tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.comments2016-03-24T22:25:21.884-05:00Bible Man BlogBiblemanbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-48238467890538145262015-10-06T12:24:07.034-05:002015-10-06T12:24:07.034-05:00I enjoyed reading your thoughts, Stan. I do believ...I enjoyed reading your thoughts, Stan. I do believe that your style would allow for the “non-scholar” to understand, but they would definitely need to be motivated and not expect a “spoon-fed” meal! Thank you for your efforts to make this incredibly important distinction understandable. David Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270969974464217711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-41689171035536088702012-12-26T13:16:31.185-06:002012-12-26T13:16:31.185-06:00Thanks StanThanks StanDavid Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270969974464217711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-25768567421399767312012-08-09T12:36:59.601-05:002012-08-09T12:36:59.601-05:00Dr. Harstine your analogies to starwars/startrek/L...Dr. Harstine your analogies to starwars/startrek/LotR in and out of class always makes me smile.<br /><br />Thank you for this wonderful insight, the analogy of meeting a friend after 5 years is very clear and insightful. It paints a very clear picture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690275954164183596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-72076946874848816142012-07-10T17:46:44.033-05:002012-07-10T17:46:44.033-05:00Thanks...now I'm hungry for Barbecue!Thanks...now I'm hungry for Barbecue!RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-54408244399430270162012-06-12T11:59:01.278-05:002012-06-12T11:59:01.278-05:00Certainly something to think on. I suppose I'...Certainly something to think on. I suppose I've rarely thought about inerrancy as an issue, though it has bothered me that someone could possibly take inerrancy to mean that the Bible "is timeless" or some other good-sounding but likely problematic view. Afterall, if the entire Bible was meant for me, then what of Levitical laws? What of God's command to Abraham to kill his RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-41048016487770600542012-05-23T22:24:53.671-05:002012-05-23T22:24:53.671-05:00Radical, thanks for the lengthy comments. I'm...Radical, thanks for the lengthy comments. I'm not certain that the field of REL/PHIL can in less than four years of interaction move one from not thinking critically about Rel/Phil to thinking critically about them. I do think that we move along the zip line, but sometimes, as you note in your last sentence, the student never jumps off the platform!!!Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-89063061553102863202012-05-21T10:46:58.112-05:002012-05-21T10:46:58.112-05:00"What does it mean for a student to develop &..."What does it mean for a student to develop 'mastery' over 'responsible insights'?" Well, that's a difficult question. The closest I could think that Responsible Insight could mean would be about knowledge (or perhaps, wisdom) and whether a person is ready or capable of living the sort of life that they want (instead of simply responding to lives peaks and troughs).RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-30677203955062491582012-05-07T11:12:28.084-05:002012-05-07T11:12:28.084-05:00Sounds like I wish I would have had the chance to ...Sounds like I wish I would have had the chance to take John!RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-35920401341161048472012-04-14T09:13:27.995-05:002012-04-14T09:13:27.995-05:00It is probably 'an answer' to that questio...It is probably 'an answer' to that question. But much of the answer bank depends on the theological position of total or limited providence and monergism vs synergism. Did you know there is a monergism website, monergism.com but not synergism.com?Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-84986409316681621612012-04-14T09:05:11.381-05:002012-04-14T09:05:11.381-05:00Your "stumbling" makes me not feel so ba...Your "stumbling" makes me not feel so bad. You had to write a response to that article in the John class four years ago!!! So when I don't remember what I have read at my age I can take solice in knowing that I am not alone!<br /><br />Otherwise, All is good in Kansas at this point. Bad storm day possible, really bad!<br /><br />Treat Duke well in return!Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-3715648022820365852012-04-12T16:29:48.329-05:002012-04-12T16:29:48.329-05:00Well done my friend...I'm learning!Well done my friend...I'm learning!David Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270969974464217711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-56876930427270371902012-04-12T11:48:07.060-05:002012-04-12T11:48:07.060-05:00So then is that an answer (maybe not THE answer, b...So then is that an answer (maybe not THE answer, but an answer) to the question of "If God is good, then why do bad things happen?"<br /><br />Maybe they happen so that the work of God may be done: that people might believe in the one that God sent...or is that a misreading?RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-26210717373699306132012-04-11T20:04:59.047-05:002012-04-11T20:04:59.047-05:00Indubitably. Reminds me of John class, definitely...Indubitably. Reminds me of John class, definitely one of my favorites at the Friendly University. <br /><br />By the way, I am preaching on John 20.19-31 this week and I stumbled onto your "Un-Doubting Thomas" piece on ATLA. So know you're getting a shout out on my works cited page. Also, to point out the ridiculousness of the label "Doubting Thomas" I name other Josh Lutonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187024459958690924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-7246275376754368502012-03-08T10:01:02.561-06:002012-03-08T10:01:02.561-06:00What is learning, exactly? If your words come back...What is learning, exactly? If your words come back to haunt you, isn't that learning of a sort? What if something you emphasized one day collided (as in the post above) with something else you said another day, and then the light turns on? Didn't they learn on the first day as well as the second?RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-39901606549186940632012-02-29T22:36:15.385-06:002012-02-29T22:36:15.385-06:00Radical, At the heart of my question I suppose is...Radical, At the heart of my question I suppose is the issue of the knowledge cycle. How can one (you, I, or anyone) change what we (pre)assume if we never have our presumptions challenged by 'outside' information? If I never read Deuteronomy (its too boring) I'll never connect it to 1 Kings. When does real learning begin, and when does real learning end?Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-20535644181270051732012-02-28T08:18:15.542-06:002012-02-28T08:18:15.542-06:00Or, another way of looking at it: What assumptions...Or, another way of looking at it: What assumptions or "Priors" do we not have that are keeping us from the Jesus of the Gospels? Just like not knowing about Deuteronomy 17.16 makes on miss what the writer of 1 Kings was saying in 10.28 about the importation of Egyptian horses. I think (and if all of my Harstine classes have taught me anything about you, so do you) an understanding of RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-17081846377813309712011-12-07T08:16:41.371-06:002011-12-07T08:16:41.371-06:00What is the significance of silence? Certainly it ...What is the significance of silence? Certainly it portrays respect and awe, but I feel there is more to it than that.<br /><br />I'm grasping at straws here, but does it have to do with power (no words are being spoken and words, at least God's Words, have power), or have to do, possibly with the still small voice that Elijah heard in Kings?RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-13521346855524287242011-09-25T08:10:31.049-05:002011-09-25T08:10:31.049-05:00Answer a question with a question? Who taught you...Answer a question with a question? Who taught you that technique??? I wonder? <br /><br />What is hope right now? Hope is, in a sense, foreseeing the future in an optimistic manner. It is a perspective on life that is based on a changed perspective of the present. So, in a sense, articulating a message of hope right now means helping people understand that God's kingdom includes the Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-76546239239303058242011-06-07T09:50:45.441-05:002011-06-07T09:50:45.441-05:00I think another good question is does the Church o...I think another good question is does the Church of 2011 practice hope for right now? My internship at a rural United Methodist Church this summer has been very eye-opening. The church has a good mix of people from young to old, but invariably the retired folks are the ones I spend the most time with (aside from Sunday morning) because of their free schedule. <br /><br />I preface with that Josh Lutonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187024459958690924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-10867045847898163242010-08-14T22:07:02.374-05:002010-08-14T22:07:02.374-05:00You might also remember from the Pauline diagram t...You might also remember from the Pauline diagram that Death inhabits one side and Life inhabits the other. If Jesus came so that we (the plural you now personalized) might have Life, what does that say about the Righteousness of God?Biblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-35599720791111118492010-06-19T12:49:14.029-05:002010-06-19T12:49:14.029-05:00In John 10:10, there is a pretty clear polarizatio...In John 10:10, there is a pretty clear polarization, and so I am reminded of the Diagram from Romans with God on one side, and Sin on the other, and Justification being the piercing of the veil that separates the two. Paul (possibly because of his Pharisaic upbringing?) seems to be focusing on righteousness, where John is focusing on Life.<br /><br />Paul does talk about life, and it is as you RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-81717790297768450242010-05-14T23:55:14.109-05:002010-05-14T23:55:14.109-05:00Hey Radical Turnip, To begin to answer I would in...Hey Radical Turnip, To begin to answer I would indicate that in Rom 5:12-21 is a summative review of Romans 1:16-5:11. Thus the ultra condensed language of 5:18 must be heard within a context. The immediate context is a parallel repetition of 5:15-17 with the final result in 5:17 and 21 of those receiving grace reigning in life. With that clarified, it is possible to turn to the comparison ofBiblemanbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993391994629535341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-45307284697519452142010-05-10T16:57:11.883-05:002010-05-10T16:57:11.883-05:00Romans 5.18: "Just as the result of one tresp...Romans 5.18: "Just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men."<br /><br />Do you think that John and Paul are making different emphases while arguing the same point? What I mean is, if asked "why would God do this?" in Romans Paul would say "so that grace may RadicalTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010169408654999994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-35979415727836314222010-05-03T10:16:46.584-05:002010-05-03T10:16:46.584-05:00Excellent point! So many idols in our world that l...Excellent point! So many idols in our world that leave us haggard and thirsting for more, causing us to give, give, give, until we have spent everything, even our own soul.<br /><br />Come to Christ, who will first give life to us, so that we may give life to others; even our own life for othersDavid Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270969974464217711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530962150224044303.post-46894817932557108552010-02-20T08:39:24.428-06:002010-02-20T08:39:24.428-06:00Keep the good words flowing -- I'm heading to ...Keep the good words flowing -- I'm heading to your podcast now... JakeYakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790993030720961156noreply@blogger.com