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Bestiality and Tithing, Part 3
Jesus’ Endorsement of Tithing In the last post, we discussed whether tithing is a practice commanded for believers in the New Covenant. We noted that Jesus endorses tithing in Matthew 23:23. We also noted that some will object, saying that Jesus said this to people “under the law.” I believe that this is not a [...]
Bestiality and Tithing, Part 1
Bestiality and the Tithing I’ll bet you never expected to see those two words in the same sentence, let alone as the heading to an article. Do I have your attention? Related Posts:Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 3Bestiality and Tithing, Part 4Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 2Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 1Bestiality and Tithing: Wrap-up
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Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 3
The Loophole Pastor “Dave” has inadvertantly introduced a loophole which nullifies his “soft” reading of Old Testament law and will lead to a “hard” reading very quickly, if his readers are consistent. Let’s recap: Pastor Dave told Mary and Joe that the Old Testament’s prohibitions are not binding in the New Testament. Mary and Joe [...]
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Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 2
Bestiality The Old Testament condemns bestiality, loudly and intolerantly. If Joe and Mary do their churche’s “read through the Bible in a year” program, they will four chapters which mention it: Exodus 22, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, and Deuteronomy 27. They will notice that three of these passages call for stoning the person who mated [...]
Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 1
Modern evangelicalism has a bestiality problem. It is an exegetical problem, not a behavioral problem. But it is still a problem. Let me explain. Related Posts:Bestiality and Tithing, Part 1Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 3Modern Evangelicalism’s Bestiality Problem, Part 2Bestiality and Tithing, Part 4Bestiality and Tithing, Part 3
alexander campbell’s ‘the living oracles’
http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/acampbell/tlo4/TLO400M.HTM Related Posts:the story of the bible translation project on this siteliving oracles or living oracle?Alexander Campbell on Matthew 5 – A CritiqueBestiality and Tithing, Part 4Bestiality and Tithing, Part 3
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i taught a rabbi today
that the New Testament was written in Greek, not Latin as he had supposed. It seems that to many Jews, Christianity means medieval Catholicism. Related Posts:beyond the canon listhebrew thursday: pronouns and prepositionsreverse folk etymologywhat’s going on with GOD in genesis 6:5?a curious coincidence
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a curious coincidence
Today was my first day of Portuguese classes (I love languages, and I’ve previously had formal training in French, Latin, and Spanish, and I’ve taught myself a fair bit of Hebrew and Greek). Anyhow, Portuguese. Another one of my fascinations is textual variants of the New Testament, and I’m always out looking for new fonts [...]
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beyond the canon list
It would be nice to say that once we’ve got Jesus and the canon settled, that’s the end of the story. And it would be partially true. If you read the books of the Bible, no matter what translation they are in (unless it is by some sort of weird group purposefully altering the text), [...]
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Bestiality and Tithing, Part 4