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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.
I'm married, with three children: a son and a set of mixed-gender twins.
My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)
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Apr 26 |
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Who is being “taken” in Matthew 24:40-41? Hi Mark and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics. This really isn't the sort of answer we are looking for. In particular, I don't follow the jump: then they are NOT the church, because the church is always 'she'. It seems like you are leaving out some of the steps... |
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Apr 23 |
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What exactly did Moses do wrong at Meribah? The connection between the punishment the people received for listening to 10 of the 12 spies with Moses' punishment is one I hadn't considered before. I don't see in the text that Moses actually tries speaking to the rock. It makes me wonder: did he feel foolish for trying or did he just neglect to do it in his anger and frustration. At any rate, thanks for the answer; it's helpful. |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is God called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? (By the way, please don't feel discouraged. We appreciate your effort and would like to help you get comfortable with the site.) |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is God called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? For the moment, I'm closing the question (which seems to have changed in the most recent edit). Please consider asking the second question separately. There's no limit to the number of questions we can ask! |
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Apr 23 |
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What language did Jesus commonly speak? Well done. This is a much better answer than my own and far more authoritative. It dramatically increases my confidence that Jesus spoke Hebrew on a regular basis. Thank you. |
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Apr 18 |
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Does John distinguish between terms for love? "The Father's love for the Son" pair is particularly striking. As you say, if the distinction exists, it requires more context than a single sentence/verse. |
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Apr 17 |
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Why the human brain is never mentioned in the Bible? brilliant, I wanted to explain to you and future readers why this question got closed. I think it's an interesting question and I don't think it ought to be deleted, but we aren't going to be receptive to other questions like it. I don't mean any harm and I apologize for any offense. |
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Apr 17 |
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Why the human brain is never mentioned in the Bible? This question was closed since what isn't in the Bible is not on topic for us. This turned out be be a history question, more than anything else. |
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Apr 16 |
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To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration? Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics. The information from the Babylonian Talmud is interesting, but I see nothing in Nathan's parable that lets the rich man off the hook. As David himself said, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.” (2 Samuel 12:5b-6 ESV) Certainly he could not restore what he took from Uriah, but that doesn't remove the moral debt, does it? At any rate, +1 for an interesting answer and I look forward to reading more like it. |
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Apr 16 |
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To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration? Thank you for a comprehensive answer. On point #2: Is there a sense in which God is glorified when He justifies David because David is the king of the people that God intends to use to glorify Himself? Or do you see it as more basic than that: God glorifies Himself by showing mercy? (Or maybe I'm not understanding you somehow?) |
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Apr 16 |
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What is the “first resurrection”? Could you provide a source for the textual criticism you present in the first paragraph? It isn't noted in the NET Bible. I also don't find it in this list of variations. |
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Apr 16 |
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What did Job believe? I get tripped up a bit by the various ways you describe relationship with God. Would it be fair to say that you are asking if Job had a covenant relationship with God and if it was based on the same covenant as the one He established with Abraham? |
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Apr 12 |
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Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation? See also: Why is “raah” usually translated differently in Amos 3:6 and 9:4 ? |
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Apr 12 |
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What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? Hi @ChristoherSadoun: it seems like you have managed to get two accounts. If you'd like to merge them, you may do that: hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/help/user-merge |
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Apr 10 |
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Is Jesus equal to or less than the Father @Dan O'Day: Either that or an answer would need to write a book in order to answer it. |
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Apr 10 |
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How are verses indicating that God is a God of war, and others indicating that he is a God of peace reconciled to not be contradictory? Ok. I've closed this question once again. It's really asking about hermeneutics approaches, which is on-topic. The problem (as I see it) is that the question doesn't spell out the problem in a general way. Rather than focus on a list of passages or contradictory attributes, we should focus on how to think about contradictory (at least on the surface) statements. |
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Apr 9 |
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To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration? Hi hannes and welcome to the site. I appreciate the answer and agree that part of the reason David phrases it the way he does is the emphasize the immensity of sin against God. I encourage you to continue thinking about the question. You might be interested in reading What are we looking for in answers? Don't forget, you can always come back and edit this answer. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. |
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Apr 6 |
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Where can I find Greek and Hebrew plain text sources? Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics, Qoheleth-Tech! I'm sorry we have to close this question and it doesn't reflect poorly on you in any way. It's marginally off-topic in the sense that it isn't really asking about the texts or about a specific hermeneutical approach, but is rather asking where to find resources. I picked the "Not Constructive" reason since it doesn't really fit with the way Stack Exchange functions. I see you've gotten involved in chat, which is really the best place to discuss this. I look forward to seeing you around and reading your future answers! |
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Mar 29 |
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Where did that camel come from? See also: Should we have an event similar to “Purim Torah”? |
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Mar 29 |
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What is the status of the Law in the Messianic Age? See also: What is the “first resurrection”? |
