As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
I think it is fair to say that the whole impetus for the covenants of redemption, works and grace in the Reformed Confessions stems from the assumption that the Old Testament must be read through the lens of the extra light of the New. If that assumption is flawed, as I believe it certainly is, then the whole project is in serious trouble.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. This I command you—to love one another. (John 15.16-17 NET)
Doug Kutilek: “The Scofield Reference Bible (1917) notes: ‘It is generally agreed that v. 7 has no real authority, and has been inserted.’ Is Scofield right? To answer this, we must ask, what is the evidence?”
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/doc/slaves_fatwa.pdf
How is ISIS sex slavery essentially different from Exodus 21, Leviticus 20, Numbers 31, Deuteronomy 20-22, and the end of Debora’s song (“a woman or two for each man”) in Judges 5?
I am trying to reconcile my absolute disgust for ISIS with the fact that the OT has passages that seem to advocate essentially similar behavior.
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Andrew, I think we can start with ch. 10. In your last PM you said:
1) There may be some basis for your interpretation, but it depends on chapter 10. For your interpretation to be true chapter 10 must indicate that the weak were correct and that eating in the temple is idolatry, because those things aren’t established in chapters 8-9.
I know the position of the forum is “inerrancy”. I don’t question anyone’s right to believe that. But I have to ask the question why?
Can a follower of Christ be solid as a rock and accept the bible as sufficient to lead us unto Christ?
Why do people argue over this point, when our lives and what God has done for us can speak volumes beyond what most often appears to be a philosophical/apologetic point?
A sermon (No. 168) delivered on December 20, 1857 by C. H. Spurgeon at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).
“There are various issues in this debate that Christians should carefully consider and on which we may legitimately differ. But whether or not Christians and Muslims worship the same God is not one of them.” Rick Phillips
Read the series so far.
Paul wrote that the gospel is a message that must be proclaimed. It must be verbally shared. Believers must feel the tug of God and be sent. Now look again at the excuse people gave—even in the first century: some felt it wouldn’t be believed.
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!” However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. (Rom. 10:14-17)
The gospel according to Luke records that on the night of Jesus’ birth an angel of the Lord appeared to shepherds keeping watch over their flocks in a field outside the Judean village of Bethlehem. The angel announced “good news of great joy” which included the benediction: “Peace on earth” (Luke 2:10, 14).
Peace had come to earth in a person. The “Prince of Peace,” prophesied centuries earlier by the prophet Isaiah had come (Isaiah 9:6). In a mystery never to be fully fathomed, the “Mighty God” and “Everlasting Father” was born a child with flesh and blood to dwell on earth for a season (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; John 1:14). And as the Bible repeatedly demonstrates, whenever the living God comes to dwell among his people, he always brings peace.
But what is peace? The word is not difficult to define. Peace is the calm that prevails in the absence of war. It is the serenity that marks freedom from hostilities, strife or dissension. Peace is a paucity of agitation, upheaval or chaos. Although used in an array of contexts, the definition is fairly straightforward.
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