Put another way, David: If I said I didn't know you any better than I know Vladimir Kramnik, would you think there something amiss with my faculties?
What do you think: 1) Are you better equipped to determine the 'writerly intent' of the biblical authors now, after all your many years of study, than you were two months into your reading of Scripture? 2) Why did Jesus command the disciples to "teach" new disciples to obey everything he had commanded? And in conjunction with this: Why did he not just say, Leave the teaching to me, since "I will be with you always, until the end of the age"? What would you want us to conclude about you, David: 1) that you are better equipped now, after years of study in God's word, to determine the writerly intent of the biblical authors, or 2) that you were better equipped two months into your study than you are today? Tell me, David, knowing what I do about you, and this from my time with you on TT, would you be insulted if I told you that I didn't have enough information on either you or Vladimir Kramnik to determine which of your observations would more likely approximate 'writerly intent' (and this knowing -- hypothetically, of course -- that he was only two months into his study of Scripture)? Wouldn't you expect that my knowledge of you alone should be enough to suffice in answering the question? Tell me, David, would you think my intent was to insult you, if I responded, instead with, it's hard to tell based on the limited information I have on either man? Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] On playing chess & On reading/interpreting the Scriptures for living (not for 'A' living) > Do you feel like you know me better than you know Vladimir Kramnik? > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] On playing chess & On reading/interpreting the > Scriptures for living (not for 'A' living) > > > > Bill wrote: > > > ... I think there is opportunity here to get to know > > > people better than there is in most of the personal > > > encounters that we have. This is because there is > > > far more interaction between us than in most of our > > > relationships, and this in regards to that which matters > > > most to us: our personal commitment to Jesus Christ; > > > hence we do get to "know each other" quite well; > > > we get to see both the best and the worst of ourselves > > > here on TT. > > > > This is a very interesting perspective, Bill, and kind of surprising to > me. > > I will be thinking about this some more. My general perspective is that I > > know the people on TruthTalk much less than those I know in person. > > Furthermore, the people on TruthTalk who have never met me, from my > > perspective, do not know me very well at all. There is some merit to what > > you are saying in the sense that sometimes people expose themselves here > > more than they do in person, but if that extends to a better knowing of > > somebody... well, I will have to think about that some more. I certainly > do > > not think that I interact more here than elsewhere. Anyway, thanks for > > giving me something to ponder. > > > > Peace be with you. > > David Miller. > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
