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Re: 5 Tips for Planning a Winter Photography Excursion

Carrifex — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:16:53 -0000

#3 Protect your camera...or buy a Pentax. :-P

Re: N.T. Wright Responds to the Apocalyptic Paul School

Carrifex — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:19:56 -0000

I'm eager to hear more interaction with Barkley's "Paul and the Gift."

Re: Here's The Lexus Hoverboard Finally In Action

Carrifex — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:57:42 -0000

It all comes down to whether the action of the collective is a single action or the actions of the particular members of the collective.

So these two examples would be correct:
1. The team are practicing their positions today.
2. The team has seven home games this year.

Re: Why You’re Completely Unable To Judge Caitlyn Jenner (Or Anyone Else)

Carrifex — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:42:16 -0000

Well, when read in its proper context it means don't make hypocritical judgments. It does NOT mean never make a judgment. The passage is rather clear, if people would bother to read it.

Re: South Carolina police shooting: More fallout

Carrifex — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:00:15 -0000

Was "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues" by Everlast really playing in the patrol car while this was going down? That would be a huge irony.

Re: THE ORWELLS - BLOOD BUBBLES LYRICS

Carrifex — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:07:21 -0000

I thought the second line of the third stanza was "Of telephone cord."

Re: No holds barred: By condemning Israel, Presbyterians are condemning themselves

Carrifex — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:17:46 -0000

Christ Presbyterian in Nashville is not a member of the PC(USA), but rather the PCA. I'm sure that they would not like being linked to either the story or the mainline denomination.

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41655

Carrifex — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:40:44 -0000

Hi Zachary, the Christian tradition has always had a place for teachers. It makes no claim to exhaustive clarity such that anyone may understand everything. It is sufficiently clear on a number of things...typically those things that the church has recognized as essential to the faith, but no one makes a claim that everything is equally accessible to all.

In this conversation we're talking about early Jewish and Christian understanding of the use of astrology and how that meshes with textual prohibitions of the same. I see no reason why any "Joe pew-sitter" would need to know this unaided.

Well, I've enjoyed this, but now I'm off to spend a few days with my family. merry Christmas!

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41655

Carrifex — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:53:28 -0000

Well, for starters one could consult relevant commentaries on the particular passages in question. I might suggest Davies & Allison's work on the Gospel of Matthew in the International Critical Commentary (London: T&T Clark,1988) and then one might want to familiarize oneself with the role of astrology in the ancient world. I might suggest A. Jeffers' _Magic and Divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria_ (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996). I'm not a "top expert" in this so I'll let you do your own homework, but my suspicion is that they would tell you that the connections you are drawing are too simplistic, not taking into account how ancient Israel understood the proper use of the astral phenomena before them (e.g. the story of their Exodus encampment in the wilderness had the tribes encircling the ark in the pattern of the Zodiac). One needs also bring in the issue of imperial rhetoric and the language of protest. It was, after all, Augustus who years prior to the Christmas event who claimed to have seen Julius' star in the sky, thus indicating his divinity. These are simply a couple thoughts off the top of my head.

Abusus usum non tolllit.

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41655

Carrifex — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:53:57 -0000

Oh goodness, all one has to do is consult a handful of scholarly works on the Old Testament and you will see that many biblical scholars and Christians are perfectly aware the the Bible is full of references to astrology. If you want to "think big" about this subject please do more than a quick Google search.

Re: Michele Bachmann's Church Says the Pope is the Antichrist - Joshua Green - Politics - The Atlantic

Carrifex — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:36:01 -0000

"Reynolds, of Georgetown University, says that this view of the papacy, alarming though it may be to the modern political world, has, over the centuries, shaped the rise of Protestantism."

This captures the article in a nutshell: Historical ignorance passed off as journalism.

Re: Letters to an Angry Young Christian 1

Carrifex — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:53:58 -0000

Thanks so much for this. And thanks for the bringing it home to me with the (do doubt unintended) reference to Des Moines.

Blessings,
Wayne Larson
Redeemer PCA
Des Moines, IA

Re: Un-Friending Jennifer Knapp

Carrifex — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:30:39 -0000

There are a host of interesting angles in which to look at this. Apart from considerations of sin and traditional Christian morality, there are issues of the public/private nature of this along with how Christians and the church relate to "celebrity." One also is forced to consider the nature of art and its interpretation vis-a-vis the artist. What constitutes "Christian" art? How have the consumer habits of American Evangelicals contributed to these sort of dilemmas? Interesting grist for the mil.