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The Gospel of . . . the Kingdom

By jemanji on 12/10/08 10:14am
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Do you want to see one of Christ's greatest moments in teaching?

One of His greatest moments, that is, in terms of the amount of Divine wisdom he allowed us that day ... and in terms of the shock that it put on the crowd?

Check Matthew 13.

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Translation 102 - Fidelity in Translation

By jemanji on 12/5/08 9:46pm
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On the subject of fidelity in translation, John Beekman* writes,

A proper translation conveys to the reader or hearer the information that the original conveyed to the reader of hearers...

(1) the translation makes a natural use of the linguistic structures of the receptor language and...

(2) the recipients of the translation understand the message with ease.

In other words, a translator must be able to do two things: first he must be able to accurately understand ideas expressed in a given language -- as 5-year-olds born in that culture can -- and second, he must b

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Transmission 401 - The Variants of Phillippians 1-2

By jemanji on 12/5/08 10:36am
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This article lists all 8 variants of Phillippians 1-2 as documented in "The Greek New Testament," published by United Bible Societies.

This reference work gives you the New Testament in the original Greek. If you're worried that 1 Tim. 3 might be translated wrong, when it says that to be an elder, one must have faithful children, then you can read it for yourself in the original Greek. (I did.

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Transmission 401 - The Variants of Phillippians 3-4

By jemanji on 12/5/08 9:37am
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For the sake of completeness, here are the rest of the variants in the entire book of Phillippians, following those variants listed in this article.

Those who are not acquainted with the field of transmission might wonder, "Hey, did some of those old manuscripts have Phil. 4:13 reading something like, 'And UFO's will put crop circles in England'?"

Notice rather how negligible *all* these variants are in their impact on the meaning.

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Bible Versus

By Anonymous on 6/27/08 3:18pm
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Hello this is Sarah. I just wanted to provide you with a few quick versus:

And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. (Exodus 8:10)

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. (Deuteronomy 4:35)

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: (Deuteronomy 6:4)

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

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Happy Easter.....

By Anonymous on 3/16/08 6:15pm
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To everyone....we all need to give thanks and praise to the Lord Jesus Christ who lived, died and rose again so that we might have eternal life with him in heaven. Accept the Lord as your savior, do not think if you do good that will earn your way into heaven. Accept his gift, and in all things praise the Lord for his is the only God as it says so in the Bible. Peace to all.