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Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Paul Brynteson was born and raised in the home of an The Bible Reconsidered - Kindle edition by Paul Brynteson.
Table of contents
- 'Mother in Israel': A Familiar Figure Reconsidered (1)
- Preliminary Material in: Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered
- KIRKUS REVIEW
- The Bible Reconsidered: A Second Historical Look at Scripture
In Num. For that reason, Judah's King Hezekiah ordered its destruction, which was considered "right in the eyes of the Lord. Let's apply this Biblical example. Rom And many do with Christmas-related paraphernalia, such as trees, Santas and mistletoe. Perhaps the cross as well, from watching what some people do around Easter. Paul warned against putting human images ahead of God's glory. Some apparently think they do -- but the evidence from Scripture indicates we don't.
PAGE "Consider It is not simply a pagan celebration to which the name of Christ was later attached.
'Mother in Israel': A Familiar Figure Reconsidered (1)
On page 18, he admits, "Romans exchanged gifts at mid-winter festivals. Plain Truth About Christmas , pgs.
- A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1-24.
- Aquinas Reconsidered!
- Henry of Blois, St Hugh and Henry II:;
- The Threshold Of No Return.
Some Protestant groups might object to this sentence, arguing their "Christian" alternative events on October 31 are FAR from the common Halloween tradition. Namely the Feast of Tabernacles! Would not reasonable people cry out: 'That was then; this is NOW! The history of Christianity includes denominational mergers, as well as splits. Some small congregations in developing countries have merged into WCG in recent years.
Will this lead to a reunion?
Preliminary Material in: Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered
We'll see. Paul urged the Corinthian church to be "perfectly united in mind and thought. I Jhn. There's MUCH about the holiday that arguably can be called wrong! Nor the custom of a WORD Santa, mistletoe, wreaths , why should we allow such baggage to enter in? Why clutter a message of the Lord with, to borrow a WCG word, ":nonessentials? PAGE "Are we going to put down every Christian group that uses the word chapel in their name, as though they have some hidden agenda If a church body wants to call the building where it meets a chapel, I see no problem. PAGE "Ministers of religion Are we going to belittle every chaplain as a phony NO, BUT Or else some other New Testament title, such as Apostle or Pastor.
The WCG seems to straddle the line on this one; ministers of OTHER denominations are increasingly identified in church publications by their preferred title e. PAGE "'Cathedral' has acquired a broader meaning. There are several churches that come to mind that use names like Christian Cathedral See also response to pg.
KIRKUS REVIEW
PAGE "The word church For an interesting side study, check how many times "circle" or "round" appear in the Bible, and how they're used. Yet the name of Calvary appears far more often in songs, church names, etc.
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- Glitch In The Machine!
- PANCHTANTRA KI KATHAYE.
- The NIV Reconsidered: A Fresh Look at a Popular Translation | Grace Evangelical Society.
Easier to pronounce? Easier to rhyme in a hymn? Some argue the goal was to avoid "sounding too Protestant. PAGE "Some take the feasting of Job's sons and daughters, 'every one his day' Job , to mean birthday celebrations. The NIV translates this: "His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes PAGE "It is by flawed reasoning that some would draw the following conclusions: During the birthday celebrations of both Pharaoh and Herod someone was put to death, so observing birthdays is evil Pagans observed birthdays, so birthday celebrations are pagan Are they there simply to "add color" to the account?
Or were they "examples I Cor. Wrapped in this issue is a key change of "mindset" in WCG theology during the last decade. Do we accept "circumstantial evidence" of the Bible to reach conclusions on issues ranging from birthdays to Sabbath observance? Or do we demand a definitive "thou shalt It's easy to say the WCG has moved from the former to the latter, especially when it comes to Holy Days. Paul's clear command against women speaking during services I Cor.
PAGE "To honor a loved one on his or her birthday can be one of those special times of warmth and friendship The Church has backed away from former strictness on the birthday issue, perhaps for that reason.
The Bible Reconsidered: A Second Historical Look at Scripture
Admittedly, I also have -- along with others in spinoff groups. The Biblical examples obviously went to an extreme. But note this bit of wisdom from Solomon: "The day of death [is] better than the day of birth. Yet consider it in the light of Jesus Christ:. Admittedly, I have not double-checked this claim. PAGES "Counting back days considered the normal length of pregnancy from the Feast of Tabernacles, brings us to December 25th, or close to it, for the time of the conception of Jesus Christ! In recent years, the Feast's first day has occurred as early as September 20 , and as late as October 18 A rollback of days leads us to the period of December January But we remember to figure the ten-day adjustment Pope Gregory XIII made to the calendar in , and adopted by the English as an day adjustment in Has Time Been Lost?
BUT the common date of Christmas would have to be adjusted, too -- back to December 14! So the range is close, but not quite there! Could God have started the process "a few weeks along? Woodrow seems to strain for ANY reason to celebrate December Yet he doesn't take the logical extension, based on page 31, to argue that most people should celebrate their conception dates! I've personally wondered how vehement anti-abortionists deal with their own children's "birth days," but that's another matter.
No supernatural signs were given to mankind about the conception, other than John the Baptist leaping in the womb. No scriptural evidence exists of any "conception celebration," good or bad. A check of Hanukkah dates, similar to what we did above, shows a range for the first day in recent years between November 28 and December Roll back 11 days from there, and Hanukkah's first day anciently fell between November December He never brought up the words "light" or "sun" here, either.
Either Jesus let a perfect opportunity to draw those analogies slip away and we can't honestly say He was "forgetful" about such things; see -- or He decided they were NOT appropriate for that occasion! We can't assume the people around Jesus understood the light analogy already. By the way, why doesn't Mr. This would seem the more logical argument, in terms of celebrating a holiday.
In , the WCG seemed to hint that it might start doing exactly that. A Mark Kaplan sermon tape was sent to all congregations that centered on John 10, and Jesus revealing Himself then. But the Church obviously went in a very different direction -- and Mr. Kaplan would up leaving.
Where does this verse say THAT? Presuming an autumn birth, a "start date" of His birthday would be logical for a spring crucifixion. And Mark notes that after the baptism, "at once the Spirit sent him out into the desert" to face Satan's temptations. Woodrow leaps to a conclusion based on this verse. Eventually, through the influence of Valentinus, January 6 was set aside to honor this event, called 'Epiphany' Webster's One-volume Encyclopedia, ed. Incidentally, there's evidence that January 6 has roots in Egypt, as the day of that culture's winter solstice -- and "Alexandrian pagans" marked their god's birthday on the night of January 5!
The American Book of Days, Hatch, ed. My NIV Bible has a map suggesting the baptism occurred about 20 miles east of Jerusalem, on the other side of a hilly range. In recent years, Jerusalem has had an average high-low January temperature of degrees, and a record winter low of The World Almanac, ed. So a January baptism in that sort of climate is possible -- but the water probably would be a little chilly. PAGE "That some shepherds did face cold weather may be seen in Jacob's complaint to Laban, that he had suffered from frost by night Gen.
But let's assume Jacob is truthful here. However, this would rule out a December 25 birth! If so, there is a beautiful contrast between the shepherds and the wise men who were, apparently, very rich.
To be fair, since both books were written under God's inspiration II Tim. Yet that again raises the question of why Mark and John were not inspired by God to dwell on Jesus's birth at all! Initial enthusiasm and hopes that finally we had an English version that would prove accurate, beautifully styled, and capable of being the new standard to replace the ever more archaic King James Bible we have loved so long perished with the using.
From personal conversation with the writer of the foreword, Dr. This was also the experience of Hodges, and I believe Radmacher as well. Radmacher, since I heard most of his content given orally at the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy at San Diego some years ago. Allowing for personal preference in study and private devotions, churches need to present a united front with the same Bible in pulpit and pew, the authors maintain.
Is the NIV the answer to this need, as its gigantic advertising campaign would have it, or is it not? Chapters 2 through 7 handle the general topics of making the NIV chap. The authors give high marks to the NIV translation team for effort, expenditure of time and money, sincerity, and general smoothness of English. Two or three of the translators of the NIV have privately told this reviewer that their scripts turned in to the editors and stylists were much more accurate and careful with such details as the short connectives that start most sentences in the NT than what appeared in the final product.
Thus capitalism could be everything McCloskey says it is and yet we Christians could be called upon to disavow it.