Forum: General Chit-Chat
07-15-2009, 01:52 PM
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"Calvinist" but staying
Well, I'm also likely in the minority on this forum as I would consider myself "reformed" (though Calvin did get the whole infant baptism thing all wrong) but I'm staying.
This is a forum about...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-15-2009, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 48,892
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-09-2009, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29,940
Pigs instead of Sheep
I don't recall the source, but I recall a story once of a Bible Translator who wanted to replace "sheep" with "pigs", because the native people the Scriptures were being intended for didn't know...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-09-2009, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 28,297
Good posts
Hi PaulB,
Thanks for the posts. I always enjoy seeing these other perspectives, and appreciate the links.
The History of the English Bible article was good, but sadly ends with this statement:...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-09-2009, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 61,995
Defense of Critical Thinking
Boy, I hate to do this, but I'd like to come to a partial "defense" of Critical Thinking (CT), even though he has been banned.
I almost had the sense that he was playing "devil's advocate", and...
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Forum: Prayer Requests
07-03-2009, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 43,034
Similar Experience
Jassy wrote: > The most recent time I got a flu shot, probably 20 years ago, I got terribly ILL - from the SHOT!!!
I had the same thing happen. I had to get a flu shot when I was in the Air Force...
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Forum: Prayer Requests
07-03-2009, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 37,282
Prayers will continue!
Jassy,
When I first met my wife (she was around 22 years old), she was walking with a cane and had pain issues much like arthritis. However, all the tests came back negative, and a few doctors...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-03-2009, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 109,505
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-03-2009, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,226
Where you can read the tract
Also, you can read the tract, and download some of David Reagan's audio sermons, at:
http://www.learnthebible.org/the-disappearing-bible.html
He has an audio sermon on the preservation of the...
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Forum: Bible Versions
07-03-2009, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,226
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Forum: Bible Versions
06-29-2009, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,678
Swayed by intellectualism
Will,
I applaud you for your stance on the BB and for putting up with the name-calling. I was appalled at Mexdeaf's statement that you are just "an attention whore who jumps around from board to...
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Forum: Bible Versions
06-25-2009, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 16,499
Link for short Biography
A short biography of Dr. Mervyn Wijesinha can be found at the same site, at:
http://www.pmcc.org.lk/aboutus.php
Doug A.
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Forum: Bible Studies
06-18-2009, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 74,092
Preparing
Just a quick comment about the word "prepare". I do prepare myself for work every morning. Do I have my lunch, do I have my laptop, am I wearing appropriate clothing, etc.
So when God "prepared"...
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Forum: Bible Versions
06-18-2009, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 26,930
King James Easy Reading Version
I have a few different copies of this edition of the Scriptures, but I haven't cared much for the physical presentation. The "full" one is very large and the pages so thin the print shows through...
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Forum: Bible Versions
06-18-2009, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 51,331
Not strictly KJVO - but good
While not necessarily KJVO, I have found the writing of the late Theodore Letis to be valuable (The Ecclesiastical Text is a good one), as well as Unholy Hands on the Bible Vol II by J.P. Green Sr.
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Forum: Bible Versions
06-18-2009, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 36,814
Appearance of Evil
I'm certainly no expert in the Bible versions issue, and while I'm currently a "KJV Best" advocate, I'm not (yet! <grin>) a KJVO person. In any case, I had to come to the defense of the KJV in church...
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