tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post115255748444842271..comments2023-10-20T05:50:34.162-05:00Comments on with devotion: Bibliolatrykc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152910643756390052006-07-14T15:57:00.000-05:002006-07-14T15:57:00.000-05:00funny, i thought everyone knew this already that t...funny, i thought everyone knew this already that the bible is the word of god. i mean they were passed from him to prophets right?<BR/><BR/>the issue i have is the way it is projected. a communicator of the word (pastor) must not let personal emotion and influence determine how he speaks of certain passages. manipulation of scripture for personal influence is rather disturbing to me. it happens, and what are you going to do. <BR/><BR/>i think we are all smart enough to take it for what its worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152794942983392132006-07-13T07:49:00.000-05:002006-07-13T07:49:00.000-05:00The last organized church I attended used John 1:1...The last organized church I attended used John 1:1-4 as its basis for teaching that the Word is Jesus. Any thoughts?<BR/><BR/>And yes, DK, I will edit misspellings from now on--sometimes the spacebar on this keyboard doesn't work, and it is soembarrassingtosee in thecomments.God's Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561357217539705033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152625039049582782006-07-11T08:37:00.000-05:002006-07-11T08:37:00.000-05:00That never happens here.LOL! Thanks for the laugh,...<I>That never happens here.</I><BR/><BR/>LOL! Thanks for the laugh, Patchouli.<BR/><BR/>By the way, can you fix my spelling error the next time you happen to quote me? That way I don't have to see my dippy ways twice. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152624450994148002006-07-11T08:27:00.000-05:002006-07-11T08:27:00.000-05:00It seems that when a fellow takes a stab at thinki...<EM>It seems that when a fellow takes a stab at thinking outside the box regardding the Bible, folks get so passionate about it that emotions take over and brains can sometimes get shut off.</EM><BR/><BR/>Nah, that never happens here!<BR/><BR/>I'm with you, KB. "Fourth member of the Trinity"--a perfect description.God's Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561357217539705033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152611936891057602006-07-11T04:58:00.000-05:002006-07-11T04:58:00.000-05:00CODEPOKE!!!! GREAT TO SEE YOU!!! I hope all is wel...<B>CODEPOKE!!!! GREAT TO SEE YOU!!!</B> I hope all is well.<BR/><BR/>We just finished teaching a few classes about the Bible here in NH. There were three lessons and I got to teach the one on descrepancies. It happens that the descrpancies class was the one another brother (my best friend) wanted to teach, rather than the one he was chosen to teach about the reliability of the Bible. His connvictions regarding the reliability of the Bible are not mainstream Christainity. (He's got his PhD from MIT. It's safe to say that he does nothing half-heartedly!) He decided to teach his class according to his convictions. Hoo-boy!!!<BR/><BR/>He taught that The Bible is definately from God. No one had a problem with that. But then he taught that the Bible actually never claims to be perfect. (He did not say that it was not perfect...only that it doesn't make the claim. (I stumped him on the Q & A portion of the class. But I won't go into that here.) ;-)<BR/><BR/>He also began teaching that the Bible may not only contain the Words of God, but also a few words of men. He never discredited the Bible. He simply said that, from his study SO FAR, this was the way he was leaning. He knew the chance he was taking when he got up there.<BR/><BR/>Let's just say that not everyone was listening with an unbiased ear. It seems that when a fellow takes a stab at thinking outside the box regardding the Bible, folks get so passionate about it that emotions take over and brains can sometimes get shut off. There was some great (mostly) godly debate that night. My friend held his own ground and was a lot more humble than I would have been during the Q & A session. I even found myself getting defensive <I>for</I> him. (why do I do stupid stuff like that?)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the lesson was great. We learned to try see things in the Bible, and the Bible itself, differently than is traditonal. Everyone still believed it was the Word of God and was to be used as the standard of our lives. <BR/><BR/>And all were unified at the end of the night. It was quite fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152589652463712252006-07-10T22:47:00.000-05:002006-07-10T22:47:00.000-05:00Excellent post, KB. So true. Thank you.Excellent post, KB. So true. Thank you.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203594257221430139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-1152567031846907782006-07-10T16:30:00.000-05:002006-07-10T16:30:00.000-05:00Yep, I last came up against this yesterday in Sund...Yep, I last came up against this yesterday in Sunday School. I bit my tongue, because there was no way to communicate this without confusing most of the people in the room. :-(<BR/><BR/>The divinely inspired words in that book are spiritual and eternal, but they are not Christ.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.com