Finding the Biblical Balance (1)
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Balance is difficult to achieve. This is true in many areas of life including theology. In recent years there has been a resurgence of "reformed theology" which has generally been a great blessing to the people of God. But as with other discoveries and re-discoveries of truth there is always the danger of overstatement and of extrapolating ideas beyond their biblical boundaries. As I interact with those who are trying to work out the implications ...
Bavinick on the Lutherans and the Reformed (1)
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I'm supposed to have loads of free time at the moment but for some reason haven't had time to do much thinking recently, and hence no blogging. But as usual I return to blogging when I need to get down a quote for future reflection... I found the quote from Bavinick below quite helpful in my continuing quest to get a handle on Lutheranism. It was mentioned in a comment here which follows an interesting ...
The Importance of Thanksgiving Day (1)
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From the Second London Confession, Chapter 22: 3. Prayer with thanksgiving, being one special part of natural worship, is by God required of all men. But that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the Name of the Son, by the help of the Spirit, according to his Will; with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; and when with others, in a known tongue. 5. The reading of the Scriptures, ...
3 Truths to Induce Thanksgiving (1)
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(Author: Abraham Piper) The following is adapted from John Piper's sermon, "Proud People Don't Say Thanks." * * * Proud people can't be grateful. So here are three very humbling truths for the sake of your thankfulness. 1. Nature teaches us that an infinitely marvelous, eternally powerful being created us and all we have. Therefore we are his creatures. He owns us. Our life, our breath, and everything we have is a gift. Our duty ...
The Porpoise-Driven Life (2)
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Oppression of Christians in Mexico (1)
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Jailings, threats, fines, deprivation of water and electricity – all keep pace with church growth. MEXICO CITY, November 25 (Compass Direct News) – As the number of evangelical Christians in southern Mexico has grown, hostilities from “traditionalist Catholics” have kept pace, according to published reports. Especially in indigenous communities in southern Mexico, the prevailing attitude is that only traditionalist Catholics, who blend native rituals with Roman Catholicism, have rights to religious practice, according to news ...
Pastor's Proposal of "7-Day Bible Reading Challenge" Met with Confusion (2)
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Kline, Texas - The members of First Baptist Church of Kline are uncertain what to think after this past Sunday's sermon. As the church's pastor Henry Waldrip addressed the congregation from the pulpit, he touched upon a subject that some say "went a little too far." Attempting to draw a contrast with a recent Dallas church's own 7-day challenge, Waldrip suggested that Christians ought to spend more time reading their Bibles. He then went on ...
ESV #12, by Mark Strauss (1)
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Mistranslated Genitives First-year Greek students are often taught to translate genitives with the English prepositional phraes “of + NOUN,” as in “the word of God.” They quickly learn, however, that this is a gross simplification of the multitude of genitival functions. Unfortunately, literal versions often default to the “of” construction without due consideration of the meaning of the genitive phrase in context. Here are a few examples from the ESV of genitives that are obscure, ...
EMTs Criticized for New Tactics (1)
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SAVANNAH, GA - Several Emergency Management Technicians (EMTs) were suspended without pay last week for new tactics that had not been approved by their supervisors. The three EMTs - two men and one woman - have appealed their suspensions and are awaiting a decision that should come as early as today.When TBNN asked the EMT supervisory board what the problem was, the board responded in writing, saying, "The three EMTs in question are responsible, as ...
ESV #13, by Mark Strauss (2)
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Conclusion As noted earlier, this survey is just the tip of the iceberg. It should be evident, however, that the ESV needs a major revision with reference to its English style. I would recommend that the ESV committee enlist competent English stylists to carefully review the entire text with an eye toward standard English idiom. There is an unfortunate tendency among biblical scholars—who live in the world of Hebrew and Greek—to think they are getting ...
ESV #11, by Mark Strauss (1)
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Run-on Sentences and Tortured English Greek loves long complex sentences with many subordinate clauses. English style favors shorter sentences. All English versions, including the ESV, break long Greek sentences into much shorter English ones (see, for example, Eph. 1:3-14; 2 Thess. 1:3-10). Yet at times the ESV retains long run-on sentences. Consider these examples: Titus 2:11 ESV For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and ...
The Prayer Band that Started a Revolution (1)
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Chinese police have stopped people on the streets and taken the bands off their wrists. Some have been interrogated and arrested; at least three families were evicted from their homes...
You May Be a Hyper-Calvinist If... (1)
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by Phil Johnsonithin the militantly Arminian sector of the Southern Baptist Convention, it seems there are still those who insist that "by the definition of Phil Johnson," James White is a hyper-Calvinist.That charge was made earlier this month by Dr. David Allen at the "John 3:16 Conference" in Woodstock, GA. I first read about it a day later from a couple of live-bloggers who were present at that conferenceAndrew Lindsey and the blogger known as ...
Tim Keller - Preaching to the Heart (at Oak Hill) (1)
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Tim Keller is in the UK on several occasions in 2008/9. Most recently he was at Oak Hill Bible College this month on Preaching to the Heart.MP3: Tim Keller at Oak Hill College (1) November 2008MP3: Tim Keller at Oak Hill College (2) November 2008Jonathan Edwards believed that the ultimate purpose of preaching is not only to make the truth clear, but also to make it real – affecting and
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What's Really Said in the Emergent Bunker by Thabiti Anyabwile (1)
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ESV #10, by Mark Strauss (1)
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Word Order Problems Sometimes literal versions retain Hebrew or Greek word order without due consideration for normal English style. This can create awkward English and also miscommunication. The ESV sometimes sounds like Yoda from the Star Wars trilogy. Matt. 7:27 ESV And the rain fell, and the floods came…and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” Comment: The ESV is tortured English here. The HCSB gets the word order right, but produces an ...
London Report and a Response to David Allen (1)
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James White Went about seven minutes long today so I could conclude a few thoughts in response to David Allen. First I gave about a 15 minute report on the London/Durham trips, then I launched into a Radio Free Geneva! I contrasted how Dr. Allen has treated me with how I approached the Mark Seifrid situation back in 2004, and then played his specific comments. I will be following up on Tuesday of next week ...
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Finally, another edition of Radio Free Geneva!
ESV #9, by Mark Strauss (1)
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Awkward and Unnatural Style in the ESV There are thousands of examples where the ESV is not necessarily wrong or exegetically inaccurate, but is awkward and unnatural English. Examples can be found on virtually every page. Here is a small sampling. Mark 3:28 ESV “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, Comment: The phrase “children of man” is very odd, with a plural followed by a singular. Passive ...
Cultivating Community Contacts, Part 5 (1)
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There has been an ongoing debate through out the church’s history of the relationship of Christianity with the world. On the one hand, fundamentalism tells you that Christians are to be totally removed from the outside world, and the evangelical ghetto was developed. On the other hand, liberalism tells you that Christians should embrace the world, and thus the Christian distinctives were removed. Neither option are right, so what are we to do? We are ...
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Dear free software developers: Before we American nerds sit down to our turkey and mashed potatoes today, know that your creations are at the top of the list of things we're most thankful for. Whether you're an indie hacker putting out the occasional script or an employee at a giant internet company building out a webapp with millions of users or a voluntary coder contributing to an open source project, we salute you this Thanksgiving ...Shared by .reading (0) 丽娃妞妞 (1) 盐没完 (0) 결 (0) Aaron (2) Aaron (1) Aashay (0) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (3) adam (29) Adam Kantor (0) AdamB (0) Adrian (2) Adrian (0) aerogeek (2) Ahmed Naguib (0) Ahsan Navid Hussain (2) Alain Antone (2) Alegrya (0) Aleksander (0) Alex Robar (0) Alexandre Gamela (8) Alfredo Alejandro Garcia (0) alsiladka (0) Ameer (0) Amit Chowdhry (18) Amy (2) Anand L (0) Ananya Walia (4) Andre P. 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Someone sent this my way. Very clever! Who has time to put these things together?Shared by foolarch (2) junior (0)Church Matters: The 9Marks Blog (0) permalink
Andrew Jones has a hilarious video of the Emergent "Reich" coming undone. Check it here, read the subtitles for a good Wednesday laugh! (HT: Abraham Piper)Shared by junior (0)Contribute comment
