Caleb

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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.

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Apr 17	comment	What is the referent of “body of Christ” in 1 Corinthians 11:29? Mike before you go on putting time into answers, we need you to deal with the issues we've raised before. I don't want your time and energy to go to waste, but we do have very specific requirements for answers here involving needing to show your work. A lot of your previous answers are on the verge of deletion. If you keep posting more of the same, they are going to go the same route. I'm sure that's not what you want to have happen to your content, but we insist on answers here showing the interpretive process that they went through to arrive at a conclusion, not just the conclusions.
Apr 16	reviewed	Leave Open Who is an authority on what can be called a “Bible”?
Apr 16	comment	Who is an authority on what can be called a “Bible”? @MonicaCellio What is wrong with answering this question in the scope of general biblical hermeneutics with "there isn't a central authority on the canon or what translations count but here are the generally used norms..." etc? This would not be considered a constructive question on C.SE because it is in itself not directed at any particular authority.
Apr 16	comment	Is the Valley of Hinnom adequately translated as hell? Even after your edits, I am rather confused by what your issue is here. Most of this doesn't seem to be a question so much as a ramble through philosophical and doctrinal issues. Perhaps you could start over with an edit that just features the text and word issue you would like to see analyzed and possibly shown some interpretations for?
Apr 16	comment	What is the “first resurrection”? How did you arrive at this rendition? Please show your work. I understand there was no punctuation in the original and placing it must be part of the interpretive process, but you have not shown your process here -- all you've given us is a conclusion. See What are we looking for in answers?
Apr 15	reviewed	Reviewed Does Paul refer to his past or present evil/sin in Romans 7
Apr 12	reviewed	Reviewed How should James 2:18 be translated?
Apr 12	revised	How should James 2:18 be translated? Quoted passages inline to make argument easier to follow, formatted for clarity.
Apr 12	comment	Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation? I would prefer that as an outcome here, but the other option is the direction it's taking so far: downvotes that express that this isn't the kind of answer we want to see and even delete votes that will eventually remove this as a sort of answer that doesn't belong here. Your conclusions aren't the problem -- using convenant context to help interpret the passage is not a problem as long as you start up from the text and show how that context is relevant to interpreting the words raised in the question.
Apr 12	comment	Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation? Mike we've been having a discussion about this site on meta which you are welcome to join. Right now the overwhelming conclusion is that we want to see the steps of how you arrive at a conclusion, not just the conclusion. I'm sure you have steps. You hint at several of them in your comments. Can you edit this to include the relevant bits of your comments about the interpretive process necessary for this passage and your actual work in arriving at an interpretation?
Apr 12	comment	Before the Tower of Babel did all speak Hebrew as the original human language? @Jas3.1 I'm not sure if this is strictly on topic or not, but if it was, here would be the best place for it because the most relevant experts are those in the ancient languages of scripture and matters of textual criticism. I'm inclined to let it be. Certainly the religion specific sites don't seem like a better home to me. There is also History and Linguistics, but seems like the best fit to me.
Apr 12	revised	What are “the lines”? edited tags
Apr 11	comment	Where is the citation of John 7:38 taken from? Whatever doctrinal points the author might have been trying to make are kind of beside the point, the take away value from a question like this on this site should be how to make the connection in the first place based on whatever clues exist in the original text. Does that make sense?
Apr 11	comment	Where is the citation of John 7:38 taken from? Welcome to Hermeneutics SE! I think you've got a good start on an answer her and I agree with your conclusion, but I think you're missing part of the point of this site. We're not so interested in just the conclusion of questions but in the process of getting here. You jump straight for the question to "I suggest the answer is X". Can you edit your answer to show, working from the text up, on what basis you think those verses are the correct reference here?
Apr 11	reviewed	Reviewed Where is the citation of John 7:38 taken from?
Apr 11	revised	Where is the citation of John 7:38 taken from? Expanded abbreviations not appropriate for an academic context, formatted an rewrote parts of post for clarity.
Apr 11	reviewed	Reviewed Why does Paul get annoyed with the slave girl in Acts 16?
Apr 11	reviewed	Reviewed Who are the soldiers in John 18:3?
Apr 11	revised	Who are the soldiers in John 18:3? Formatted quotes and links, fixed some English mistakes.
Apr 10	comment	Who is the captain of the Lord's Host spoken of in Joshua 5:13-15? @Tony Jewish original interpretations are definetly off topic for Christianity.SE. I have migrated your question to the site where that would be on topic and marked it of a duplicate of the question that already asks about that issue. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask again about whatever issue isn't covered by the original question, and if you have something specific about Christian doctrine feel free to ask back over there.