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Kewl... curious... could you tell about your experience at Newburgh. It is a school I'm not real familiar with. You don't have to do it on this thread. I've already hijacked and derailed this one (I'm sorry about that). If you get the chance. I hope you become a regular poster. I am going...

You addressed 2 different issues: 1) The "official capacity as in a Baptist church" is typically incorrect. If a deacon is simply one who serves in order to free up the elders to lead, study, and pray, then women are better suited in many cases to do this (especially the ones who don't work)...

I was there once w/ my beliefs. I always fell back to the "W/ God things don't have to logically line up... look at the Trinity." I still think there is value in that, but I eventually rejected the concept of a freed volitional capacity opting for a volitional capacity that is marred by sin to...

What is the general view of this school (I know it is one of the 6). Specifically, I was wondering about their PhD program. I can't recall seeing anyone w/ a PhD from the school. Is it reputable? I know it is shorter than the standard 60 credit program. Would anyone recommend it and a NT...

I pastored New Hope Baptist in Beaufort for 3 years. I miss that area... very beautiful. I have a feeling we've met at the association before. I was helping Cornerstone Gospel Baptist for a year and a half before moving overseas. What is your educational background if you don't mind my asking?

Semi-pelagian then (labels are fun ;)). Have you read Geisler's Chosen But Free?

Do you happen to be from Sea Level, NC??? I lived in Beaufort then Newport for 4 years (moved recently).

They are an offshoot of DTS w/out the progressive dispensationalism. They lack the prestigious faculty of DTS, but they have the potential (Dr. Cone is a sharp guy along w/ some others). They've begun a publication ministry putting out books (many on dispensational issues) and even a...

A διακονος. Duh ;) I know what you mean. I used to be a hardcore fundie against female deacons. But this verse along w/ 2 Tim 3 makes it easy to allow such a practice. Especially considering that Phoebe was a "minister" of a specific local church. If she was not a deaconess, then that...

I missed w/ AA said DW was wrong. He acknowledged what most if not all grammarians acknowledge, that the neuter pronoun can refer to a feminine noun. AA also acknowledged that DW doesn't think it does so in Eph. 2. So he agreed w/ DW. And DW (he would tell you this) is not the end all be all...

Admittedly, you are right in that the academic dispo view by and large rejects matt 24 as a rapture passage. When I read Fruchtenbaum's book, I was a bit surprised.

Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum does. And he is a premier dispie theologian. His eschatology book Footsteps of the Messiah argues clearly for a pretrib rapture in Matt. 24.

1) Literal is only safer for you b/c you think it is more objective. But objectivity in interpretation is impossible. You can never approach the text objectively. Neither can you complete ascertain what the author meant. Nor can the author fully communicate that truth. The text becomes its...

Here is a quick video that explains a bit of my hermeneutic: http://vimeo.com/22673201

What do any of these questions have to do w/ the OP or even my last post. I believe in a physical resurrection for all parties involved.

Just another perspective or angle to debate the Calvinism "controversy". Is God's grace in salvation merely an offer for the person to recieve? or Is God's grace in salvation a reality actualized for the elect? To put it another way: does the Bible present grace as a potentiality or...

Really... you are going to make a distinction between "taken" and "accepted"??? And does the concept of a "gift" get culturally confused? In other words, we always assume that giving a gift requires 2 actions: 1 the giver offering & 2 the receiver accepting (or taking). But what if ancient...

I find it amazing (and alarming) that what you think is so clear and plain in the OT was so mysterious in veiled for the Jewish community. The truth is, the people did not usually understand the prophecy until after the fact! So what is so clear to you is cryptic to the pre-cross generations...

Aren't you in the same "predicament"??? Here is your view (I hope I represent your view adequately) and the logical conclusion: No matter what, God knew full well what would happen to his creation, despite that knowledge he created the world anyways. He created a world that would "allow"...

Ding ding... we have a winner.