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The church I attend and soon will be an elder has neither a Sun. evening or Wed. evening service. And it is fabulous!!! I used to pastor a church w/ the typical 3 (4 counting SS) services a week schedule. I hated it as a pastor. Now that I am ministering in a slightly different way, as well...

Never heard of "overhalls" but have heard of "over-alls" similar but not the same as "cover-alls".

I think it is very likely that Paul was aware and perhaps even read Matthew or Mark (depending on which one caused the other; so to speak) and obviously had a part in Luke if he is the apostolic authority behind the text (if such a thing is necessary in Luke's case). David Alan Black also...

Or is it possible that you have an overly simplistic view of inspiration??? Either way, just because a hypothesis is adopted that goes against both your view and your understanding of a doctrine does not deem it liberal. The fact that good evangelicals do believe it should show that it is not...

Liberals cannot be experts??? This is an overly narrow view of synoptic studies. Your use of the quotation marks is pretty telling. Like I've indicated, even solid evangelicals believe in a Q document (many from DTS) of some kind.

I find it interesting that even when I support a view that I clearly don't hold, I get lumped in with them. I already stated this. But the hypothesis works without Mss, although we all know that a Q Ms would make their day. I'm just looking forward to this supposed 1st cent. Ms of Mark to be...

Q aside, how does Markan priority forsake verbal inspiration???

A great deal of influence. It is the standard academic view of the synoptics. I've heard it said that if we ever leave markan priority (which much of the time assumes a Q source for the similarities between Matthew and Luke; not to mention the M and L sources) then we would have to re-write...

I think that is a misrepresentation (or at least a bit harsh) for those evangelicals holding to Q. It is a hypothesis has 0 Mss support, making it very implausible for me. If I may, I would recommend reading The Progressive Publication of Matthew (which the PhD dissertation version can be...

While it is possible, I think the probability is very low. I am amazed at how vast the theory has caught in synoptic studies amongst NT scholars. It goes right along with Markan priority, the other prominent view. But I guess I have been influenced enough by my prof and read a few things and...

Funny that we keep talking about alcohol and parenting. One of the most intimate times I've had with my father was having a beer after golfing together. We've never opened up like that before. Great moment.

I would even say that #1 is a bit loose. Yes Matthew records events related to and around his birth. But the birth itself is only 1 verse: "but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus." The actual story is found in Luke 2. But as far as the narrative...

Noticed it when The Gospel Coalition did a brief article about it.

I'd say that it is the logical conclusion based on a bodily resurrection. But I'll grant the kenosis passage does not state this in so many words. But in terms of redemption, union, and resurrection (being like him); these things are affected if Jesus ceases to be human. How can the man...

Thanks, JB, for a good and helpful post. It helps that we have similar background in learning tc. Here is how the NET explains their textual choice of "Jesus": I also just read this from Dan Wallace's blog post about the NA28:

I don't see how you can say the kenosis passages means "he chose to NOT act out as God" b/c apparently that is exactly what he did being in very nature God. The rest of the stuff came from outside of the kenosis passage and therefore is irrelevant to this text in question. If you are going to...

Perhaps, but the text doesn't say that. You are only gaining that from inference, and very blurry inference I'd say.

There is a lot of irony in the kenosis passage. He emptied himself by taking on humanity (this is emphasized by stating it 3 different ways all in a row). His emptying is not a limiting of his deity or even veiling his deity... although that is often proffered. The text says that his emptying...

Coming back to the point of the thread, my textual position usually follows a Sturzian style to make final textual decisions. And so it does seem "lord" is the best attested geographically. Internal evidence aside, it seems "Lord" is best. Since internal evidence is usually self...

Textual criticism is not a pursuit of theology but of text. So in that regard, I want to know what Jude wrote. And if he used "Jesus", then that has important theological and hermeneutical ramifications (similar to Paul seeing the rock as Jesus). See my siggie for more of that.