Recent content by John of Japan

I have no problem with Lantz's 4th point., except to say that meaning of "offend" was perfectly literal in 1611. It's just not so now. I believe the same is true of "error" in his 5th point; "error" could mean "sin" in 1611. The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary says, "Greek, 'ignorances'...

Got it. Or the Church of Christ which is against any musical instruments. Weird, considering all of those in the OT and Revelation.

I agree with almost all of this list, except that there are no tracts in Scripture. John's Gospel is a tract (20:31). Some would say that it's too long to be a tract, but IMO shortness is not a criteria for a tract. But wait, no coffee and donuts??? Confused Interestingly enough, they...

Kind of hard to deny that with those Scriptures. The thing is, the language in those Scriptures is metaphorical, not literal. (Christ's literal blood was not traded to Satan--or whoever, etc.) I'll answer reasonable questions like yours.

Since Christ had become human, he had to learn obedience. This of course does not mean He disobeyed at some point. We have a 2 year old granddaughter, and she is daily learning what to do and what not to do at Grandpa's house. The sin that shows up in this process is disobedience (rebellion)...

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I've done my best to stay out of those endless arguments on this matter, but since you ask politely, here is what I believe, and this is standard evangelical theology. Christ "died for our sins" (1 Cor. 15:3). The word "for" is the Greek preposition ὑπὲρ, with the object "sins" in the genitive...

Summarized with one word: atonement. :)

I completely agree. I worked my way through college in a dirty factory. That makes my college education much more valuable to me than if the government had paid for it. :Coffee

All of this is true, but there was only one thing fulfilled when Jesus said "It is finished." The verb was 3rd person singular, not plural, so Jesus had only one thing in mind when He made that statement on the cross.

Lantz's third objection to the KJV is Acts 5:30. He gives the following quotes: Acts 5:30 (KJV) says, “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.” Acts 5:30 (NASB) says, "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.”...

This is a terrible attempt by the federal government to control religion. I imagine that at the very first lawsuit, the Supreme Court would overturn it, but in the meantime it can do great harm. Having said that, our college and seminary avoids the whole problem by: 1. Not taking any...

I agree. I am mystified that someone would think anything other than the blood atonement of Christ was being finished.

I have both of these and have perused them. He did a fair job. I respect him for actually becoming a translation consultant and visiting many fields to help. Judging by his Greek grammar, he knows Greek pretty well. When a KJVO person meets missionary Bible translation, they are forced to...

So, not the atonement being finished?