Comments on: What Did Jesus Say? - Bible Brackets Part 3 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3 God's handiwork is all around you. Look! And point out the glory of God to others. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Rusty http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3953 Rusty Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:27:16 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3953 Thank you for your comments Pastor Reggie. Well said. Thank you for your comments Pastor Reggie. Well said.

]]> By: C. Reginald Rivers http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3949 C. Reginald Rivers Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:02:10 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3949 Thank you for a wonderful and insightful post. I thank EVERYONE for their comments. Why can't we all just sit down and talk as intelligently and respectfully as McCabe, Rusty and Appie. Wouldn't it be a wonderful world, kind of like the way God planned it. I am a believer; in fact I'm the senior pastor of a non-denominational church, Plant City Christian Center. (Please don't call me Reverend) and I do believe the written words in our bible were divinely inspired. Too often we Christian miss the forest by looking only at the trees. The Old Testament addresses the Love, Power and indeed the wrath of an Omnipotent God. Our New Testament addresses the Love, Power and Forgiveness of a merciful and loving God. A friend once said: "If I live my life according to the principles of Christianity, Love and all its attributes (1 Corinthians 13) and get to the end of life and find it was all false I will have lost nothing and will have lived a full and meaningful life." And before we Christians get too cocky, I heard Gandhi was told since his life principals were so close to Christian principals why didn’t he convert to Christianity. Gandhi replied, "I heard about Christianity, I read about Christianity and I would have become a Christian had I not met one first." Pastor Reggie Thank you for a wonderful and insightful post. I thank EVERYONE for their comments. Why can’t we all just sit down and talk as intelligently and respectfully as McCabe, Rusty and Appie. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world, kind of like the way God planned it.

I am a believer; in fact I’m the senior pastor of a non-denominational church, Plant City Christian Center. (Please don’t call me Reverend) and I do believe the written words in our bible were divinely inspired. Too often we Christian miss the forest by looking only at the trees. The Old Testament addresses the Love, Power and indeed the wrath of an Omnipotent God. Our New Testament addresses the Love, Power and Forgiveness of a merciful and loving God.

A friend once said: “If I live my life according to the principles of Christianity, Love and all its attributes (1 Corinthians 13) and get to the end of life and find it was all false I will have lost nothing and will have lived a full and meaningful life.”

And before we Christians get too cocky, I heard Gandhi was told since his life principals were so close to Christian principals why didn’t he convert to Christianity. Gandhi replied, “I heard about Christianity, I read about Christianity and I would have become a Christian had I not met one first.”
Pastor Reggie

]]> By: McCabe http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3908 McCabe Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:13 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3908 Well I am not a christian and not a believer, BUT I do feel that the bible is a good book and can teach many to see the world, themselves and each other in a better way. When I read it I can clearly tell that it is not something to take word for word, heck the difference in the latin version to english version is vastly different at times. So my point is that christains would be foolish to argue over word sequesces when it is clear as day that it is an insight into a way of living your life that is the real message. Well I am not a christian and not a believer, BUT I do feel that the bible is a good book and can teach many to see the world, themselves and each other in a better way. When I read it I can clearly tell that it is not something to take word for word, heck the difference in the latin version to english version is vastly different at times.

So my point is that christains would be foolish to argue over word sequesces when it is clear as day that it is an insight into a way of living your life that is the real message.

]]> By: Rusty http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3889 Rusty Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:20:00 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3889 Matt, who were you disagreeing with? I pretty much agree with what you wrote. Matt, who were you disagreeing with? I pretty much agree with what you wrote.

]]> By: Matt http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3888 Matt Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:49:17 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3888 i disagree, the majority of Christians in the U.S. might agree with Appie, but any scholar will agree that there is a chance of misinterpretation. However the Gospels aren't meant to be the literal facts of Jesus, they reveal a nature of God that was not seen before. People initially thought of God as a distant or angry god, however if you look to the Gospels Jesus presents a loving God. So yes the bible may be flawed, and not 100% historically accurate, but the deeper meaning is true. God is a loving and forgiving God whose main concern is that we get the most out of life without being selfish or petty. there is a lot i profess to having ignorance on, i do not believe i have the whole story of the divine. However this is my experience of Christianity and this is what feels right to me. I like to think God is deeper and more complex than human words can describe. To me Christianity is not as Black and White and literal as many claim. i disagree, the majority of Christians in the U.S. might agree with Appie, but any scholar will agree that there is a chance of misinterpretation. However the Gospels aren’t meant to be the literal facts of Jesus, they reveal a nature of God that was not seen before. People initially thought of God as a distant or angry god, however if you look to the Gospels Jesus presents a loving God. So yes the bible may be flawed, and not 100% historically accurate, but the deeper meaning is true. God is a loving and forgiving God whose main concern is that we get the most out of life without being selfish or petty.

there is a lot i profess to having ignorance on, i do not believe i have the whole story of the divine. However this is my experience of Christianity and this is what feels right to me. I like to think God is deeper and more complex than human words can describe. To me Christianity is not as Black and White and literal as many claim.

]]> By: Rusty http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3404 Rusty Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:21:29 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3404 Appie, thanks for the comment. I think your view is probably the majority view of Christians. However I do know some King James Version proponents that call the NIV heretical. I think if I were to keep my studies to a high level overview of the Scriptures, I would be able to agree with you that they are not that different. But when I start to do more in depth studies, as most scholars like to do, I begin to notice more and more differences in meaning. And while the few popular versions may be pretty similar, there are a whole LOT of translations out there, and some are pretty "out there". Actually there are about 450 English translations of the bible, and also over 2000 translations in languages other than English. It seems to take a lot of faith to believe that every one of those translations are God's inerrant Word, especially when you start digging into them. Appie,
thanks for the comment. I think your view is probably the majority view of Christians. However I do know some King James Version proponents that call the NIV heretical. I think if I were to keep my studies to a high level overview of the Scriptures, I would be able to agree with you that they are not that different. But when I start to do more in depth studies, as most scholars like to do, I begin to notice more and more differences in meaning. And while the few popular versions may be pretty similar, there are a whole LOT of translations out there, and some are pretty “out there”. Actually there are about 450 English translations of the bible, and also over 2000 translations in languages other than English. It seems to take a lot of faith to believe that every one of those translations are God’s inerrant Word, especially when you start digging into them.

]]> By: Appie http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/765/what-did-jesus-say-bible-brackets-part-3#comment-3403 Appie Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:02:11 +0000 http://www.jaxxshirts.com/blog/?p=765#comment-3403 hi there. great post. you make some excellent points. as a bliever in the literal translation of our scriptures I would like to offer my explanation for doing so: I believe that God oversaw the writing of the scriptures, and so He didn't allow anything to be writteng down, or translated, in a way that would alter the meaning of the scriptures. the different translations are not that different; the same meaning comes accross (unless you're dealing with the Jehovah Witness' New World Translation, which is simply heretical). hi there. great post. you make some excellent points. as a bliever in the literal translation of our scriptures I would like to offer my explanation for doing so: I believe that God oversaw the writing of the scriptures, and so He didn’t allow anything to be writteng down, or translated, in a way that would alter the meaning of the scriptures. the different translations are not that different; the same meaning comes accross (unless you’re dealing with the Jehovah Witness’ New World Translation, which is simply heretical).

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