The Bible
Hated and Loved :: Esau and Jacob
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2 Tim 2:2 - A Point of Contention
Since the topic of the week seems to be translation issues, let me add to the debate Henry Thomas and I are having. As I have made muddled earlier, I am very concerned with word-for-word translations misleading non-students of the 1st Century in serious errors in doctrine. The Better Bibles blog points out [...]
Bible Translation Issues
I thought a post would be a better way to answer the second question to Henry’s post Bible Versions.
For me personally in response to the first question on Henry’s post, I prefer the ESV for my preaching and personal study. But I also use the NASB for cross checking translation issues. I find that the [...]
Bible Versions
Meredith and I are shopping around for her a new Bible. As such I am revisiting the difference translations and the pros and cons of each.
What bible versions do you use and why?
What are your thoughts on translation philosophies?
What texts do you want used when translating?
I like the ideas of formal equivalence and dynamic [...]
the bible…continued
Friends, it has been a while since I have posted on my series on the Bible. I haven’t forgotten about you. It is the Christmas season in ministry, so I probably won’t be able to continue until the clock turns on 2007.
In the meantime, I want to direct you to someone who knows [...]
The Mother of all Theological Questions in a Christian Mind
I have a question that I would like to throw at you guys. As a Christian, this question is one of the most important ones you can ask yourselves as all of Christianity hinges on this question, as well as other questions. But here it is:
What is grace?
adelphoi and huioi
As I am sure many of our readers know, the masculine Greek word, adelphoi, literally means “sons.” In it’s usage, however, it referred to any group of people with at least one male. The feminine version was only used for groups that consisted of all females. With Christians being a mixed group, [...]
The Canon of the Old Testament: A Summary
This is the first of a two-part indermediate series on the canon of Scripture. We will deal with the Old Testament today. The second part of this series will deal with the New Testament. After we complete this two-part series, we will return to the characteristics of the Bible. We have [...]
Correct me.
Please go to the Unsound Argument and critique my rough draft of Canonical Billboards. Any feedback and or direction on undeveloped portions would be greatly appreciated.
Further Questions on Biblical Authority
This post is a continuation of a honest conversation that Brad and I are having on first things in Christianity.
Previous posts:
An Honest Question (Henry)
Can you Handle the Truth? (Brad)
Brad, I like your theoretical framework. I hold to almost all of it as well.
A foundational question that I would ask you is if the very [...]
You Can Handle the Truth
As promised, over the next few days, I am going to be discussing my position on Scripture. Today we look at my first premise in the form of a question: How can we be persuaded that the claims of Scripture to actually be God’s Word and that they are true?
This is a two part [...]