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| bio | website | kevinmote.blogspot.com |
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| location | United States | |
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I've got a Bachelors degree in Theology (Multnomah University), a Masters in Divinity (Western Seminary), plus a B.S. + M.S. in Computer Science (Washington State University). I have a passion for reading, writing, and pondering about the juncture of theology and technology.
Oh, and I'm not quite as old as I look.
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Jan 9 |
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What does it mean that “Scripture interprets Scripture”? Pardon my severity, but I am baffled by this answer. That final sentence is one of the most egregious examples of eisegesis that I have encountered in quite a while. |
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Jun 6 |
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Why did God “change His mind” with Balaam? Thanks for the thoughts. As a SW dev, I particularly appreciate your programming analogy! |
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Mar 12 |
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Per 1 Cor 10:8, when did God kill 23,000 for sexual immorality? Recall, that for Paul, as for all other Bible students of that era, one could not easily look up a passage in a scroll like we can in a book with pages, so he was, no doubt, quoting from memory. |
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Jan 31 |
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Are Job's friends the voice of the Accuser? Very thought-provoking Jon. I appreciate that you are wrestling with some of the same things that I am. ("Job's friends really don't stray far from the truth.") I am especially struck by your parallel with Peter (and with Matt 4). I believe you're on to something there. (On the other hand, I'm not as comfortable with the Leviathon stuff. I'll have to give that some more thought.) |
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Jan 31 |
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Do any Hermeneutical approaches have a specific meaning for the number 11? Excellent observations, Jon. Particularly the keen insight that eleven often occurs due to it's relationship to 12. |
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Jan 29 |
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Do any Hermeneutical approaches have a specific meaning for the number 11? I am uncomfortable with this question as it is stated. It seems to presume a conclusion (about biblical numerology in general) that has not been established. I believe most (evangelical) biblical scholars are skeptical about systems that purport to find great significance in individual numbers in Scripture. I personally am wary of numerology because it is so inconclusive -- there are few accepted rules defining it. (Examples give way to counter-examples and systems proliferate.) Perhaps this question could be re-written to ask about the hermeneutical principals of numerology in general. |
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Jan 25 |
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Are Job's friends the voice of the Accuser? Thank you for taking the time to give such a considered and reasonable response. I had already thought that the Elihu discourse didn't really fit well into my suggested schema. But your second point about God's rebuke of Job is even more poignant in this regard. I'm still left with the frustration of not being able to really understand how to read the friends' speeches. It's like reading Ecclesiastes -- ("is the teaching of this verse something I'm supposed to accept or something to reject?") But that is a discussion for another day. Thanks again for your reply. |
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Jan 21 |
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Are Job's friends the voice of the Accuser? I appreciate your Christological insights (I had never considered the third layer of interpretation you listed, and I concede that it definitely seems plausible). Nevertheless, I'm afraid I don't see how your discussion addresses the difficulty of the friends' speeches in particular. I'm not presently wrestling with Job's words but with the half-truths of his so-called friends. What message/insight was the author trying to convey when he recorded those diatribes? |
