Every now and then facts come along and expose a set of myths. The myth of the day is that when choosing a bible translation you have to balance between accuracy and ease of reading. Most people, when the ESV is mentioned wouldn’t immediately think it was an easy read- it is after all marketed as the “accurate” version. I have found figures that may surprise you. Amazon.com have introduced yet more tools to help us search and compare books.... Read more
Brad at Broken Messenger, is asking for comments on what the original sin was in the Garden of Eden. Brad asks: Was it Eve’s pride/arrogance in thinking that she could be like God? Was it Adam’s? Was it Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God’s command? Was it their unbelief that God would not really allow them to die and/or their distrust on His command on the basis of what the serpent promised? Was it Eve’s lust of the fruit? Was... Read more
From Guest writer Glenn.Ahhh Dear John H,Good old Rev 20:1-6. To me it is not that unclear, but then I am a classical premill type of guy. So to me it reads as is. Jesus will come back at some point and reign on earth for a thousand years whilst the devil is constrained in the pit. At the end of the thousand years the devil will be let out and there will be one last rebellion, then curtains to... Read more
I sure hope I’m not going outside my “guest” status but I want to put this out there for discussion. Full disclosure: Adrian’s post about legalism sparked something in me and I started working on my input for the discussion. I had spent about 15 seconds glancing over the post before going to work so I picked up only on the things that struck closest to home personally. I had a differing opinion on what I thought I read. As... Read more
Whilst Adrian is on holiday he has asked me to guest blog, so here is my first effort. (I hope it is okay Adrian)The Book of Revelation must be the least read book in the New Testament. A lot of Christians have either never read the whole book or having read it once have decided it is too difficult and have thereafter left it well alone.Yet God considered it so important that he made sure it was included in the... Read more
Some of my friends who read this know that all too often when I meet them face to face the interesting thing I wanted to say to them they have already read on the blog. Boy, can that take the wind out of my sails “Yes, Adrian we know all about that – you blogged about it earlier this week” is one of the few ways to shut me up! Mind you I suspect blogging may have made me a... Read more
Legalism is a very pernicious thing. Every religion has its rules and regulations, and we are great at manufacturing them. For some Chrisitans its the cinema- thou shalt not! For others its drink- no not even a drop! (UPDATE: of course for an alcoholic a personal decision not to drink may be very helpful, provided it doesnt become a law for everyone else. More on this here) For some its wearing certain clothes, or strict sabbath observance. I actually think... Read more
It is more than a month since my last post in the long-running Social Styles series. I am not sure if anyone is interested in the rest of this other than me, but hey whats stopping me wittering on about this a bit before I go on haitus. Incidently, you will notice a couple of visiting bloggers around these parts in the next little while- I hope you enjoy them! In my last post I showed how the social styles... Read more
*tap, tap* Is this thing on? Hello everyone, Cadmus here and Adrian has been kind enough to allow me to help hold down the fort while he’s away. I’ve been knocking around the idea of giving you an in-depth biography but I think I’ll let you get to know me mainly from the work I do here and from visiting my blog, Cadmusings. A few tidbits I’ll share are that I’m 34, have been a Christian for 9 years, would... Read more
This post has been entered by Matthew Self of The Gad(d)about. Adrian has accepted my offer to post interesting and unique links to news and other blog entries while he’s on break. Like Superman, I promise to use this new power for good, not evil. A brief glance around the Web: Dr. Mike at Eternal Perspectives has rediscovered a healthy “reverential” fear of God by working through Ezekiel. This new/old revelation has given him new insight into how much our... Read more
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