#hermenutics

Is it just me, or does everyone stroking their ego about how "Biblical" they are, and how "Bible-Believing" they are (protestants, always), always seem to never actually believe the Bible?

I think so many of the tumors growing on the back of Sola Scriptura (where is that in the Bible?) are a result of late enlightenment, materialist philosophies, built on a bedrock of a hermeneutics of suspicion.

I saw a horrific example of this when I read someone discount John John 8:7-11 because, "Well, that section of John wasn't written by John, actually. It was added by scribes, so you shouldn't take it as seriously." Like, what? If this is your take, do you just not believe in any of the Bible? If some part is less Divinely Inspired, if it is less the Word of God, how is any of the Bible to be believed?

This is very funny, please laugh.

What this does is create impossible win conditions verging on, "If Jesus didn't write the Bible with his own earthly hands and leave it on a table for John the Baptist (not Catholic) to copy by hand, then none of it is real." Do you see how stupid that is? It is very stupid, and also very much not the historical view of the Church.

Scripture is Divinely inspired and Inerrant. It is inspired by God and has no Errors. This does not mean all of Genesis as we have it now was written by Moses himself. But all the people who recorded it for him, translated it, recovered it, and edited it were divinely inspired, and their collective work is without error.

I don't care what kind of historiographic view you take on Gospel authorship-- I care that you actually believe in the Bible. This handwringing over, "oh, who really physically wrote xyz," is a product of actual Free Masons, no I am not kidding.

Is It Possible to Correctly Interpret the Bible?

The above question is relevant for many reasons.  After all, how one interprets the Bible — more specifically, whether one does so correctly — determines whether one actually obeys the commands and principles within Scripture.  That in turn has a direct bearing on one’s salvation (Matt. 7:21-23; Heb. 5:9; 1 John 3:4; Rom. 6:23; Rev. 21:8).  Since we are commanded to accurately handle Scripture (2…

One person stated a while back that 'Hershel' will block you if you don't agree with him.

To which I say, 'There is some truth to that statement.'

However, their understanding of what it means to agree with them is contrary to mine. For instance:

They will enter my wall trying to disprove what I have said with lame arguments of, 'You are wrong!' And that's it. They just keep repeating that in different words and never give any reason why I am wrong.

Others, when they give reasons, will argue from their own perspective by saying things like: 'Well I believe that God loves everyone because God is a God of love." And then they never want to discuss his wrath, but only tell me how they believe God is and not what Scripture states he is.

Again, others, will enter my wall by quoting Tertullian and not Paul, Irenaeus and not Peter, Augustine, and not James. Now the early church fathers have their place, however, we first want to ask, 'What saith the Lord?' Before we ask, 'What saith a commentator?'

And so, yes. If you approach my wall with the above methods, you will surely get blocked. Folks don't realize that I have 2 of my own kids and several family members blocked because I am not putting up with garbage in order to be able to freely post on my own wall.

How to Understand and Apply Philippians 2:1-11 Look busy Jesus is coming. For many this is their worldview, conscious of it or not. However, Philippians 2 paints a very different picture.

            Look busy Jesus is coming. Unfortunately for many Christians this is their worldview whether they are conscious of it or not. It is an expectation to do something, if not anything to occupy their lives until the day when Jesus returns to Earth. However, the writings of the New Testament and especially the Epistle to the Philippians paints a very different picture of how the Christian…

One of the biggest needs in the church is for believers to actively read and study the Bible. However, many Christians have neglected personal reading time due to lack of understanding of how to properly engage the text.  Our brothers at PDX Table Church recently posted this excellent resource video that breaks down simple methods on how to read your bible. As Paul says in 2 Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth”, We are called to study Gods word. This short and simple video is well worth the watch!