Comments for Theology for the Masses http://www.masstheology.com Conversations in Theology and its interaction with Culture Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Video of the Day: Satan by hundiejo http://www.masstheology.com/2008/07/06/video-of-the-day-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-7165 hundiejo Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:02 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=569#comment-7165 I guess I don't know how this is relevant. I know full well about the added divisions. Heck, in Greek, there were no punctuations or spaces of any kind!<br><br>What does that have to do with the video? And furthermore, how literally are you taking the video? I guess I don't know how this is relevant. I know full well about the added divisions. Heck, in Greek, there were no punctuations or spaces of any kind!

What does that have to do with the video? And furthermore, how literally are you taking the video?

]]> Comment on The Resurrection of Drama – A Review of Kingdom Triangle by Moreland by hundiejo http://www.masstheology.com/2009/12/12/the-resurrection-of-drama-a-review-of-kingdom-triangle-by-moreland/comment-page-1/#comment-7164 hundiejo Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2009/12/12/the-resurrection-of-drama-a-review-of-kingdom-triangle-by-moreland/#comment-7164 I think that there is. We need to keep in mind that Postmodernism isn't just the worst of the critiques of modernism. I think that we can construct a theology that is not beholden to modernist assumptions and epistemological claims (and hence post-modern). Over at the <a href="http://pomoxian.com" rel="nofollow">pomoxian.com</a> I have a few post sketching that out (though I am not anywhere close).<br><br>Three books I recommend reading on this issue that are anti-modern and pro-orthodox are:<br>1) The Character of Theology by Franke<br>2) Beyond Foundationalism by Franke and Grenz<br>3) A Primer on Postmodernism by Grenz I think that there is. We need to keep in mind that Postmodernism isn't just the worst of the critiques of modernism. I think that we can construct a theology that is not beholden to modernist assumptions and epistemological claims (and hence post-modern). Over at the pomoxian.com I have a few post sketching that out (though I am not anywhere close).

Three books I recommend reading on this issue that are anti-modern and pro-orthodox are:
1) The Character of Theology by Franke
2) Beyond Foundationalism by Franke and Grenz
3) A Primer on Postmodernism by Grenz

]]> Comment on The Resurrection of Drama – A Review of Kingdom Triangle by Moreland by Philip http://www.masstheology.com/2009/12/12/the-resurrection-of-drama-a-review-of-kingdom-triangle-by-moreland/comment-page-1/#comment-7163 Philip Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:49:39 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2009/12/12/the-resurrection-of-drama-a-review-of-kingdom-triangle-by-moreland/#comment-7163 interesting post. Do you think that there is a way to formulate postmodernism so that its plausible? How would you construe it? To me (admittedly an outsider) postmodern folks seem to tend to endorse skeptical and/or relativistic positions. interesting post. Do you think that there is a way to formulate postmodernism so that its plausible? How would you construe it? To me (admittedly an outsider) postmodern folks seem to tend to endorse skeptical and/or relativistic positions.

]]> Comment on Because of the Angels by Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian http://www.masstheology.com/2009/01/18/because-of-the-angels/comment-page-1/#comment-7162 Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:42:32 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=1077#comment-7162 [...] have worked on the issue before, but I don’t necessarily like my conclusions. It is a weird passage, no matter how you look at it, and I have not seen an interpretation that answers all the questions [...] [...] have worked on the issue before, but I don’t necessarily like my conclusions. It is a weird passage, no matter how you look at it, and I have not seen an interpretation that answers all the questions [...]

]]> Comment on Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia by Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian http://www.masstheology.com/2007/09/21/toward-an-egalitarian-ecclesia-post-16/comment-page-1/#comment-7161 Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:40:54 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/09/21/toward-an-egalitarian-ecclesia-post-16/#comment-7161 [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...] [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...]

]]> Comment on Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles by Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian http://www.masstheology.com/2008/08/08/acts-of-thecla-arc-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7160 Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:32:25 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2008/07/25/acts-of-thecla-arc-one/#comment-7160 [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...] [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...]

]]> Comment on The Interpolation in 1 Corintians 11 by Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian http://www.masstheology.com/2009/02/10/the-interpolation-in-1-corintians-11/comment-page-1/#comment-7159 Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:30:13 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=1132#comment-7159 [...] have worked on the issue before, but I don’t necessarily like my conclusions. It is a weird passage, no matter how you look at [...] [...] have worked on the issue before, but I don’t necessarily like my conclusions. It is a weird passage, no matter how you look at [...]

]]> Comment on The Weaker Vessel by Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian http://www.masstheology.com/2008/10/29/the-weaker-vessel/comment-page-1/#comment-7158 Problems in Prime Facie Egalitarian Readings of Scripture: « The PoMo Xian Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:29:58 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2008/10/29/the-weaker-vessel/#comment-7158 [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...] [...] posts on the topic: The Weaker Vessel, Arc One – Critiquing Roman Gender Roles, Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia (post series) [...]

]]> Comment on Video of the Day: Satan by eirikhordnes http://www.masstheology.com/2008/07/06/video-of-the-day-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-7155 eirikhordnes Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:39:46 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=569#comment-7155 The Bible was not originally inspired with divisions by chapter and verse. The ancient manuscripts didn't have them. One man, Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro, started to do this from 1244 to 1248 A.D. He did this while creating a concordance of the Latin Vulgate, in order to help people look up verses of the Bible. But the typical modern chapter divisions were apparently devised by Stephen Langton, who was an Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He started to do this around 1227 A.D. The Wycliffe English Bible did use them, as it was circulated in 1382.<br><br>As for the verses, one Jewish teacher, Mordecai Nathan, divided the Hebrew Old Testament into chapters in 1445. Later he and a scholar named Athias divided the Old Testament into verses in 1448. The system we see commonly today was put into place by Robert Estienne, or Stephanus who used the numbered verse system when printing the Bible in 1555 or 1551. Since the time of the Geneva Bible version (an English version published in Paris, 1560), which preceded the famous King James Version, nearly all Bible versions have used this same numbering system.<br><br>There is alot of sources on this, it is agreed upon by scholars. But many "laypeople" reading the bible don`t normally know this kind of stuff, and there lies the danger in preaching like this guy does :) The Bible was not originally inspired with divisions by chapter and verse. The ancient manuscripts didn't have them. One man, Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro, started to do this from 1244 to 1248 A.D. He did this while creating a concordance of the Latin Vulgate, in order to help people look up verses of the Bible. But the typical modern chapter divisions were apparently devised by Stephen Langton, who was an Archbishop of Canterbury in England. He started to do this around 1227 A.D. The Wycliffe English Bible did use them, as it was circulated in 1382.

As for the verses, one Jewish teacher, Mordecai Nathan, divided the Hebrew Old Testament into chapters in 1445. Later he and a scholar named Athias divided the Old Testament into verses in 1448. The system we see commonly today was put into place by Robert Estienne, or Stephanus who used the numbered verse system when printing the Bible in 1555 or 1551. Since the time of the Geneva Bible version (an English version published in Paris, 1560), which preceded the famous King James Version, nearly all Bible versions have used this same numbering system.

There is alot of sources on this, it is agreed upon by scholars. But many “laypeople” reading the bible don`t normally know this kind of stuff, and there lies the danger in preaching like this guy does :)

]]> Comment on Video of the Day: Satan by hundiejo http://www.masstheology.com/2008/07/06/video-of-the-day-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-7154 hundiejo Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:52:43 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=569#comment-7154 I don't know if you should take it as literally. Its purpose it to warn of divisions and how what we do to one another plays into our Adversary's hands. <br><br>Oh and which verses and where is your source? I'm not denying your claim, I just wanna know more about it. I don't know if you should take it as literally. Its purpose it to warn of divisions and how what we do to one another plays into our Adversary's hands.

Oh and which verses and where is your source? I'm not denying your claim, I just wanna know more about it.

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