As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“First, in Revelation 10:6, “time” (KJV) should be translated “delay.” …Second, in the context of the eternal state, Revelation 22:2 says that the tree of life which bears 12 fruits, will yield its fruit every month….” - Matt Postiff
“This week marks the anniversary of both the birth (Nov. 29) and the death (Nov. 22) of C.S. Lewis, one of the most remarkable Christians of the last century.” - Breakpoint
In one manner or another, at least 4 passages in the NT instruct us about ungodly communication:
Matthew 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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9. Though they would consciously deny the charge, it is undeniable that CT ‘s way of reading the Bible (as above) creates a major problem philosophically in that it strongly implies that God equivocates. More seriously still, the manner of equivocation means that equivocation belongs to the essential nature of the Godhead.
“As a theistic evolutionist, Craig accepts without critique the evolutionary consensus, believing that God used the process of evolution to bring about biological diversity. However, unlike many theistic evolutionists, he affirms the actual historical existence of an original human pair” - Eikon
“Theonomy is utterly dependent upon the embrace of a postmillennialism that inevitably demands the implementation of a Christian theistic ethic into the fabric of every society. This makes nearly every form of theonomy a present non-reality that is dependent on a misconstrued eschatological hope.” - Nicholas Batzig
“While Metaxas often acknowledges the influence of the ‘great Charles Colson’ (6, 43), he seems to reject the counsel of Colson, who wrote, ‘If we have learned anything in recent decades, it is that we should not roll out heavy-handed political movements that recklessly toss around God-and-country clichés and scare off our secular neighbors.’” - TGC
“Just as Baptists disagreed on seemingly everything else, they did not view slavery in precisely the same way — even in South Carolina.” - London Lyceum
“The Reformers believed in burning heretics. Making sense of that grave mistake means looking first at ourselves.” - N.T. Wright at CToday
“A lot of people are bewildered, scared, frustrated about all this change… The Scripture doesn’t ignore this problem, and it doesn’t try to ‘pep talk’ us out of our distress with platitudes. But it does offer two truths that can stabilize us despite the instability of our world.” - Olinger
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