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Can We Separate a Miracle of Inspiration from a Miracle of Preservation?
I’ve come back to say that I wouldn’t call preservation of scripture a miracle any more. I would say that God uses supernatural means, working outside of natural laws. I came to the conclusion since I wrote this that a miracle is confined to a “sign” in scripture, which ended in the first century. Do […]
The Myth of the Harshness of Right Wing Tone or Hypocrisy from the Left on Tone or Attitude
I warn you that my tone might be sharp in this blog. Some also call it “interesting writing.” However, I want to put a disclaimer on my own blog by saying that the tone that you hear here (luv those homonyms) will be sharper (not as in sharper iron) for effect. Recently, the boys (and […]
NURSERY RHYMES ARE DESTROYING AMERICA: Little Jack Horner
Consider Little Jack Horner for a moment—he who sat in a corner. First, notice his situation—a corner—and ask yourself why? The TIME-OUT, of course, a failure of a discipline program. Rather than spanking the boy, they sit him down, separating him from others, making an example of him, all good and well. I can only […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part six)
What About Some History of 1 Corinthians 12:13? In 1611, the King James translators translated 1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one spirit are we all baptized into one bodie, whether wee bee Iewes or Gentiles, whether wee bee bond or free: and haue beene all made to drinke into one spirit. Do you see their […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part five)
Universal church advocates take 1 Corinthians 12:13 as their proof text. Perhaps we could say that “by one spirit of fallacy they read into this passage one numerical, universal, invisible, mystical body.” They commit this hermeneutical blunder against the context of the Bible and the epistle, and now we look at the chapter. The Context […]
Paul Potts: Not to Be Confused with the Cambodian Dictator
Alright. A little break from our normal theological and exegetical fare. Paul Potts. My son was listening to the computer stream of classical music in our area—KDFC in San Francisco—and he came across on that website a clip from a television program in England called, I think, “Britains Got Talent,” something like that. So. They […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part four)
To understand Scripture, you need to know what the words mean. You learn what they mean first by looking up how they are used in the Bible. If one isn’t used anywhere else in the NT, then you can get some help by studying the usage in the LXX or in extrascriptural literature. The meaning […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part three)
Understanding 1 Corinthians 12:13 isn’t that difficult, but it’s been complicated by the invention of the universal, invisible, mystical church theory. Because of the influence of Catholicism and then the Charismatic movement, people are confused about Spirit baptism. The twisting of this verse has been part cause. For this reason especially, it is important that […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part two)
We started an article on the exegetical fallacies of 1 Corinthians 12:13 that have resulted in the invention of a universal, invisible, mystical church. More Words, Phrases, and Clauses of 1 Corinthians 12:13 “By One Spirit” I saved this one for later for at least two reasons: first, it isn’t that important in determining the […]
Proof-Text Perversions: 1 Corinthians 12:13 (part one)
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been made to drink into one Spirit.” By this time I know that universal, invisible church advocates will deny it, but 1 Corinthians 12:13 is the proof-text for their position. […]
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