Category Archives: The Bible

June 5, 2007

Open Thread - Scripture– also posted in History, Literature

I want to open this post up for a discussion on how you view the scriptures. Here are some starter questions.

Which books do you allow and why?
Were the authors trying to write scripture?
Do you think the scriptures are infallible?
Do you think the scriptures are inspired?
Do you think the scriptures are inerrant?
Is there a difference [...]

May 20, 2007

Vacation– also posted in History, Literature

This is Henry (Honzo) Imler. I’ll be on vacation for the next week. My wife and I are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary. I am sure some of the other authors will be posting while I am gone.
Here is a little something to keep you occupied while I work up some posts on [...]

May 17, 2007

Exegetical Eschatology– also posted in Eschatology, Literature

As a Calvinist, I do not get along with Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man radio show. Also, like myself, his temper can get the best of him sometimes when he his debating someone–I think I see too much of me in him sometimes and I [...]

May 7, 2007

Question of the Day– also posted in Literature, Unity

Are there any disagreements in the Bible on doctrine?
Given the fact that the NT is not a systematic approach to doctrine, but a collection of particularistic works inspired by God; is it possible that there are multiple acceptable ways of viewing something? Or, put another way, are there ideas that cannot be reached by [...]

April 2, 2007

“Son of Man” and Jesus– also posted in Eschatology

In line with my recent posts, I was pondering Mark’s account of the Olivet Discourse in Mark 13. One thing that stood out to me is Jesus statement in Mark 13:26, “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.” This is a direct allusion to Daniel [...]

March 8, 2007

What shapes your theology the most?– also posted in Creeds

After reading many comments on tons of different issues, I have come to a question that I would like to ask the readers. In college, I asked this question to professors who seemed to not understand my thought. Every single Christian claims to develop their theology from scripture. Everyone claims to do that, [...]

March 4, 2007

Post Serries of the Day

Today’s post serries of the day come from Henry Thomas (Hank) Imler. He has a worthwhile five-part serries on John 3:16. I know that we have used the verse quite a bit around here. I would encourage you all take a look, even though it isn’t in a book.1

Think Wink :: John [...]

February 26, 2007

Question

So in teaching my 5th grade class this sunday we covered Psalm 51 as part of the lesson. The prase “Joy of your salvation,” was read and I asked what joy meant. Of course I got the typical answer, happy. Unfortunately I believe that is a very inadequate definition. I believe [...]

February 18, 2007

Sunday Morning Thoughts– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism, The Ethics of God

Here are a couple of posts that are worth your time for this Sunday morning:
Calvinism and Philosophers by Parableman
Jeremy looks at some preliminary issues involving Christian philosophy and how Calvinism might be a better approach to certain problems rather than a Libertarian or Arminian approach.
I’ve always thought Calvinism had far better resources to respond to [...]

February 16, 2007

Going With The Flow of Romans 9– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism, Romans 9

Henry Michael and I have been having a wonderful discussion about Romans 9 (click here and here for the posts and comments). In response to the interpretation of Romans 9, or at least Henry’s attempt to show that the historical roles interpretation can raise the objections of Romans 9:14, 19, I asked this question,
Your interpretation, [...]

February 10, 2007

Hated and Loved :: Esau and Jacob– also posted in Calvinism vs Arminianism, Romans 9

In Romans 9 Paul quotes Malachi 1:2-3 saying, “As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Calvinists take this to refer to the election on God’s part as either a) damning Esau to Hell and promoting Jacob to Heaven or b) damning the nations that come from Esau all to Hell [...]

January 24, 2007

Mangling the Text

Jeremy, at ParableMan looks at the NRSV’s reordering of verses in Exodus 22:1-4.
His claim is that the translators intentionally adjusted the text to remedy what they thought were deficiencies in text itself as well as in the culture itself. Some have claimed that the reordering was merely an adjustment from a formal structure that [...]

January 22, 2007

Recomended Reading for the Day

Today’s recommended reading comes from the Bible. If you are like Hank and I and want to read the whole Bible this year, the ESV makes it easy for you to meet your goal.
Simply subscribe to their Daily Reading Bible RSS feed. They have a variety of reading plans available at their ESV [...]

January 19, 2007

Bible, Authority, and Death

[Writers note: This is a post that I wrote over at my blog last year - sorry it is so long]
Smiles asked the following question on a post below:

First off, lets establish that the government has the Biblical and God ordained right to punish evil men(Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2). So the government does [...]

January 14, 2007

Word of Faith Movement

Apparently my idea on utilizing Sunday School as a means to expose the common church goer to the biblical languages is making its way through the blogosphere. As I was reading the blog “The Real Faith“–who feels that people wouldn’t be interested in my idea–I learned this author is a charismatic who follows in the [...]