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Meet My Friend Idrimi
So, there was a “Canaan” and there were “Hittites,” way back when — back in the days when the Bible tells us that Moses lived, and wrote the first five books, and mentioned “Canaan” and “Hittites.” Continue reading
Posted in Bible in British Museum
Tagged Alalakh, Biblical archaeology, Canaan, Hittites, Idrimi, Pentateuch authorship, T.C. Mitchell
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Rightly Dividing and Perspicuity — “Love for Dummies”?
If you believe those verses and yet deny the perspicuity of Scripture, you have accomplished an amazing pinnacle of illogical thought. You probably bought a “Love for Dummies” book and think you’ll help your marriage by talking to your wife through a “priest.” Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged Communication, Cross of Christ, God's Love, marriage, Perspicuity of Scripture
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The Meaning of Theopneustos
Paul was describing a spiritual vitality, living and life-giving, which is not at all limited to the original autographs but exists even in accurate translations. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged connotations, definition, etymology, hapax legomenon, Inspiration, meaning, theopneustos
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Warfield’s Redefinition of Inspiration
In Warfield’s writings, then, “in-spired” became “ex-spired”, breathed out. No longer referring to both the divine origin and the divine quality or nature of the Scriptures, he now taught that inspiration meant only the divine origin. He believed his own redefinition, and began to write that his definition was what the Scriptural writers had in mind. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged Benjamin Warfield, Inspiration, ISBE, Scripture, theopneustos
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Rightly Dividing and Perspicuity — Plain, but Not Always Easy
Right interpretation is not always easy. It is sometimes hard to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture. Right interpretation is always possible. We merely have to figure out the plain / normal meaning of the text of Scripture.
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Posted in Bibliology
Tagged Bethany, clarity, interpretation, meaning, perspicuity, plain sense, sabbath day's journey, Scripture
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How Good Will Heaven Be, Anyway?
Heaven will be better than you can possibly imagine, because God is better than you are at imagining good things.Whatever you can think of that would make Heaven good, God will make it better than that.
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“Daily Christianity”, Infinite Scroll, Boring Stuff
A boring blog “housekeeping” notice. Topics: New Category, “Daily Christianity.” Problems with following on Facebook. Feedback on “infinite scrolling.” Coming re-post. Brief note to bloggers. New Category, Daily Christianity I broke out a new category of posts on the Christian’s practical daily life. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Housekeeping
Tagged blog following, Daily Christianity, Facebook, Infinite scroll, spam, zemanta
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