Well, the Pipertalkers have been silent for quite some time now. I would like to ask an honest and sincere question of you all. I hope it is alright for me to...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 1, 2009 9:01 pm
Since there was no response from my last e-mail question( that is, All Things Of Him, Romans 11:36 & 1John 2:16) I thought I would ask another, if it is...
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Leigh Copeland
gratefulleigh
Dec 1, 2009 11:38 pm
Biblical knowledge is a much broader and more profound category that our "know of or about". It includes affirmation, union with, possession in both...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 2, 2009 5:02 am
Thanks Leigh, Matthew 7:23 a, Then will I profess unto them, I never knew you, is a verse some of my Apostolic friends have used in the same sense of what you...
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Veronica
veronicashelton
Dec 2, 2009 7:32 pm
NIV translates this as they choose princes without my approval. Also on biblos.com the hebrew translates this word as know/acknowledge, in that context it...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 3, 2009 12:24 am
Thank you Veronica, I can buy those definitions and they do make sense in the context of this verse. I really do appreciate your taking the time and actually...
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Veronica
veronicashelton
Dec 3, 2009 7:19 pm
Cliffy, One of John Piper's sermons from 2004 addresses this: ...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 4, 2009 4:33 am
Veronica, Thanks again. I began reading that message by Pastor Piper and realized that I have read it before and am familiar with it. In this message he quotes...
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Joe S
josephs100
Dec 4, 2009 10:00 pm
I would like advice on choosing a bible translation. I want to update to a modern version. I have been searching the Internet for information and feel...
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Christopher Coppenbar...
orion_treet22
Dec 4, 2009 10:04 pm
I prefer the English Standard Version (ESV). I've used the New American Standard Bible (NASB) for years, but have switched to the ESV in recent years. It has...
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reformissionary2007@...
Dec 4, 2009 10:24 pm
I second Chris' recommendation. I love the ESV and find it extremely accurate and very readable. Numerous scholars would agree as well. Highly recommended and...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 5, 2009 1:57 am
I grew up reading and hearing the old standard, you know the KJV that is so despised these days. The one that Charles Spurgeon preached from. I would recommend...
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Family Concern Counse...
famcounseling
Dec 5, 2009 2:29 pm
I will third what has already been said about the ESV. However, I thoroughly enjoy reading the New Living Translation. Perhaps my Youth for Christ roots are...
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Hart Smith
hartleysmith74
Dec 5, 2009 5:09 pm
Cliffy.1 Thanks for the good word: "I'm not a Calvinist nor an Arminian, I'm just a guy seeking the truth." Good to see open hearts and minds. The Holy Spirit...
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Hart Smith
hartleysmith74
Dec 5, 2009 6:21 pm
Hi Cliffy.1 Being a somewhat busy Pastor and also being an old man means that I am slow and also have little time to comment on your questions.I think your...
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Hart Smith
hartleysmith74
Dec 5, 2009 6:25 pm
Dear Cliffy.1 Being a somewhat busy Pastor and also being an old man means that I am slow and also have little time to comment on your questions.I think your...
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Hart Smith
hartleysmith74
Dec 5, 2009 6:28 pm
Hi Cliffy.1 Sorry is my e-mail was not complete. I wrote it in paragraph form and so part of it was lost. Sorry about that. Pastor Hart [Non-text portions of...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 6, 2009 3:07 am
Hey Everyone, I once heard someone say that about the time a man gets a little sense, he dies. So I agree with Pastor Hart that the older we get, the more we...
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wards5
wards5@...
Dec 6, 2009 12:20 pm
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 7, 2009 10:57 pm
These are the verses I have mentioned from Jeremiah. I certainly would be interested in hearing, words of wisdom, from the Pipertalk Group, concerning these...
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Moe Bergeron
webdesigner.rm
Dec 10, 2009 2:29 am
Perhaps this recent article by Geoff Volker of IDS.org will be of help to some in understanding man's sin and God's will. (posted with moderators permission)...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 10, 2009 6:18 am
Some people believe that Jesus' death on the cross was a substitutional sacrifice. That is, he took our place. He took what I deserved, and in so doing, erased...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 12, 2009 7:30 am
Hey Everyone, You've gone silent, and I have a lot of questions for you. I've heard it insinuated that the quality God loves about himself above all others,...
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Family Concern Counse...
famcounseling
Dec 12, 2009 2:09 pm
Hi Cliffy, Â Your questions seem rather ambiguous or impersonal. Are you wondering if Grace would not be yours if you had not sinned? Â In my reading this...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 13, 2009 2:00 am
Dave, I appreciate your response today. My questions are driven and precisely aimed at the target. I do not believe that God is, in any way, the source of my...
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Family Concern Counse...
famcounseling
Dec 13, 2009 9:13 pm
Cliffy, You said, "To simply ignore our sin by thinking God is sovereign and caused (effected by command, authority, or force, the action of ) sin, or to have...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 14, 2009 8:34 am
Dave, Thank you again for answering. I would like to say first of all that you are either a Master of Psychology or the kindest person I've encountered in a...
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Family Concern Counse...
famcounseling
Dec 14, 2009 3:56 pm
Cliffy, thank you for the compliment. To answer your questions: I Then I asked him, If God is sovereign as you have described, why do we cut trees? My neighbor...
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cliffy.1@...
Dec 16, 2009 6:54 am
Thanks Dave, You have helped a bunch. I appreciate your ability to reason even in the hypothetical sense here. Usually if I ask, But what if Adam had not...
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Family Concern Counse...
famcounseling
Dec 16, 2009 6:51 pm
Hi Cliffy, You are correct, there are a number of verses which say that we have choice i.e. Isaiah 55:6; Matt 11:28-29 ; Acts 13:46. There are a number of...
