouse the King James Only position ought to read it and study it carefully before casting their lot with this group. Sadly, only a few editions of the King James Bible contain this preface called "The Translators to the Reader." Virtually all the King James Bibles published by the Cambridge University Press do have it. This preface is not to be confused with the dedicatory to King James which begins with "To the most high and mighty prince..." ..... Language has been of keen interest to me for many years, and it would follow, I suppose, that an equally keen interest in Bible translations would be a natural and logical by-product. Hence, I've done considerable reading on the subject and of particular interest to me has been the curious position taken by that group of Bible readers who have of late commonly been known as King James Onlyists. I've read with a mind as open as I can make it the reasons they set forth as cogent in support of their position. But I have found them essentially groundless and unconvincing. And in the process of foraging about in an effort to find something that has even the palest similitude of proof for their outrageous position, they cast some very mean and vacuous ad hominem slurs against the translators of some of the most accurate of the newer versions of the Bible in modern English -- which is something, I submit, that the gentle and venerable translators of the King James Bible would never do. --Hank | ||||||
91 | alcohol scripturally wrong? | Eph 5:18 | Hank | 203708 | ||
Hi, Hoppy :: As pertains to the use of tobacco (and the misuse of alcohol), in our time we are also dealing with a medical problem. I dare to posit that had Charles Spurgeon been privy to the current knowledge of the medical aspects of smoking and the pronounced addictive property of nicotine that is common knowledge in our time, he would have ceased to smoke his beloved cigars. Many years ago I read some of these dissertations of Spurgeon upon cigar smoking as well as the remonstrances of his non-smoking friends. Evidently it made quite a stir in Spurgeon's London, and so I have often wondered why the 'Prince of Preachers' didn't view his habit, if not as being sinful, at least as being somewhat of a stumbling block (1 Cor. 8:9-13). Beyond this I dare not opine but abstain from the presumptuous brazenness of trying to second guess Spurgeon. --Hank | ||||||
92 | alcohol scripturally wrong? | Eph 5:18 | Hank | 203665 | ||
Doc, sound advice on drinking. What you say about your experiences with drinking seems to parallel my own to some degree. I never really enjoyed drinking all that much and did it I suppose to be "sociable." But it was more of a nuisance to me than anything else. Moreover, I was always bothered by the gnawing feeling that I was compromising my witness as a Christian and my role as a husband and father. So I put it aside years ago and have never once felt any desire to indulge again. ...... Scripture condemns drunkenness in no uncertain terms, and who can say that he is immune to the abuse of alcohol? I suppose no one sets out with the goal of becoming an alcoholic. For me personally the sensible path to take as a follower of Christ is the sober one. ...... Over the years I've done a little work with alcoholics. Alcoholism does not pose a pretty picture I tell you. And my youngest son was killed by a drunken driver in an automobile accident when he was a junior in college. So I am not exactly a poster boy for the joys of alcohol! --Hank | ||||||
93 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 203650 | ||
Dear slightlines :: The question you responded to is more than seven years old. It is therefore unlikely that you will get any feedback from the original questioner. You might like to read my response on this thread (Post 2358) which was my very first post to Study Bible Forum back on April 3, 2001. By the way, welcome to BSF. --Hank | ||||||
94 | What does "Jesus" mean? | Matt 1:21 | Hank | 203559 | ||
Thanks, r-2; it's nice to have you on SBF. My son lives in Portland, so I'm not unacquainted with the City of Roses, though I've yet to visit the Multnomah Bible College campus. Portland is a handsome city surrounded by much natural beauty. Fine climate too. --Hank | ||||||
95 | What does "Jesus" mean? | Matt 1:21 | Hank | 203527 | ||
Could be test time for some. Exam times vary, Azure, for both private and public educational institutions. Of course, I haven't attended school in a hundred years myself and our kids are long out of school, so I don't keep up with that sort of thing very closely any more.--Hank | ||||||
96 | Does it Really matter? | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 203450 | ||
Cheri :: The Bible tells us this: "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch" (Genesis 6:14). ...... What I have done -- to quote you from your post -- is "I've simply stated what the Bible states, and that I've not seen where He has changed His mind about it." Even though there be some who teach that we should not build arks these days, what are we to do, take God's word or man's? ..... Still and all, though it is clear what the Bible says about ark building, I do find 2 Timothy 2:15 a bit troubling. But I won't fret about that. As you say, "I'll take God's word over man's in a heartbeat." ..... I'll go to Home Depot and buy a batch of gopher wood (if they still carry it) and start building my ark. How are you coming along with yours? --Hank | ||||||
97 | Specify religion Jesus Christ an angel. | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 203398 | ||
Wasn't it Bin Franklen who said "Hast makes wast"? And shouldn't "post-haste" be written "poste-hast"? --Hanke | ||||||
98 | Ezekiel's Temple updated | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 203150 | ||
A thousand and one attempts might pay off for you, Doc. It worked for Scheherazade. --Hank | ||||||
99 | What mother was commended by Paul? | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 203097 | ||
Dear DLorddaughter :: Please try to avoid taking umbrage at the feedback your many questions have engendered. Words standing alone on a screen have a way of appearing stark and harsh at times. There is no way by which your correspondents are able to soften them with the warmth of a smile, the friendly clasp of a handshake, or the disarming sparkle in the eyes that brings loving animation of countenance. I do not believe, and beg you not to believe, that any of the respondents to your posts intended to convey a mean and unloving spirit, because I am convinced that none of them are in fact mean and unloving. We none of us always choose the right words to reflect our real thoughts and feelings, so perhaps in some of the responses you've received, the words betray the true meaning that the author intended. ...... Looking at the situation in retrospect, it becomes fairly easy to understand why it has been inferred that some of your questions had their generation in sources outside yourself. To cite two examples: your question (Post 196694) asked, "Who pleaded with God not to destroy a city?" My question is, unless you had read and knew the answer from your study of Scripture, how would you otherwise know that anyone pleaded with God to destroy a city? ...... The second question in the example is Post 203055 in which you ask, "What mother was commended by Paul?" Same situation: how did you know that Paul commended any mother? ...... Are you now better able to understand the concern of your Forum peers? It is not that there is any ban on asking Bible-based questions. On the contrary, it is basically a question-and-answer format that this web site uses. This is not the problem. The problem lies in the fact that your questions were constructed in a way that is very typical of "homework" questions -- questions that read as though they came straight from a textbook. And it is an unwritten code of the Forum, as it were, that Bible students should do their own homework -- should roll up their sleeves and dig in on their own and do their own research -- and not have someone else do it for them. In looking for an easy fix, they are not only being unfair to the teacher and their classmates, but they are being unfair especially to themselves. There is no magic yellow-brick road to learning. Studying is hard work and demands our best efforts, as the Scripture says, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15, ESV). ..... An afterthought. You are most welcome to continue to study and learn with us, as together we seek to follow our Lord ever more nearly and to love Him ever more dearly. The hand of friendship and fellowship is most assuredly extended to you. --Hank | ||||||
100 | What mother was commended by Paul? | Bible general Archive 4 | Hank | 203094 | ||
Dear DLorddaughter :: Please try to avoid taking umbrage at the feedback your many questions have engendered. Words standing alone on a screen have a way of appearing stark and harsh at times. There is no way by which your correspondents are able to soften them with the warmth of a smile, the friendly clasp of a handshake, or the disarming sparkle in the eyes that brings loving animation of countenance. I do not believe, and beg you not to believe, that any of the respondents to your posts intended to convey a mean and unloving spirit, because I am convinced that none of them are in fact mean and unloving. We none of us always choose the right words to reflect our real thoughts and feelings, so perhaps in some of the responses you've received, the words betray the true meaning that the author intended. ...... Looking at the situation in retrospect, it becomes fairly easy to understand why it has been inferred that some of your questions had their generation in sources outside yourself. To cite two examples: your question (Post 196694) asked, "Who pleaded with God not to destroy a city?" My question is, unless you had read and knew the answer from your study of Scripture, how would you otherwise know that anyone pleaded with God to destroy a city? ...... The second question in the example is Post 203055 in which you ask, "What mother was commended by Paul?" Same situation: how did you know that Paul commended any mother? ...... Are you now better able to understand the concern of your Forum peers? It is not that there is any ban on asking Bible-based questions. On the contrary, it is basically a question-and-answer format that this web site uses. This is not the problem. The problem lies in the fact that your questions were constructed in a way that is very typical of "homework" questions -- questions that read as though they came straight from a textbook. And it is an unwritten code of the Forum, as it were, that Bible students should do their own homework -- should roll up their sleeves and dig in on their own and do their own research -- and not have someone else do it for them. In looking for an easy fix, they are not only being unfair to the teacher and their classmates, but they are being unfair especially to themselves. There is no magic yellow-brick road to learning. Studying is hard work and demands our best efforts, as the Scripture says, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15, ESV). ..... An afterthought. You are most welcome to continue to study and learn with us, as together we seek to follow our Lord ever more nearly and to love Him ever more dearly. The hand of friendship and fellowship is most assuredly extended to you. --Hank | ||||||
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