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Thank you, my brother, and through you God has made
my day as well.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:23
AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Covenant versus
Contract
In a
message dated 4/1/2004 8:46:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John, I know you are aware of this, but for the sake of those
who may not be, the difference between our Bible's translation and these
here is strictly a matter of interpretation.
Hey -- thank
you for the compliment. And this particular post appeals to me on a
number of levels.
First, it is a discussion about faith
-- absolutely my favorite subject (including politics).
Secondly, I have for years, allowed myself academic
license regarding the use of nuance. I trust and respect a number of
exegete's (if I might use that word in that way), to wit: AT Robertson
(I actually have one of his books dated in 1930's -- found it in
used book store for $20.00) "A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the light
of Historical Research, Kittles, Arnt and the other German guy,
Liddle and Scott's lexicon of common greek. Big names in
academia. I own few commentaries but a good number of exegetical works.
These absolutely awesome individual works offer definition and
grammatical assistance that dwarfs my knowledge and abilities. I
often have to read these works with a dictionary at my side - and I am
not ashamed to say that. (Blass , Debrunner and Funk -- Greek Grammar of
the New Testament takes me hours to discern -- tough reading for a
layman -- but I want to know so I labor along). HERE
THEY ARE and here I am. I fully accept their
scholarship. However, with much of their work, they refer to nuance.
Lexicographers function on nuance. And in that, I
allow myself some freedom. I often say, "what if this notion of the word
is actually meant rather than that one." It produces some exciting and
insightful conclusions. And right here in Gotham City, a fellow
groupie actually proposes the same freedom. So you truly have my
attention on this, Bill Taylor.
3. And then there
is the heart of your post. It is a shame that I have to go work.
We never know when God will give us another shot of maturity or a deeper
sense of understanding and then, all of a sudden BAM --
there it is. I have read the entire post. Absolutely great.
And here is the difference between the knowledge of the
world and that which comes from God -- at the
conclusion of your post, I thanked my God - truly thankful, with
tears, actualkly. A filling monent.
You made my day..
John
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