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Theo Geek: September 2004
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Answering the unaskable questions. Thursday, September 02, 2004. And some people are intelligent. Such as this person, who is talking to a baptist in an internet forum. (and no, neither person is me). The NT was written. Greek-speakers, who belonged to a Greek worldview. By such a worldview, good historical practice dictates. Thus, when a modern tradition differs from them on points of doctrine (as the Baptist tradition does on several), it's not because the Greeks got it wrong, but because. I am interes...
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Theo Geek: Roger Pearse and Cyril of Alexandria
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Answering the unaskable questions. Monday, July 07, 2008. Roger Pearse and Cyril of Alexandria. Roger Pearse of Tertullian.org. And the Thoughts on Antiquity. Blog has done a lot of great work over the years in making English translations of the early church fathers available online. Thanks Roger! It's great to have such works more freely available. Elsewhere Roger quotes Cyril. But then later Roger expresses surprise. When reading the letters of Cyril and finds him bribing people:. I was astonished to f...
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Theo Geek: The meaning of 'faith'
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Answering the unaskable questions. Wednesday, August 13, 2008. The meaning of 'faith'. People seem to have very different ideas about what 'faith' means. Everyone seems to think their view is obvious. For example, I've just been reading a discussion of Origen's thought on the relationship between faith and works in justification. I would have thought that such an analysis should ask what meaning Origen gives to these key terms. Apparently not. Means something that overlaps with the concept of 'works' (eg...
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Theo Geek: Romans 1:18-32 and Wisdom of Solomon
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Answering the unaskable questions. Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Romans 1:18-32 and Wisdom of Solomon. The incredibly strong similarities between Romans 1:18-32 and Wisdom of Solomon 13-14 have long been noted by scholars. Paul appears to be deliberately quoting (paraphrasing) a Jewish piece of anti-gentile propaganda. Isn't that a strange thing for Paul to do? Yes We would expect Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, not. To agree with such anti-Gentile and pro-Jewish sentiments. To prove this is irrelevant)....
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Gospel of Matthew: June 2006
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Blogging on the New Testament (especially its first book) and other things. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Hebrew Parallelism: synonymous or no? Isaiah 42:5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it. What do we have in the second part of this verse? How should we describe the parallelism here? Not sure about this one. Can we really say that "the second line...
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The Role of Credentials in Biblical Interpretation: Part II | Confessions of a Bible Junkie
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Confessions of a Bible Junkie. Electronic Resources for Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Digital Books and Journals. Notable Biblioblogs and Theoblogs. The Role of Credentials in Biblical Interpretation: Part II. As the conclusion of my previous post indicated, I will limit myself to a few additional comments on this subject. (I’m trying to oblige Bryan L, who recently lodged a legitimate complaint against long-winded posts. Feed for this Entry. July 15, 2009 at 9:15 am. July 15, 2009 at 10:02 am.
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Beyond the Wardrobe: What are We Building? Will our Towers Stand? Genesis 11:1-9
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. What are We Building? Will our Towers Stand? Http:/ www.gospelcc.org/sermons/3409/ . What are We Building? Will our Towers Stand? The Results of Pride and the Need for Humility. Did you ever have one of those weeks? You know, the one where you had a great plan, an organized to do list, and time set aside to accomplish all the important goals? Adam and Eve be fruitful and multiply, cover the earth, subdue it, it all belongs to you except one tree! There are no doubt many ways to ...
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Beyond the Wardrobe: March 2006
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006. An oldie from my journal . . . I wrote the following in my journal on December 20, 2003, but I read it this morning and wanted to share it. Here ya go:. We humans make lots of excuses for our behavior or for our petty failures (read SIN. Oh do we know! Yet we are so fearful of giving voice to it, aren’t we? We are so afraid to admit the one thing that is genuinely important. What is that thing? It is the smile of acceptance, that is what we all long for in our deepest hearts.
