tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28653122.post254663003855792890..comments2023-12-08T06:26:40.172+00:00Comments on Men Have Emotions too! Diary of my walk in faith!: How Can we get it so Wrong?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10873367968534872219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28653122.post-15176890104346894512009-06-03T16:37:46.994+01:002009-06-03T16:37:46.994+01:00Alastair
Gosh it has taken me a long time to make...Alastair<br /><br />Gosh it has taken me a long time to make any response. Holiday and general laziness and all that.<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. If you don't take the Bible 'literally', assuming we are talking about the same meaning of that word, how do you approach reading it? <br /><br />Do you consider the Bible to be the inspired word of God and without error in its original text? If not how do you know what bits are inspired and what bits are not?<br /><br />I agree that some version of The Bible are poor translations etc... I have recently switched to the ESV as many have recommended its more literal word for word translation than that of say the NIV which is more a translation into English phraseology. <br /><br />I don't for a second pretend to know any Greek or Hebrew but try to listen to folks who do. Still with this knowledge of these languages and how how the Bible uses them they come to the conclusion of its inerrancy and that Genesis 1-11 is Historical narrative and not story for instance.<br /><br />How would you approach these kind of passages?<br /><br />I totally agree that we can only understand The Bible by Gods Grace and through the Holy Spirit. Without which it is just words and not alive to the soul.<br /><br />My first Pastor, Roger Welch, is on the board of Wycliffe Bible Translators. A man who also would like to see translations into all languages of the world. Who also happens to be one gifted Bible teacher and church Historian. I had good grounding as a new Christian.<br /><br />I know you are busy man, so just throwing out the questions if you get time to answer them.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873367968534872219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28653122.post-68366623666914955342009-05-30T20:24:54.973+01:002009-05-30T20:24:54.973+01:00I'm currently reading a book about the Middle East...I'm currently reading a book about the Middle East in history and prophecy. In this I am learning about the history of the Jews and Arabs. It's sad that the crusaders did this in the name of Christianity... what they did was extreem and brutal and far from anything Christian.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505403758580459943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28653122.post-11616005924446919312009-05-16T00:29:00.000+01:002009-05-16T00:29:00.000+01:00Just to be slightly off beam, I think one of the p...Just to be slightly off beam, I think one of the problems we have is that the Bible has been translated and that people think they understand it! I count myself in on this criticism - the little of Scripture I know in its original language and the multiple layers of meaning that exist within the Hebrew and Greek texts completely blows my mind and has changed my own perspective, so that I would no longer consider myself a Biblical literalist, fundamentalist or creationist as I did twenty five years ago, just because I can see more of what the original writers were saying and how they said it. Yes I believe it to be inspired, but rarely as people interpret it to be. Certainly some of the translations around today are abysmal at communicating the depth and breadth of what is in the original language.<br /><br />But hey, by Grace God allows us to see his meaning within our limited means! I would like everyone to have a copy of Scripture in language they understand, but I would also like it not to stop there and that the study of Scripture would be at the core of every Christian's life....<br /><br />Oh, and in response to the start of the post - I agree, we as a Church still have a lot of repenting to do for the wrong we speak and do in God's name.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802335223679839807noreply@blogger.com