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Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School

Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

The  early church read a Greek translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint.  The early church opted for this version rather than a Hebrew version of the Old Testament which was based on what was called the Masoretic Text. … Continue reading →

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Very Bad News For Liberal Christians – Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

John 8 1While Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a … Continue reading →

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The Madonna/Whore Complex In The Bible

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

His first words to me were “I have a Madonna/Whore complex.” He was someone who had just visited the church and we were having a get to know each other lunch.  It was the last kind of church member I … Continue reading →

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Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School – As the song goes – We’ve Got To Get You A Woman (Some Women)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

There is no actual word for “marriage” used in Hebrew Bible.  Women are not married.  Rather, women are taken (See, for example, 2 Samuel 5.13) by men in part because the ability to get multiple wives and concubines, and to … Continue reading →

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Agrapha: Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

Agrapha are sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels but known from other ancient sources.  Below are two agrapha.  (There are many more.) Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor 3.12; Miscellanies 4.8 (confer Didascalia 2.3; 1 Peter 4.8): Ναι, μην και περι αγαπης· Αγαπη, φησι, … Continue reading →

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Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School: Who killed Saul?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armour-bearer, ‘Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.’ But his armour-bearer was unwilling; for … Continue reading →

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Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

“we cannot with certainty link any specific early New Testament manuscript with any specific event or person.” p. 349 “Virtually all of the earliest manuscripts come from Egypt. . .” p. 352 There was wide circulation of manuscripts in the … Continue reading →

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Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School: A New Liberal Baptist Rev Category

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

The Bible Didn’t Just Drop Out of Heaven “There was no set canon in the second century.” (p. 8) That is, no “early” decision was made as to what books should be in the Bible. Some Early Christians Did Not … Continue reading →

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