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Laika
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| Posted 4/15/2005 8:57 AM (GMT -6) |   | |
The only books that really matter are the Berenstain Bears books.
(that's TGB, lower right with the green hat)
 the "emergent church"
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Laika
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| Posted 4/20/2005 10:31 PM (GMT -6) | |
Selah said...
PS I HAVE that Berenstain Bears book! Well Selah, I did as you said, I threw out ALL my books.
Then I wanted to call Barnes and Noble and see if they have the Loder book, but I needed their phone number and couldn't find my phone book.......
<rimshot>
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Truth Aficionado
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| Posted 4/20/2005 10:39 PM (GMT -6) | |
Laika said...
Well Selah, I did as you said, I threw out ALL my books.
Then I wanted to call Barnes and Noble and see if they have the Loder book, but I needed their phone number and couldn't find my phone book.......
Thank God for online Bibles.  | | Back to Top | | |
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AtTheWell
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| Posted 5/3/2005 6:27 PM (GMT -6) | | totally serious! I was gonna wait about two weeks to read it, but now you got me all jazzed up about it, so I'm starting today! (Sorry Father Elijah you got bumped back in line.)
Incidentally, what's it take you to read a book this size, 5 maybe 6 minutes?  You are a reading machine! I love it! (cause then I can get all the good suggestions from you)  Also, I'm so glad I can put that pressing issue, about whether or not you lie, to rest.  You silly.
Love and blessings to you.
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Forum Administrator
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| Posted 5/3/2005 9:17 PM (GMT -6) | | | This site has has had a lot of problem, going back to the crash that happened in early April. There's still something wrong with one of the hard drives, and I had to rollback the site last weekend to an earlier version... one which had a bug with any url's containaing the word "open".. Probably more than you wanted to know. Anyway, tonight I went into the code and killed that bug. Existing posts from the last week or so will still be screwed up (until someone edits them), but going forward the emoticons should be working as usual. | | Back to Top | | |
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selah
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| Posted 5/3/2005 9:45 PM (GMT -6) | | AtTheWell said...totally serious! I was gonna wait about two weeks to read it, but now you got me all jazzed up about it, so I'm starting today! (Sorry Father Elijah you got bumped back in line.) Incidentally, what's it take you to read a book this size, 5 maybe 6 minutes? You are a reading machine! I love it! (cause then I can get all the good suggestions from you)
um...truth be told it probably takes me 5-6 YEARS to finish a book that size 
the pattern goes like this
1)read 3-4 chapters and fall asleep
2)wonder about those chapters for a few days and bug people online
3)read a few more chapters
4)wonder a while longer and bug some professor/author-types if necessary
5)lose/misplace the book 
6)start another
love
selah 
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power. | | Back to Top | | |
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AtTheWell
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| Posted 5/3/2005 10:10 PM (GMT -6) | |
Forum Administrator said...
This site has has had a lot of problem, going back to the crash that happened in early April. There's still something wrong with one of the hard drives, and I had to rollback the site last weekend to an earlier version... one which had a bug with any url's containaing the word "open".. Probably more than you wanted to know. Anyway, tonight I went into the code and killed that bug. Existing posts from the last week or so will still be screwed up (until someone edits them), but going forward the emoticons should be working as usual. You're my hero Forum Administrator. sigh
Seriously, thanks, that sounds like a lot of work to me! You are very nice to do all of this.
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J.N.Darby
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| Posted 5/4/2005 8:25 AM (GMT -6) | | Greetings in Christ.
Have any of you read any books by David W. Bercot? He promotes the idea that when seeking to understand the scripture all Christians should take into serious consideration the writings of the early Christian writers between the time of the New Testament and the Council of Nicea (the Ante-Nicene Christian writers) - especially those of the 2nd century.
I've recently read a couple of his books:
"Will The Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look At Today's Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity".
"Common Sense: A New Approach to Understanding scripture."
But his crowning achievement is a topical index of the early Christian writings titled "Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs." This only costs $20 and I believe it to be an invaluable addition to every Christian's collection.
Bercot's argument is that, since the early Christian writers were so close to the apostles (not only in time, but in culture and language [plus, a few actually personally knew one or more apostles]), that their writings should take priority over all later Christian writings as a source of commentary on the scripture. He doesn't say that the early Christian writers were inspired, nor that their writings are authoritative, but simply that they can help us understand how the earliest Christians understood the scripture and apostolic teaching, and that this is far preferable as a source of teaching than classic Christian writings after Nicea (such as Luther, Calvin, Augustine).
I've taken his challenge seriously, and I'm prayerfully re-examining my life and my beliefs in light of the early Christian writers. I already knew that they strongly taught Freewill-Theism and Premillennialism, both of which I strongly believe scripture teaches; but what's genuinely challenging is when they are expressing a belief that I would normally have disregarded offhandedly if it had come from any contemporary Christian. But I feel I'm learning a lot which will help me grow as a Christian and know God and His word better.
Bercot's books are mostly published by this company: http://www.scrollpublishing.com/
If any of you have read anything by him (or, if you haven't yet, after you've read something), please share your thoughts.
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