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Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 19th, 2009
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Romans 6:15-18 (NRSV)
15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 12th, 2009
Then Dr. Currid started talking about God’s “sovereignty.”
He cited the following passages, and claimed there were many others. Because of such, he says:
“I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to deny that everything happens on earth and in heaven because of God’s desire, will, and purpose.”
That is what sovereignty means, according to Dr. Currid. Later [...]
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion) on Dec 11th, 2009
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Romans 6:12-14 (NRSV)
12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 10th, 2009
Dr. Currid is now talking about Job. As part of talking about suffering, he cited John 9:2-5:
2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Dec 8th, 2009
A quick note.
Yesterday I overheard some people talking about Augustine’s view of the Days of Creation.
They said Augustine had proved the Days couldn’t be literal days, because there is light on Day 1, but no Sun till Day whatever.
This completely misses two major points.
First, God creates the light, not the Sun. God divides light from [...]
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion), Theory (Politics) on Dec 3rd, 2009
I’m listening now to Dr. John D. Currid’s lectures on “Judges through Poets” from RTS.
To set the background for Judges, he’s discussing Joshua, and the Israelite invasion of the Promised Land.
This, naturally, leads to the problem of what appears to be not only God-sanctioned, but God-instructed genocide.
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Moses, claiming to be speaking for God — [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Nov 21st, 2009
The Wife and I went to a wedding today. In it, the officiant said that marriage was an eternal relationship, and then had to correct himself. In heaven, he said, no one will be married. The friendship that founds the marriage will be eternal, but not the marriage itself.
He was referring, of course, to the [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Nov 15th, 2009
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Romans 6:6-11 (NRSV)
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For whoever has died is [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Nov 7th, 2009
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Okay, it’s time I got back to Romans. I’ve been working on this off and on for a while, and I finally finished it today.
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Romans 6:1-5 (NRSV)
1 What then are we to say? Should we continue in [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Oct 18th, 2009
I didn’t plan to do another post on the rhetoric of James. But I must needs do so in response to this morning’s sermon.
It turns out that not only is James waxing rhetorical in the second half of James 2 (as I argued in the original post), but he goes into chapter 2 with rhetorical [...]
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