Comments on: A Twiddiots Guide to the Bible http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/ Stuff I've Written Down Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jamie Phelps http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 Jamie Phelps Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:01:10 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1653 <p>TJ, great stuff. I'm a New Testament scholar (in a life put on hold). I happen to be more of a Matthian priorist, but I won't fault you for listing the majority opinion. ;)</p> <p>A really great book for those who are unfamiliar with the Bible and/or scared of Revelation is <em>The Rapture Exposed</em> by Barbara Rossing. Great book that offers a lot of answers to the kinds of things you are cautioning against.</p> <p>Not to be a shill, but I have some papers posted on my site that you might find interesting. One on Acts 13:25, one on Revelation, and two on Shepherd of Hermas.</p> <p>At any rate, I'm glad to have found your site (via TUAW btw). I follow you on Twitter (via @hotdogsladies) and enjoy reading your stuff there.</p> <p>Cheers, JP</p> TJ, great stuff. I’m a New Testament scholar (in a life put on hold). I happen to be more of a Matthian priorist, but I won’t fault you for listing the majority opinion. ;)

A really great book for those who are unfamiliar with the Bible and/or scared of Revelation is The Rapture Exposed by Barbara Rossing. Great book that offers a lot of answers to the kinds of things you are cautioning against.

Not to be a shill, but I have some papers posted on my site that you might find interesting. One on Acts 13:25, one on Revelation, and two on Shepherd of Hermas.

At any rate, I’m glad to have found your site (via TUAW btw). I follow you on Twitter (via @hotdogsladies) and enjoy reading your stuff there.

Cheers, JP

]]> By: ChrisMtP http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 ChrisMtP Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:39:37 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1655 <p>Rev 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.</p> <p>Yes then our love will be perfected. That will be a great time standing around the throne; and praising the Lamb.</p> Rev 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

Yes then our love will be perfected. That will be a great time standing around the throne; and praising the Lamb.

]]> By: Wade Rockett http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 Wade Rockett Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:22:07 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1651 <p>Well done.</p> <p>Re ChrisMtP's comment and your response, I read "fear" as "awe". Sometimes in life (if you're lucky) you find yourself confronted with something huge and magnificent and powerful and unknowable and completely outside of your sphere of influence. That experience causes you to feel a kind of healthy fear - a shock as you realize that your human perspective can't encompass everything.</p> <p>One time I was at Sea World, watching the killer whales through a window set below the water line in their pool. Suddenly one of them swam right up to the window; and an animal that seconds before had looked like a toy became a <em>freaking giant whale</em> about six inches away from me. In that moment I feared it and loved it at the same time, for the same reasons.</p> Well done.

Re ChrisMtP’s comment and your response, I read “fear” as “awe”. Sometimes in life (if you’re lucky) you find yourself confronted with something huge and magnificent and powerful and unknowable and completely outside of your sphere of influence. That experience causes you to feel a kind of healthy fear - a shock as you realize that your human perspective can’t encompass everything.

One time I was at Sea World, watching the killer whales through a window set below the water line in their pool. Suddenly one of them swam right up to the window; and an animal that seconds before had looked like a toy became a freaking giant whale about six inches away from me. In that moment I feared it and loved it at the same time, for the same reasons.

]]> By: Dan Ray http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 Dan Ray Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:44:52 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1650 <p>"Kirk Cameron is to Christianity as Ronald McDonald is to fine dining"</p> <p>phenomenal.</p> “Kirk Cameron is to Christianity as Ronald McDonald is to fine dining”

phenomenal.

]]> By: ChrisMtP http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 ChrisMtP Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:25:49 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1654 <p>That's interesting advice to ignore Revelations. If we could all just keep in mind we may meet God and be standing before Him tomorrow that would keep our lives in grave perspective. Revelations is so fantastic and mysterious, it should be read with one mental foot planted firmly on earth and one foot tiptoed into eternity. Fear it. Understand that there are some things coming that are way beyond our finite comprehension. It helps me remember that a new iPhone would be cool but in 1000 years how much will that really matter?</p> That’s interesting advice to ignore Revelations. If we could all just keep in mind we may meet God and be standing before Him tomorrow that would keep our lives in grave perspective. Revelations is so fantastic and mysterious, it should be read with one mental foot planted firmly on earth and one foot tiptoed into eternity. Fear it. Understand that there are some things coming that are way beyond our finite comprehension. It helps me remember that a new iPhone would be cool but in 1000 years how much will that really matter?

]]> By: Doug Stewart http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Doug Stewart Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:38:50 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1649 <p>A few points, if I may:</p> <p>1) Why do you discount Revelation? On what grounds?</p> <p>2) Why bring up the "Gospels" of Judas and Thomas? These are two of the best-known Gnostic texts and are regarded as vile heresies by most serious Christian scholars.</p> <p>3) The New Testament is indeed grouped more by subject matter than by chronology. Gospels -> Salvation by faith -> works driven by faith might accurately describe the overall flow.</p> A few points, if I may:

1) Why do you discount Revelation? On what grounds?

2) Why bring up the “Gospels” of Judas and Thomas? These are two of the best-known Gnostic texts and are regarded as vile heresies by most serious Christian scholars.

3) The New Testament is indeed grouped more by subject matter than by chronology. Gospels -> Salvation by faith -> works driven by faith might accurately describe the overall flow.

]]> By: Don Joel http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Don Joel Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:50:39 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1648 <p>Great Comments. A great understanding of the book of Revelation is by Rob Bell, when he spoke at a Willow Creek Conference. You can watch it <a href="http://www.willowcreek.com/servicebuilder/vid.asp?URLmod=JesusandDomitianM062603_12.wmv&drive=01&bw=2&play=wmv&type=message" rel="nofollow">here.</a></p> <p>Sorry for the long url if the coding didn't work.</p> Great Comments. A great understanding of the book of Revelation is by Rob Bell, when he spoke at a Willow Creek Conference. You can watch it here.

Sorry for the long url if the coding didn’t work.

]]> By: TheInfamousGdub http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/a-twiddiots-guide-to-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 TheInfamousGdub Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:44:35 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/?p=911#comment-1647 <p>That's a good summary.</p> <p>I couldn't agree more about the whole Kirk Cameron thing. It seems in Christianity the least intelligent are the most outspoken.</p> That’s a good summary.

I couldn’t agree more about the whole Kirk Cameron thing. It seems in Christianity the least intelligent are the most outspoken.

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