Tongues
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Is your choice of a Bible Translation based on your Beliefs?
Over at Scripture, Ministry & the People of God, fellow blogger Mark Stevens has been wrestling, somewhat, with how much attention to give to the ESV (English Standard Version). In his latest post Concerning translators, editors, and their theology, after surveying a Bible like the ESV’s approach to the gender-issue, Mark asks: My question, as… Continue reading
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Rethinking Tongues: An Appeal to St. Augustine?
Whose side was St. Augustine really on? Since the times of St. Augustine, it seems like everyone appeals to him for some kind of approval as they engage Christian theology: the Roman Catholics, Calvinists/Reformed, Amillennialists, and now aCharismatics/Cessationists. In his case against Charismatics, C. Michael Patton finds himself quoting St. Augustine especially against tongues: “In… Continue reading
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Why I am not Charismatic
In his refutation of “all of the gifts for the church today,” Mr. Patton has constructed that classic either/or : either the canon of Scripture is not complete or an original apostle is still alive—for us to claim “all gifts of the Spirit” in the church TODAY. Continue reading
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I may not Endorse the HCSB
If what I’ve read over at Inquiring Minds about some of what remains in the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), I don’t think I’ll be comfortable endorsing it: Continue reading