Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-20 Thread knpraise
A reading from 1.1, Dogmatics, Word of God, p107 got me to thinking : If we attach our understanding of scripture to scripture, if we, then, canonize "scripture," we make scripture tradition instead of what God intended it to be -- His self-revelation to man. If our understanding does not pass

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-20 Thread David Miller
John quoted Barth as saying: More than anything else placed in the church, the biblical record is the successor to the apostles. Fair points about Barth's respect for the Bible, but he did miss it a little with this statement, in my opinion. The apostles were and are the successors to the

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-20 Thread knpraise
His reference is to the 12 and with that in mind, would you not agree? jd -- Original message -- From: "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] John quoted Barth as saying: More than anything else placed in the church, the biblical record is the successor to the apostles.

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-20 Thread David Miller
John wrote: His reference is to the 12 and with that in mind, would you not agree? No, I still think it puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Apostles are basically doers of the Bible. The twelve would never had been if the Biblical record had not come first. We have added some of their

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-17 Thread Dean Moore
2:03:13 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:49:37 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ithink I agree with this. I hope you do because it is Jesus who said "I am the Way, the Truth the Life, no man comes to the Father BUT by Me" (John 14:6)

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-17 Thread Judy Taylor
Hi Dean: You write: cd: If one would read and study John 1: 9-it would help the conclusion of this debate. The light is now giving to ALL men and Gods laws are written in the hearts of ALL men therefore they will have no excuse for rejection of Christ nor breaking the Law- I don't think I

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-17 Thread Dean Moore
- Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: 12/17/2005 9:19:17 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud Hi Dean: cd: Hi Sis:-) You write: cd: If one would read and study John 1: 9-it would help

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Lance Muir
This (the citations below) are Judy's choices oF Scriptures which elucidate Judy's apprehension of what God has to say about these matters. UNLESS YOU CLAIM A LEADING OF THE SPIRIT ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS (do you?) THEN, IT WILL ALWAYS BE THUS. This response is to your saying

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Lance Muir
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud This (the citations below) are Judy's choices oF Scriptures which elucidate Judy's apprehension of what God has to say about these matters. UNLESS YOU CLAIM A LEADING OF THE SPIRIT ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS (do you

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
Well Lance, the only alternative I see is to use the verses in Romans that you like and interpret them to fit your extra Biblical doctrine - then cut the rest out. Facts are "You must be born again" to inherit God's Kingdom. If you don't think that what I wrote is God's Word then you will

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Lance Muir
s issue so that we might move on. - Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: December 16, 2005 07:13 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud Well Lance, the only alternative I see

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
You are saying that the scriptures I cite below reflect my apprehension of what God says rather than His and that if I claim to know the mind of God on this matter then I am claiming something that is above and beyond others on TT who you call my "fellow believers" Of course I disagree with

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Lance Muir
Sent: December 16, 2005 07:31 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud You are saying that the scriptures I cite below reflect my apprehension of what God says rather than His and that if I claim to know the mind of God on this matter then I am claiming something

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Terry Clifton
It is sooo nice to see that the two of you are finally in agreement. Judy Taylor wrote: JD And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
Hi Terry, where would you get that idea? On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:51:49 -0600 Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is sooo nice to see that the two of you are finally in agreement.Judy Taylor wrote:

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Terry Clifton
It is quite obvious, Judy. Never on TT before have two people been so compatible. Must be the Qwanza, xmas, winter break spirit. :) Judy Taylor wrote: Hi Terry, where would you get that idea? On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:51:49 -0600 Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
-- Original message -- From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] JD And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will and to accomplish His pleasure. It is all about God. We can

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
sue so that we might move on. - Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: December 16, 2005 07:13 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud Well Lance, the only alternative I see is to use the verses in Romans that yo

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
Judy, if Terry is somewhat serious, this is my point as well. I see nothing in your post that challenges anything I said. When I write something like that, it is me thinking out loud, really !! I am reading scripture, looking up stuff, going over and over my post -- LETTING GOD WORK IN ME as I

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:20:23 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JD: And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will and to accomplish His pleasure. It is all about God. We can either attach

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:29:34 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Judy -- regarding being born again: do you think this is something tht happens to a person from outside the person? Or, is new birth the experience we have when our person is aligned with the God within? jd There is

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:46:01 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Judy, if Terry is somewhat serious, this is my point as well. I see nothing in your post that challenges anything I said. Big IF JD. I don't read Terri's comment in a positiveway, I think he is addressing something

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
-- Original message -- From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:20:23 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JD: And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
-- Original message -- From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:20:23 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JD: And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
-- Original message -- From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:46:01 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Judy, if Terry is somewhat serious, this is my point as well. I see nothing in your post that challenges anything I said. Big IF JD. I don't

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread ttxpress
whileJC the shepard-kinginformsus'my sheep hear my voice' the bible informs of him, informsthe sheep going only to the Father, goingonly through him your idea of one way? no such thing: arrogantly misrepresenting JC,youpresenttwo antithetical 'ways', below--like oil and water, another

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Terry Clifton
Don't have any idea why this thing is changing colors on me. Terry Any way.Let me suggest that at some point in everyone's life, God reveals Himself and offers salvation to every individual. I say that because God is not willing that any be lost, and if it is not His

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:03:43 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JD: And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will and to accomplish His pleasure. It is all about God. We can either attach

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
I'm not talking about any such nonsense G. - The dualism is all in your own head along with all the other isms. On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:00:45 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: whileJC the shepard-kinginformsus'my sheep hear my voice' the bible informs of him, informsthe sheep going

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Dean Moore
- Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: 12/16/2005 7:31:38 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud I'm not talking about any such nonsense G. - The dualism is all in your own head along with all

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread knpraise
-- Original message -- From: Judy Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:03:43 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JD: And so it is, that man (in Romans chapter 1) sees the creation as a witness of God just as surely as God is at work within him both to will and

RE: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread ShieldsFamily
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:39 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud Close but, no cigar, Are you claiming, through your citations pertaining to whatever issue is being discussed. to ALWAYS know the mind of God on EVERY matter

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread ttxpress
maybe current conservativeculture's root level dualistic tendencyalters the word 'word' in Jamesto 'Word'--apparently your dualism requires it, too, butitain't written that way, M'am, e.g.,: James 1:21(King James Version) ..receive with meekness the engrafted word.. your innovative

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread ttxpress
myth (that's a dangerous platitude whilethere is division in your own theology fromyour own mind--your two manufactured approaches to salvation joined at the hip todaycommunicate divergent theories of'Christ') On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:34:50 -0600 "ShieldsFamily" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:49:37 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ithink I agree with this. I hope you do because it is Jesus who said "I am the Way, the Truth the Life, no man comes to

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-16 Thread Judy Taylor
Gary do you ever get weary from all this psychobabble? On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:14:44 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: myth (that's a dangerous platitude whilethere is division in your own theology fromyour own mind--your two manufactured approaches to salvation joined at the hip

Re: [TruthTalk] thinking out loud

2005-12-15 Thread knpraise
In addition to the following and previously posted comments - I was reading some scripture this evening that has associated value: 1. The fatherhood of God is implicit in old testament scriptures as He relates to the chosen people -- Exodus 4:22 “Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the