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Colossians CH 1 & 2
by PSacramento inwritten in probably between 50-80 ad by the apostle paul or perhaps more correctly dictated by paul and quite possibly, expanded on by his followers, colossians gives us many interesting verses:.
1:13-23. states that jesus is the first born over all creation, all things in heaven, earth and under the earth were created through him, by him and for him.. that the fullness of god dwelt in jesus and that jesus reconciled all unto him by his death on the cross.. and that god has reconciled us in christ, holy, blemish free, free of accusation, as long as we continue in our faith.. in the second chapter the writer states that in jesus all the fullness of the deity ( god) lives in bodily form and that we have been given fullness in christ who is ( present tense) head and authority over all.. now we come to a very interesting part in colossians:.
2: 16-23. where the writer now states that no one should judge by what one eats or drinks, or in regards to religious festivals, new moons, sabbaths, that no one desqualifies us from the prize because they worship angels and have false humility.
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Titus
by PSacramento intitus is part of what is reffered to as the "pastoral epistles" (1and 2 timothy and titus) and was written probably in the second century ( 100-150 ad) and, in the opinion of most scholars, not by paul but in "paul's name.. like the letters to timothy, titus may have been an original letter dictated by paul that had been "altered" to asnwer the questions and different doctrine views that wer ebeing voiced as paul's, at the time.. many scholars look at the differences in vocabulary, literary style, the situation of the apostle, and the theological charateristisc that seem to be moving towards the emerging "catholicisim", to base their view that paul did not write ( at least not completely) the pastoral epistles in they way they have been handed down.. that said, back to titus that has some interesting points that i would like to discuss:.
the writer says that god is our saviour, 1:3, and jesus is our saviour, 1:4 and goes one to repeat this in 3:4 ( god is saviour) and 3:6 ( jesus is saviour), the writer also adds the (controversial?
) passage of 2:13 - waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great god and saviour jesus christ (esv).. the writer seems to be holding fast to that god and jesus are/is our saviour, something that paul himself says in the contecxt of jesus is our saviour, for our salvation is through him, to god, but in a repetive mode, the writer seems to be either, contridicting himself or saying that both are or, in the early trinity sense perhaps, god and jesus are (singular) our saviour, they are one.. verse 2:13 can be interprested in two was, typically, that jesus is god and saviour or that the writer is reffereing to god and jesus.. the first view is typically trinitarian, the second is not (obviously) but the second interpretation has verse 14 to deal with:.
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Jackson's kids doing Martial Arts
by PSacramento indecember 04, 2009, (splash news) - michael jackson's children are thriving with the aid of martial arts instruction that aims to boost the self-esteem of youngsters and teach them leadership skills.. blanket jackson was seen prancing around with the rumored love child of jackson, omer bhatti (pictured).
the 25-year-old has been a constant companion to the three since they lost their father in june.. prince michael, blanket and paris all attend a martial arts academy in encino, california, where they live with their grandmother, jackson matriarch katherine.. la toya jackson, recently spoke of how the three are dealing with their grief - each of them in his or her own way.
la toya said prince michael i is having the greatest challenge.
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GB Lineage question
by PSacramento inif the gb is the discreet and faitful slave, what are it's ties to the 1st or 2nd century christians?.
scripture shows that the apostles meet with elders ( distinguished from apostles) and the whole of the (local) congregation to reach a decision on important matters ( see acts and so forth, they don't show a "governing body" at all, but if we suspend judgement for a moment and give the benefit of the doubt that this was the eary version of a governing body, how does the wt traces its lineage back to them ?.
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What do you mean by literal?
by PSacramento inan interesting video:.
http://biologos.org/resources/nt-wright-and-pete-enns-what-do-you-mean-by-literal/.
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Was Paul a Jew?
by PSacramento inan interesting read:.
http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/20214/who-was-paul/.
jews dont like the apostle paul.
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Tornando of fire
by PSacramento inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdambb62vrg.
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well, i guess a moving pillar of fire is not supernatural after a ;).
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Moral improvments to God's Laws?
by PSacramento inthey say that god is the same, today, yesterday and tomorrow.. but we know that man isn't and neither is man's understanding of god.. the bible is a progressive and revelatory telling of man's interaction with god, at least i see it that way ;).
but the question of a moral and ethical god does keep being brought up and certainly one does indeed, at times, have a hard time understanding to ot understanding of god with how god is revealed via his son in the nt.. i have commented on this a few times myself, but on william lane's craig website, i found this q&a:.
question 217. subject: could gods moral commands be improved?.
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JW's, EX-JW's and Child custody
by PSacramento inout of curiosity and kind of brought to mind by what dan ( brotherdan) is going through, i was wondering the legal issue of jw doctines that are potentially harmful to children and how that can effect a custody hearing.. the no-blood issue is the obvious one, a child whos parent will not allow it to be saved by a blood transfusion is a child in risk by that parent, how does the law see this issue in regards to custody rights ?.
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