Comments on: 14 Questions to Ask Your Bible http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html Connecting God's Truth to Real Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: StephenAltrogge http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-15229 StephenAltrogge Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:35:14 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-15229 Hey Shawn, It was from a course I took at the Sovereign Grace Ministries Pastor\'s College, taught by Mark Mullery. Hey Shawn,

It was from a course I took at the Sovereign Grace Ministries Pastor\’s College, taught by Mark Mullery.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-15223 Shawn Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:54:31 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-15223 Hi there I found this through a radio program call wretched radio covering it on their show and giving you credit. You are pointing the credit somewhere else. could you put the link / course / book / lecture link up online please? Hi there

I found this through a radio program call wretched radio covering it on their show and giving you credit.

You are pointing the credit somewhere else.

could you put the link / course / book / lecture link up online please?

]]> By: Chuck Swanson http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-14503 Chuck Swanson Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:28:59 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-14503 Context shapes meaning. These questions really help one to understand context! Thanks. Context shapes meaning. These questions really help one to understand context! Thanks.

]]> By: how to question your bible… « the lowercase http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-14428 how to question your bible… « the lowercase Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:16:35 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-14428 [...] are some questions to ask as you study god’s word: (courtesy of the blazing center) 1.    Who is the author of the [...] [...] are some questions to ask as you study god’s word: (courtesy of the blazing center) 1.    Who is the author of the [...]

]]> By: rph2odbp http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-13438 rph2odbp Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:23:28 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-13438 good questions. Why wouldn't you seek to study how the first Christians interpreted these versus? The books of the New Testament were written to particular people or Church communities. Why wouldn't you go to the Church Fathers? Why isn't one of the questions, "How did the early Christians interpret this verse?" good questions. Why wouldn't you seek to study how the first Christians interpreted these versus? The books of the New Testament were written to particular people or Church communities. Why wouldn't you go to the Church Fathers? Why isn't one of the questions, "How did the early Christians interpret this verse?"

]]> By: Hope http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-12172 Hope Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:55:14 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-12172 Covenant, Character of God, Christ. Covenant, Character of God, Christ.

]]> By: Michael Seifert http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-7927 Michael Seifert Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:09:05 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-7927 This is refreshing. Most churches these days don't even consider what the above when it comes to interpreting the Bible. This may tie in with a couple of those mention, how about this one; -How about understanding the Old Testament better in order to understand the New Testament. For example, when studying some verses in the New Testament, how about did the OT say about that particular passage in the NT? Let's take John the Baptist as an example. if you take a passage such as Matthew 11 where Jesus says that John is the Elijah that is to come. You can trace that back to Malachi 4, where it says " See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." This is one method I use to help interpret scripture. This is refreshing. Most churches these days don’t even consider what the above when it comes to interpreting the Bible. This may tie in with a couple of those mention, how about this one;
-How about understanding the Old Testament better in order to understand the New Testament. For example, when studying some verses in the New Testament, how about did the OT say about that particular passage in the NT? Let’s take John the Baptist as an example. if you take a passage such as Matthew 11 where Jesus says that John is the Elijah that is to come. You can trace that back to Malachi 4, where it says ” See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” This is one method I use to help interpret scripture.

]]> By: Willis Ward http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-7258 Willis Ward Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:07:33 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-7258 If the segment is narrative writing: -How much of it is action? -How much is speech or conversation? -How much is editorial comment? If the segment is generally doctrinal: -How much is factual? -How much is command or exhortation? -How much is warning? If there is a time pattern in the segment: -How much is past? Present? Future? [Irving L. Jensen Independent Bible Study p.136] If the segment is narrative writing:
-How much of it is action?
-How much is speech or conversation?
-How much is editorial comment?
If the segment is generally doctrinal:
-How much is factual?
-How much is command or exhortation?
-How much is warning?
If there is a time pattern in the segment:
-How much is past? Present? Future?
[Irving L. Jensen Independent Bible Study p.136]

]]> By: tj http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-6962 tj Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:36:48 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-6962 wow...no one since August.Poor Nick Cobb...I will try a few of those "tough" ones: Satan was given free will....he used it to become evil. If he did not have free will, God would have been evil. But God only does what is good, so free will must be there. God destroys Satan through man...who also has free will...this means delay. God has given EVERY man a salvation from his imperfections that originated with the abuse of free will. If YOU reject His salvation, it is your own fault. (His salvation is Jesus) "Perfectly good" people have free will. Robots are not perfectly good. God created man and angels perfectly good with free will. The tree of knowledge was a choice. Free will means there are choices. No choice means no free will. Not only are we paying for Adam's sins, I am paying for my sins from yesterday, last year, last decade, etc. We live in a cause and effect universe, which means what you decide with your free will MATTERS!! My mistakes hurt the whole universe We are in His image...He did NOT make us HIM. He has certain attributes that are not communicated. Others are communicable. If I were God I would explain more, but... Actually, all of these "tough" questions are very easy!!! I am getting cramps from typing so fast!! Well, one more....Let me pick an interesting one.The one about no local well known historian...Jesus was in Judea with a small band of close followers. Where were these local historians? Some people passionately HATED Jesus and wanted him dead. Some loved Him to the uttermost. Most, as today, didn't even know what was going on! The Son of God was walking on earth and most were more interested in the gladiator matches! No surprise from me that the "historians" missed Him. Instead, the four gospels record eye-witness accounts from four different angles. Luke especially was written in the standard format of 1st century history. Luke was the most famous local historian. Many more people have read Luke's accurate history of Jesus and the early church than Josephus' politically motivated (and slanted) accounts. Who is more "well known"? wow…no one since August.Poor Nick Cobb…I will try a few of those “tough” ones:
Satan was given free will….he used it to become evil. If he did not have free will, God would have been evil. But God only does what is good, so free will must be there.
God destroys Satan through man…who also has free will…this means delay.
God has given EVERY man a salvation from his imperfections that originated with the abuse of free will. If YOU reject His salvation, it is your own fault. (His salvation is Jesus)
“Perfectly good” people have free will. Robots are not perfectly good. God created man and angels perfectly good with free will.
The tree of knowledge was a choice. Free will means there are choices. No choice means no free will. Not only are we paying for Adam’s sins, I am paying for my sins from yesterday, last year, last decade, etc. We live in a cause and effect universe, which means what you decide with your free will MATTERS!! My mistakes hurt the whole universe
We are in His image…He did NOT make us HIM. He has certain attributes that are not communicated. Others are communicable. If I were God I would explain more, but…
Actually, all of these “tough” questions are very easy!!!
I am getting cramps from typing so fast!!

Well, one more….Let me pick an interesting one.The one about no local well known historian…Jesus was in Judea with a small band of close followers. Where were these local historians? Some people passionately HATED Jesus and wanted him dead. Some loved Him to the uttermost. Most, as today, didn’t even know what was going on! The Son of God was walking on earth and most were more interested in the gladiator matches! No surprise from me that the “historians” missed Him. Instead, the four gospels record eye-witness accounts from four different angles. Luke especially was written in the standard format of 1st century history. Luke was the most famous local historian. Many more people have read Luke’s accurate history of Jesus and the early church than Josephus’ politically motivated (and slanted) accounts. Who is more “well known”?

]]> By: Nick Cobb http://www.theblazingcenter.com/2009/04/14-questions-to-ask-your-bible.html/comment-page-1#comment-6647 Nick Cobb Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:39:27 +0000 http://www.theblazingcenter.com/?p=2310#comment-6647 Why did God create evil by way of creating Satan? Why is it that Satan can oppose the will of God at all in the first place? Why can't God defeat evil all at once? Why does God create people imperfectly and then punish them for their inadequacies? Why doesn't God just create people as perfectly good to begin with? Why are we supposedly paying for the sins of Adam and Eve? Why did God place a temptation in the Garden of Eden to begin with? Why aren't we omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent if we are created in "God's Image"? Why must people suffer eternal torture, pain and anguish just because they don't believe in God? Why does God demand that we feed his ego with eternal worship and praise? Why in the bible does God command and directly cause the murder of over 2 million men, women and children? Why does God demand the death penalty for petty reasons like working on the sabbath or children for cursing their parents? Why does the bible order rape victims to marry their rapists? Why does the bible condone the obvious evil that is slavery? Why do innocent children suffer and die from cancer, murder, starvation, accidents and a multitude of other reasons? Why can't God heal amputees and other obvious afflictions like baldness, rosacea, psoriasis, skin cancer or visible tumors? Why are faith healings always some invisible condition like back pain, deafness or diabetes? Why can't faith healers come forward with numerous conclusive proofs of healing from credible doctors? Why can't faith healing be reproducible and definitively proven by the scientific method? Why can't answered prayer be reproducible and definitively proven by the scientific method? Why does God (and the church) require 10% of your income if he could just miraculously make money appear? Why are there so many mistakes, outright fallacies and contradictions in the bible? Why are there at least 38,000 denominations of Christianity if Jesus specifically prayed for unity? Why aren't there numerous contemporary accounts of Jesus' life from well known local historians? Why does the bible say that God is unchangeable and then gives numerous instances where he changes his mind? Why couldn't God see the fact that he'd need to change his mind in the first place? Why is it that on one hand it is by faith that one gets to heaven and then on the other hand that good works must be done? Why would God write a second set of ten commandments if the first set was divinely inspired to begin with? Why would God write the first covenant (the old testament) if he could see the need for a second covenant in the future? Why is it that Christianity is so similar to the "mystery" religions such as the Egyptian "Book of the Dead" and the worship of gods like Mithra and Zeus? Why did God create evil by way of creating Satan?

Why is it that Satan can oppose the will of God at all in the first place?

Why can’t God defeat evil all at once?

Why does God create people imperfectly and then punish them for their inadequacies?

Why doesn’t God just create people as perfectly good to begin with?

Why are we supposedly paying for the sins of Adam and Eve?

Why did God place a temptation in the Garden of Eden to begin with?

Why aren’t we omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent if we are created in “God’s Image”?

Why must people suffer eternal torture, pain and anguish just because they don’t believe in God?

Why does God demand that we feed his ego with eternal worship and praise?

Why in the bible does God command and directly cause the murder of over 2 million men, women and children?

Why does God demand the death penalty for petty reasons like working on the sabbath or children for cursing their parents?

Why does the bible order rape victims to marry their rapists?

Why does the bible condone the obvious evil that is slavery?

Why do innocent children suffer and die from cancer, murder, starvation, accidents and a multitude of other reasons?

Why can’t God heal amputees and other obvious afflictions like baldness, rosacea, psoriasis, skin cancer or visible tumors?

Why are faith healings always some invisible condition like back pain, deafness or diabetes?

Why can’t faith healers come forward with numerous conclusive proofs of healing from credible doctors?

Why can’t faith healing be reproducible and definitively proven by the scientific method?

Why can’t answered prayer be reproducible and definitively proven by the scientific method?

Why does God (and the church) require 10% of your income if he could just miraculously make money appear?

Why are there so many mistakes, outright fallacies and contradictions in the bible?

Why are there at least 38,000 denominations of Christianity if Jesus specifically prayed for unity?

Why aren’t there numerous contemporary accounts of Jesus’ life from well known local historians?

Why does the bible say that God is unchangeable and then gives numerous instances where he changes his mind?

Why couldn’t God see the fact that he’d need to change his mind in the first place?

Why is it that on one hand it is by faith that one gets to heaven and then on the other hand that good works must be done?

Why would God write a second set of ten commandments if the first set was divinely inspired to begin with?

Why would God write the first covenant (the old testament) if he could see the need for a second covenant in the future?

Why is it that Christianity is so similar to the “mystery” religions such as the Egyptian “Book of the Dead” and the worship of gods like Mithra and Zeus?

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