Tag Archives: old testament
On the Conditions of Salvation: A Response to John Fensel (#6)
You mention that you are confused as to what I think about the conditions of salvation. I will try my best to bring what clarity I can to the question, although I confess that I do not know what God would do with the hypothetical moralizing psychopath that you have created. (As a Christian, however, [...]
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To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo — Two Christian Approaches to Old Testament Law
“You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.” — Leviticus 19:28 (ESV) In light of Leviticus 19:28, is it forbidden for a Christian to have a tattoo? How we answer this question depends on how we understand our relationship to the laws of the [...]
the story of the bible translation project on this site
I’ve got about 385 chapters of the Bible, sloppily translated, here. This post explains how it got there and why. Related Posts:alexander campbell’s ‘the living oracles’open source bible project: moving toward a more organized methodwanna know why i shy away from copyrighted bible versions? here’s an example.murdoch misunderstands the internet news worldChristian Reconstructionism and the [...]
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Between Pacifism and Jihad, J Daryl Charles
Earlier today, I read Between Pacifism and Jihad, by J. Daryl Charles. It is clear that Charles has done some serious thinking about the history and theory of warfare. He has produced a strong argument, and I agree with him that the use of force is sometimes justified. The link above will direct you to [...]
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on fonts and claude mariottini
As one of the few guys who runs a website with the word ‘font’ in it, it stands to reason that I find fonts fascinating. And that’s why I recommend this post by Claude Mariottini. Professor Mariottini, in addition to being a native speaker of the beautiful Portuguese language, produces a unique kind of blog. [...]
biblical flogging and saudi flogging — a case study
[A judge] may have [a criminal] flogged with forty lashes. No more, or else he might strike him many times, and your brother [the criminal] would be humiliated in front of you. Despite the physical nature of Old Testament punishment, the Law was clear–the criminal was still part of the family of God, and for [...]
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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The canon
If we agree that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, and that the Bible is the Word of God, we then come to another question: what is the Bible? In the last post, I defined the Bible as the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the New Testament. If these books are to govern our lives, [...]
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Christian Reconstructionism and the Original Languages