tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Coming UntrueDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1719125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-84807021014879244722024-01-24T10:39:16.487-05:002024-01-24T10:39:16.487-05:00Thanks, Rhonda!Thanks, Rhonda!Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-78511403260489643782024-01-24T07:50:54.524-05:002024-01-24T07:50:54.524-05:00WOW! All I can say is WOW!
I am preparing a sermo...WOW! All I can say is WOW!<br />I am preparing a sermon on The Woman of Thebez and in doing a bit of research on the bramblebush, came across your article. WOW! I have previously noted myself that The Parable of the Bramblebush is indeed the Parable of the Rebublican Party in this country. However your thoughts on how to choose a leader of a congregation are "Spot On". Thank you for your insight!rhondahoskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452560061597275312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-26008436195401440522024-01-03T07:56:10.325-05:002024-01-03T07:56:10.325-05:00Thanks so much, Russell!Thanks so much, Russell!Tomhttps://tom@cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-75389349749934620702024-01-03T07:54:34.816-05:002024-01-03T07:54:34.816-05:00Dear Tom,
I can't and won't comment on yo...Dear Tom,<br /><br />I can't and won't comment on your top 10 list, but I will commend you for a decade of what seems to be daily posts on this blog concerning all things un-truthful. You deserve either a free beer or if you're tee-total, a latte or some other non-alcoholic beverage. Congrats and carry-on.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />RussellRussellhttps://russ@quist.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-52524454903807756902023-12-18T03:37:19.800-05:002023-12-18T03:37:19.800-05:00I like the way you put it better than the way he d...I like the way you put it better than the way he did. I didn't feel he was quite so clear as you did on that point.<br /><br />This is the part I mean: "But . . . does it [faith] do these things <i>in a particular way?</i> ... The answer is obviously, clearly, yes." That certainly makes it sound like he feels the adverbs are a necessary part of the mix, and that (possibly) he thinks both adverbs are on the same level. And I'm fine with obedience as critical to faith. Absolutely everyone who believes obeys. I just don't think we want to introduce any further complications or qualifications, because when we do so, we are saying more than scripture does and implicitly requiring more than may be necessary for salvation.<br /><br />In any case, it sounds to me like Doug's critics are frantically splitting every hair they can find. That is rarely done in good faith.Tomhttps://cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-70927865626320976352023-12-17T21:26:00.628-05:002023-12-17T21:26:00.628-05:00I think this is just the point that Doug is making...I think this is just the point that Doug is making though. The adverbs don't affect the efficacy of the resting or receiving, they simply describe the state of the person doing so. To remove the adverbs is to require a change of verb. Whether we receive God's justification reluctantly, obediently, or lovingly doesn't change the fact that we have received it. Adverbs displaying our human reception of God's grace don't negate that grace, they show the goodness of it.PreteristDispynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-32144006690083046332023-11-30T14:30:57.012-05:002023-11-30T14:30:57.012-05:00This is why building an inheritance for our childr...This is why building an inheritance for our children's children, both spiritually and physically, is so important. Teenagers or adolescents just don't have the skills or resources to do these things. Fathers need to supply their children with employable skills (homemaking skills for daughters), lead their families in worship and set up their children for marriage. I'll let the reader decide to which extent they "set up" their kids for marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-3112809787559574582023-10-08T06:03:33.017-04:002023-10-08T06:03:33.017-04:00Thanks for your comment, Anon. My response was too...Thanks for your comment, Anon. My response was too long for the comment section. It'll be posted October 15 instead.Tomhttps://cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-56630787162185241232023-10-06T05:44:48.101-04:002023-10-06T05:44:48.101-04:00This God of yours is going to send billions to hel...This God of yours is going to send billions to hell for simple things. The simplicity of the sins is almost laughable. And you are calling such a person good and loving. In fact, you are asking nations to praise an avowed "enemy of humankind". If you know them by the fruits, then what more bitter fruit is there than jehovah, the ethnic cleanser of the bronze age. You Christians are crazed or you do not see the consequences of worshipping a criminal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-58367556591056482022023-09-17T01:20:06.665-04:002023-09-17T01:20:06.665-04:00Is what is interesting to me, is that any division...Is what is interesting to me, is that any division of infinite, meaning, any postulation from infinite, its antecedent also derives a 1, or true. One could say that the probability of never hitting a five vs hitting a 5 an infiinite number of times is also 1. ∞/∞=1, where as a certain postulate is dividing infinite, one must assume all postulates to also be probable.MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592302251313720374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-83371264289242406652023-08-03T04:10:51.247-04:002023-08-03T04:10:51.247-04:00Same here.Same here.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-61257231310013635762023-08-01T09:39:09.007-04:002023-08-01T09:39:09.007-04:00Great summary of the word. I get into trouble with...Great summary of the word. I get into trouble with people over this one a lot, usually over the role repentance plays.antemodernisthttps://antemodernist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-10132223555695229182023-05-26T23:22:27.081-04:002023-05-26T23:22:27.081-04:00Thanks for the info. I will be greatly interested ...Thanks for the info. I will be greatly interested to see what he has come up with.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-63591057285067479292023-05-26T23:20:13.387-04:002023-05-26T23:20:13.387-04:00Hi,
I read your article on your blog and it seems...Hi,<br /><br />I read your article on your blog and it seems you're not aware that Frank Viola is completely rewriting and expanding his very old book from 2005, The Untold Story of the NT Church. He's written about this on his blog and his podcast (Christ is All) more than once.<br /><br />Therefore, I would ask that you don't cite him as a source. Just replace his dates on the book of Revelation with John A.T. Robinson and more recently Jonathan Bernier, they are his sources. They aren't unique to Viola. <br /><br />In the new edition of the book, he will also reference scholars who believe the date is much later. <br /><br />The new version of the book should come out in 2024 or 2025. It will contain dissenting debates with the scholars in the footnotes. On his blog Frank has said it's up to over 1,800 footnotes. <br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />frankviola.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-77111978570468612752023-05-17T10:35:04.965-04:002023-05-17T10:35:04.965-04:00Excellent question. I'll do an Inbox on that, ...Excellent question. I'll do an Inbox on that, as my thoughts are probably too lengthy to deal with in the comments of a single post.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-5157947966241730312023-05-17T08:23:26.519-04:002023-05-17T08:23:26.519-04:00A fair summary of key differences. I have found t...A fair summary of key differences. I have found the same distinctions are recognized by modern Jews generally. But I would say that people who talk about the Jewish roots of Christianity are of two types: one would be the kind of misguided folks you’re identifying, Tom, and the other would be people who are trying to point out the essential connection between OT Judaism, as understood accurately, and Christianity. Undoubtedly, OT Judaism does furnish the setting within which Christianity can be properly understood, if one wished to grasp things like creation, redemption, messiah, Law, and covenants, all these things being “written for our instruction.” So long as we do not lose that awareness, and so long as we don’t start to imagine a kind of Christianity that needs no explanation with reference to OT Judaism, I think we’re not in trouble. Unfortunately, one reason for de-emphasizing the role of Israel in relation to Christianity has been the opposite of what you identify — that is, the desire to convince Christians that Jews should NOT be regarded or invited to our shores. And I think we must resist that latter strategy even more vigorously than the strategy used by the proponents of “Judeo-Christianity” to sell people on a pro-Jewish attitude. No doubt you see the wisdom of caution on both sides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-3499379500132308912023-04-07T07:36:02.518-04:002023-04-07T07:36:02.518-04:00Thanks, I will take a look.Thanks, I will take a look.David Barnettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-71450156733655381582023-04-06T20:03:59.128-04:002023-04-06T20:03:59.128-04:00Also, if you click on the "Book Reviews"...Also, if you click on the "Book Reviews" tab at the top of the main page, you'll see the kind of books people have been giving me to review lately. Compared to the last three apocalyptic disasters, Heiser is an absolute genius and spiritual guru. That may have skewed my perspective a bit.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-78083599988486534682023-04-06T16:47:36.881-04:002023-04-06T16:47:36.881-04:00I agree about the relative lack of importance of a...I agree about the relative lack of importance of a divine council worldview. I don't think it's a dominant theme of scripture and I wouldn't have spent fifteen years investigating it myself. This is probably all I'll ever write about it, and four posts in 3,000 is probably the ratio the subject requires.<br /><br />Like most people, I have a list of things about scripture that perplex me and that I'm trying to work through. It has gotten shorter over the years as I keep reading scripture over and over. Heiser knocked five or six of those items off my list, and I do appreciate that. They may not have been major items, as you suggest, but they were curiosities for me.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. It's always good to have balance.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-40072767362185035452023-04-06T13:59:07.784-04:002023-04-06T13:59:07.784-04:00Tom, after your recommendation I tried very hard t...Tom, after your recommendation I tried very hard to get through The Unseen Realm. I finally decided there were more profitable books to read. I have to admit hagiography did cross my mind reading your posts. I don't disagree with the idea of a divine counsel but I think it's relative lack importance is shown by the lack of reference to it in the epistles. Perhaps it was the language Heiser uses that put me off. While he acknowledges that the apocryphal books are not inspired his language suggests they can coexist near the same plane as scripture. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939561620413739653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-32596935813093906502023-04-05T04:59:36.995-04:002023-04-05T04:59:36.995-04:00Thanks Comreich. Like scripture itself, everything...Thanks Comreich. Like scripture itself, everything clicks better the second time through. I may have to go back and finish the rest of his books now. The companion website also has some interesting stuff.Tomhttps://www.cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-39102016138336768672023-04-04T23:07:26.635-04:002023-04-04T23:07:26.635-04:00Tom, thank you for your review of Unseem Realm. I ...Tom, thank you for your review of Unseem Realm. I found Dr. Heiser's work to be very helpful in making more sense of scripture, and your treatment is well done.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to your treatment of the things that you find less comfortable.comreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951253766436765645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-50509566440187880562023-03-21T13:45:57.090-04:002023-03-21T13:45:57.090-04:00yeah but what is the songs name though yeah but what is the songs name though Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-89350206295220329862023-02-27T09:03:49.710-05:002023-02-27T09:03:49.710-05:00Re: 6.21: Our protective shell: "If I obey, G...Re: 6.21: Our protective shell: "If I obey, God will bless me." If Job's experience proved that philosophy untrue, Eliphaz stood bare and vulnerable, with no clear way forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-84920269628860902752023-02-21T04:01:41.357-05:002023-02-21T04:01:41.357-05:00https://www.charismanews.com/culture/91562-renowne...https://www.charismanews.com/culture/91562-renowned-old-testament-scholar-dr-michael-heiser-passes-away-after-cancer-battleTomhttps://cominguntrue.comnoreply@blogger.com