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    ECT A great example of the NT using the OT

    This one example clarifies so many "givens" about how the apostles quoted the OT: A great example of NT using OT. Lk 22 quoting Is 56 re the house of prayer. This passage is quoted and used because the house of prayer was the one that came to be after the exile and during the NT. So when...
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    ECT The 'sperma' not 'tekna' are Abraham's seed

    In Rom 9:8, Paul explains that the Abraham's descendants (NIV offspring) are those who believe the promise and the object of belief is Christ, because Christ was the Seed. The term for that group is 'sperma'. Those born the natural way are 'sarkos.' The 'sperma' can be from any nation and are...
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    ECT Some Basic Theses of NT Eschatology

    I'd like to cycle through these propositions with people here. We did #1 last week. Please move on to #2. 1, Rom 11 is prodding not prediction 2, Gal 3:17 is the true RT issue 3, Isaiah shifted David's promises 4, Acts 26 is the true shape of Israel's outcome 5, The "people" of the parable of...
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    Impossible whale news

    Up to 130 whales at a time have been sited over the past week near the Farallon Islands, N. California. The schools of krill have been very healthy, obviously. This can't be true. Ehrlich said the planet would be dead in 1990 and still has his chair at Stanford. Al Gore adjusted this by a...
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    ECT What ethnicity was Abraham the moment before he believed?

    ...That's why the ethnicity doesn't matter. What matters is faith in the Gospel, Gal 3's 2nd paragraph. It was Judaism that later made the issue to be ethnicity.
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    Marriage petition for US counties

    [I started this thread over at Religion when I didn't understand how the categories work here. My apologies. It's title missed the word "marriage" so I think I've missed comment from lots of people. the last comment there realized that the petition would force churches to declare whether they...
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    ECT Studying how the NT uses the OT

    Everyone in theological study should spend a year learning how the NT quotes/uses the OT. There are about 2500 instances. A short list can be compiled by going through the footnotes of the NIV. The complete list will be found in Metzger's ABS Greek text. When you've completed this year...
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    Hibbs expects violent homosexuality

    Half way through this response to the supreme court decision on SS marriage, Pastor Hibbs claims homosexuality will become violent. I have a hard time believing much can get through our existing laws about assault and injury but if you think I'm naive, let me know. Just look at where sexual...
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    Petition for US counties

    Petition text (copy and start in your US county if you live in one): To further keep the state from 'establishing a religion' (1st Amendment), churches should be allowed to grant marriage licenses, not the state. A couple who wishes to be married should follow a churches beliefs and practices...
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