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Here is the link to the local news story (http://www.wjla.com/video/2012/10/church-sex-scandal.html) From what it appears, this is not a pedophilia ring. I love you, JB, but it seems quite misguided when you word the thread like you did. At worst, assuming the report is accurate, there may...

Thing is, I'm not in disagreement with your position. I'm just saying that people are less likely to interact with you if your OP is as uninviting as your OP. You could do just fine w/ posting the references or at least don't bother putting spaces between each verse. It was too complicated to...

I think he could do both. I mean he did both as a pastor. I just think a commentary by Piper would be magnificent.

Your OP was way too long to read and take seriously. Simplify for interaction.

I am reading through Piper's sermons on Romans (excellent). I have also read his commentary on 9:1-23 (amazing). Romans is his favorite Biblical book. Now that he is no longer the preaching pastor at Bethlehem BC, what do you think we could do to spur him to write a complete commentary...

The implications of this statement are pretty big. Can you explain what you mean?

This is a short but helpful theopedia piece that will do the job I'd say: http://www.theopedia.com/Inaugurated_eschatology

Really... personal attack. Is your skin so thin??? And trust me, if I wanted to attack you personally, it would be obvious. Regardless, I will just leave you with this picture b/c I think this is your biggest problem.

Do a word study, dude! The word is not "end" but "foundation". And how do you know Paul wrote Hebrews??? And there is something in the bible called inaugurated eschatology (already/not yet). Jesus has ushered in the new age (age to come; age of life) even though the present evil age still...

Me thinks you cannot think outside of your own narrow terms. Perhaps the kingdom is not a spiritual or physical but a both/and. And even in that case, it probably was not thought of in those terms. You are imposing a dichotomy on the text that was extremely foreign. And where in the world do...

Yeah... there you go. Interpret a text 2,000 years old against modern structures and traditions. That'll help. For a good discussion on this, cf. "Murder and Anger, Cain and Abel (Matt. 5:21-25)" in Studies in Matthew by Dale Allison. Very insightful as to what the altar there is a reference to.

Why do you have to reduce it to a dichotomy of physical and spiritual??? You are assuming a Western notion on an Ancient Eastern concept.

Your thing w/ the Kingdom of God begs the question not about physical or spiritual but just exactly what is the kingdom of God (juxtaposing it into a dichotomy of spiritual and physical is a foreign notion to ANEers; that is a Western notion). And I think you would do well to read the theme...

The fact that the synoptics are in fact synoptic implies that there was some inter-dependence amongst them. The debate is what relied on what and so on. This does have a bearing on interpretation when comparing one account to another. Thankfully, however, gospel studies are moving into a...

Since it made for some good discussion, I thought I would point to this article just published on Wallace's blog. He basically says that the arguments of Q are fairly weak: (1) We would not expect any Q document to exist if Matthew and Luke "swallowed" it up. Why keep it around as a separate...

Just making the point that logos1 isn't wrong for citing pagan mythological stories. The Bible clearly makes reference to them. But I'm not siding with logos1 either. Just sayin'.

Watch this video. It goes well with the theme of family members going to hell. http://www.cross.tv/88811

Actually, I think the answer could also be similar to what Paul said in Rom. 9, "Who are you, O man..." Rom 9:19 You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" Rom 9:20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its...

I believe he is arguing that many OT motifs are sprung from many common myths of the surrounding area. And the Bible does interact w/ those myths (in a sarcastic way at times) such as Ps 29 (especially v. 3 best understood as a reference to Yam).

"smarmy" that is a good word for it.