Dear PiperTalkers, There are over 300 subscribers to this list and out of that number there probably are a few of you who ventured over to DesiringGod.org to...
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Moe
webdesigner.rm
Oct 19, 2006 12:25 am
Dear PiperTakers, 1st of all a hearty welcome to the newer members of our list! Moe The following was gleaned from Mark Driscoll's Blog. 10 Career Metaphors...
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Moe
webdesigner.rm
Oct 20, 2006 9:28 pm
A Welcome to our latest (Sep/Oct) subscibers! joyfilledsoul jfree_1 bibleapplications humbledbyhisgrace cwjudyjr megokeefe2006 enoch777_7 misunderstood505 Give...
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michael hewitson
milo.7@...
Oct 28, 2006 8:45 am
How can Presbytarians justify paedobaptism when there is no evidence for it in the word of God? ...
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Jonathan E. Brickman
jonathanbric...
Oct 28, 2006 2:30 pm
... They often assume it from two verses: Act 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful...
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michael hewitson
milo.7@...
Oct 28, 2006 5:05 pm
Thank's for your response Jonathan, If that's all that they can come up with as a justifing defence, then I feel sorry for them. ...
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Stephen Macasil
stevemacasil
Oct 28, 2006 7:27 pm
Well guys, it actually goes deeper than that. Paedobaptists have a Theological System (a way of interpreting Scripture/how Scripture fits together) called...
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michael hewitson
milo.7@...
Oct 29, 2006 5:06 am
Thank's for that Steven, I wouldn't be supprised, after quoting their doctrine, that they had to write their own bible,mmm! But to digress, if I may, you...
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michael hewitson
milo.7@...
Oct 29, 2006 5:42 am
Oops! Stephan, I addressed you as steven, my apologies,Mike http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d [Non-text...
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Stephen Macasil
stevemacasil
Oct 29, 2006 5:48 am
Well, that's a good question. I appreciate the manner in which you ask it! I hold the position that v. 8-9 of Eph. 2 is speaking about the free grace given to...
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Stephen Macasil
stevemacasil
Oct 29, 2006 6:05 am
Uhhhh... its Stephen. Like the guy in Acts :) ... -- Soli Deo Gloria, Stephen Macasil "Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken, my fight...
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 24, 2006 3:57 am
First, I LOVE CHRISTIAN HEDONISM. I am almost 100% sure it's Biblical. But I have a problem with John constantly quoting Psalm 37:4 as a command. As John...
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Douglas Mixer
mixers2
Nov 24, 2006 4:11 am
Simply put, both the Hebrew word and the Greek translation (LXX) are imperatives, which mean that the word translated into the English as "Delight" is in fact...
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 24, 2006 4:50 am
You're right, I see it in the Strong's now. Should have looked there first. So in this case, you might paraphrase this verse to read, "You are commanded to...
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Jonathan E. Brickman
jonathanbric...
Nov 24, 2006 1:26 pm
... Chris, I agree that Psalm 37:4 is not a command. But it is a non-command restatement, ofttimes easier to understand, of the following commandment: And...
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Douglas Mixer
mixers2
Nov 24, 2006 3:50 pm
But it is a command. Delight is in the imperative form, and an imperative is a command. It is not an option that you can consider. It is a command that, if...
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Jeff
jthomas899
Nov 24, 2006 4:42 pm
It definitely is a command, but we have the option to obey it. It seems obvious that to deight in anything but the Lord would be idolary. Thus, it is in the...
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Douglas Mixer
mixers2
Nov 24, 2006 4:59 pm
We have the option to obey or disobey any command (even the Ten Commandments). However, as Piper brings out, God promises terrible things to those who don't...
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Jeff
jthomas899
Nov 24, 2006 6:33 pm
Agreed, but did again the blind man doesn't grasp the things of God. Jeff ... From: Douglas Mixer <doug@...> To: pipertalk@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Skip Tyler
tylers121953
Nov 24, 2006 7:32 pm
_____ From: pipertalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:pipertalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 11:30 AM To:...
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Skip Tyler
tylers121953
Nov 24, 2006 7:41 pm
If it is command, you don't have an option to obey it. If you don't obey it, you are disobedient. Skip Tyler Fredericksburg, VA _____ From:...
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 25, 2006 1:28 pm
... Well-said. CD Think you're a good person? Yeah, right! ;-) Prove it and get ten thousand dollars: TenThousandDollarOffer.com...
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 25, 2006 1:34 pm
No, yet this is the mystery: the blind shall be judged for not seeing. Actually, I don't like the way that sounds. It's more accurate to say they shall be...
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 25, 2006 1:50 pm
... Well, now that I understand the Hebrew imperitive form of the verb, it seems "Delight" /is/ a command. I wonder if perhaps the Bible translators have just...
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Jonathan E. Brickman
jonathanbric...
Nov 25, 2006 3:17 pm
... The blind will be judged for not seeing? The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes....
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Douglas Mixer
mixers2
Nov 25, 2006 5:29 pm
I think it is more that, since English is not an inflected language like Hebrew or Greek, our imperative form looks just like our declarative form. Soli Deo...
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Moe Bergeron
webdesigner.rm
Nov 27, 2006 8:37 pm
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Chris de Vidal
cdevidal
Nov 28, 2006 12:36 am
... <snip> ... Perhaps you missed how I corrected myself. Immediately after that, I said, "It's more accurate to say they shall be judged for the acts that...
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Douglas Mixer
mixers2
Nov 28, 2006 1:33 am
Actually, I do think it is biblically accurate to say that we are judge for our nature. Ephesians 2 says we are "by nature children of wrath." When Romans 5...
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Stephen Macasil
stevemacasil
Nov 28, 2006 3:00 am
It's actually even more accurate to say that Ephesians 2 says that "*we were *" by nature children of wrath *like the rest of mankind. *Not that "we are"....
