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Author: lsenderslsenders
Date: Sep 22, 2008 16:55
On Sep 14, 7:51=A0pm, Charles Hedrick rutgers.edu> wrote:>
Charles, I just spent a couple of hours tracing through the Institutes
and it is amazing how devoid Calvin was in his comments concerning
origins. Really, there is no commentary at all other than regarding
special aspects, i.e. the "image" and in relation to the Incarnation.
Now in his commentary on Genesis, Calvin, as do most critical
commentaries, notes the distinction, the pause between 1:25 & 26.
Calvin rightly notes that the Hebrew slips into the future tense. V.
25 concludes creation with the divine recognition of His work as
"good." There is then, in v. 26 a Divine Decree as to the creation
of man which distinguishes him from all that proceeds. It is also
note worthy that there is no special mention of the "The God said" or
spoke the word calling man forth but rather a simple declaration that
man was created as a result of this decree in v. 27. Ziegler's
footnote in K&D's commentary notes the distinguishing of man as:
"The breath of God became the soul of man; the soul of man therefore
is nothing but the breath of God. The rest of the world exists
through the word of God. man through His own peculiar breath."
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Author: lsenderslsenders
Date: Sep 22, 2008 16:55
On Sep 21, 7:15=A0pm, Bob Crowley acenet.net.au> wrote:
> I'm not much of a witness in that respect. =A0Evangelism is a gift, and
> not all of us have it.
>
That is a bit of a cop out. It is also, unfortunately, a common one,
one that inadequately interprets...
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Author: lsenderslsenders
Date: Sep 22, 2008 16:55
On Sep 21, 7:15=A0pm, Allan Svensson wrote:> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Church dictatorship
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0wants to destroy our spiritual life
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BIG snip.
This is nothing more than the Harold Camping heresy. It is too bad
that some Christians are unable to actually live life to the fullest.
Christ did not call us to live poor, miserable lives as you seemingly
view it. Are there such local churches as you have described? -all
too many. However, there are still good bible believing, bible
teaching churches. If you don't like a pastor run church, then find
an elder board run church or a mixture of elder board/congregational
church. Either way, don't dismiss the work of Christ so easily.
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Author: Bob CrowleyBob Crowley
Date: Sep 22, 2008 16:46
On Sep 16, 11:24=A0am, Matthew Johnson newsguy.org>
wrote:> In article , Bob Crowley says...
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>>On Sep 8, 9:44=3DA0am, Ed gmail.com> wrote:>>> If star light reaching us that is millions of light years away, and
>>> the earth is 10,000 or so years old does that mean God created the
>>> rest of the universe much much earlier ?
>
>>There's an article on the distant starlight vs. earth age problem at
>>the AIG link below.
>
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> I refer to their admission that yes, "the techniques that astronomers use to
> measure cosmic distances are generally logical and scientifically sound."
>
> So why, after admitting they that they are "logical and scientifically sound",
> does the article then plunge into very un-scientific criticism of the methods?
> Could it be that the article's author simply does not understand the methods?
... ...
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Author: JamesJames
Date: Sep 18, 2008 19:33
>Re: More of God!
>On Jul 28, 6:17 pm, Antares 531 swbell.net> wrote:
>>> I'm fervently seeking suggestions as to how I can/should communicate
>> with people of the scientific community who have rejected...
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Author: JamesJames
Date: Sep 18, 2008 19:33
>Re: More of God!
>"Antares 531" swbell.net> wrote I know what I want to look
>for, and what I>> found that stabilized my belief in God, but I don't know how to
>> present this to a hard-core agnostic...
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Author: Zor-El of Argo CityZor-El of Argo City
Date: Sep 15, 2008 18:24
Since God exists outside the confines of space/time as we understand
them, I have no problem accepting the 14-billion-year age of the
universe and the 4.5-billion-year age of the Earth. Time has a totally
different meaning for Him, and he doesn't operate on our schedule.
NUCLEAR POWER: The global warming solution!
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Author: Matthew JohnsonMatthew Johnson
Date: Sep 15, 2008 18:24
In article , Bob Crowley says...
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>On Sep 8, 9:44=A0am, Ed gmail.com> wrote:>> If star light reaching us that is millions of light years away, and
>> the earth is 10,000 or so years old does that mean God created the
>> rest of the universe much much earlier ?
>
>
>There's an article on the distant starlight vs. earth age problem at
>the AIG link below.
Why, yes, there is. Unfortunately, it is a very poor article, giving fallacious
arguments for false conclusions.
> It may not answer your question completely,
Completeness is not the issue. Correctness is the issue. But this article is
full of so many things that are incorrect, it is worse than useless.
> but
>it does point out the assumption of extreme time is not necessarily
>the solution.
But as SO often with articles at 'AIG', what it "points out" is not even true.
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Author: ThomasScarboroughThomasScarborough
Date: Sep 15, 2008 18:24
Last time I checked, Urban Ministry Live and Unplugged was Google's
No. 2 Urban Ministry Blog. Now it's back after a break, now that I
have succeeded in obtaining a broadband connection in Cape Town. The
blog records the day-to-day events of urban ministry in a multi-
cultural Church. http://thomasscarborough.blogspot.com
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Author: lsenderslsenders
Date: Sep 15, 2008 18:24
On Sep 14, 7:51=A0pm, Charles Hedrick rutgers.edu> wrote:
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> Loren speaks against use of empirical evidence in interpreting =A0
> Scripture. This is obviously the most serious difference between us. I =
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> hold to the traditional "two books" view, in which...
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