tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374689825908465871.post38282858951167575..comments2023-05-28T00:02:17.066+08:00Comments on You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!: Theistic evolution and hermeneuticsyemseehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14647588221842103666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374689825908465871.post-90803542623073373942009-01-26T22:28:00.000+08:002009-01-26T22:28:00.000+08:00Dev,Deuteronomy 4:1 "And now, O Israel, listen to ...Dev,<BR/><BR/>Deuteronomy 4:1 "And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, AND DO THEM, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you."Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444950640461687026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374689825908465871.post-13922400129082891972009-01-26T22:24:00.000+08:002009-01-26T22:24:00.000+08:00Hi Matthias,Sorry not to get back - been away for ...Hi Matthias,<BR/>Sorry not to get back - been away for a bit. Yes indeed - and Deut 7 itself makes the same points. <BR/><BR/>Their real problem was precisely with the holiness of God.<BR/><BR/>I took them to Matthew 11:20-25 and said Jesus says explicitly that Sodom was overthrown for its sin *and* that this was just a picture of an almighty judgement coming upon the whole earth.<BR/><BR/>They just said - 'that's your interpretation. You're bringing a very modernist mindset to the Hebrew Scriptures.'<BR/><BR/>As though Moses was totally into Derrida!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, must stop ranting. Yes the real issue seemed to be that they didn't believe in the wrath of God.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444950640461687026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374689825908465871.post-72535047770168735512009-01-24T16:31:00.000+08:002009-01-24T16:31:00.000+08:00yup definitely agree with youthe issue is always t...yup definitely agree with you<BR/>the issue is always the authority of Scripture - not even just how you read it, but how much you are prepared to put it into practiseyemseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647588221842103666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374689825908465871.post-22186344474500806102009-01-24T15:29:00.000+08:002009-01-24T15:29:00.000+08:00"It was actually very much like what the wisdom of..."It was actually very much like what the wisdom of today would tell us"... seems to me like a good summary. A mind that seeks to replace its thoughts with biblical truth would rather prefer to go two chapters further instead:<BR/><BR/>"Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you." Dt 9:4<BR/><BR/>no ethnic cleansing but judgement for those who dearly loved their sin and refused to repent. To say that God would never do that is to totally miss his awesome holiness. Does that make sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com