tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.comments2023-06-29T03:45:18.969-07:00The Constellation HypothesisLouishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comBlogger739125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-72942144988931627412010-10-27T09:54:37.482-07:002010-10-27T09:54:37.482-07:00"Regarding 'during', the fact that Ex..."Regarding 'during', the fact that Exodus 20:11 gives us a 6-day creation is the very reason for the Sabbath, (and therefore the reason we still observe 7 day weeks), I think it makes a good case for a literal 6 days." - Elessar<br /><br /><br />“By no means does this demonstrate that 24-hour intervals were involved in the first six days anymore than the 8-day celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles proves that the wilderness wanderings under Moses occupies only days. Remember, Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.” - Gleason ArcherLouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-19137149095729815222010-03-14T22:45:26.783-07:002010-03-14T22:45:26.783-07:00I'm just getting around to reading all of your...I'm just getting around to reading all of your posts on this book... I sensed the 'wink' as you typed "providentially" in the third-to-last paragraph above. But then, I don't know what you really mean by that anymore ;-)<br /><br />Nevertheless, I'm enjoying reading through these and all the ensuing comments.Elessarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956279044420700357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-63306507998141432172009-11-23T14:15:02.047-08:002009-11-23T14:15:02.047-08:00Great post. You and Lindsey are and will continue ...Great post. You and Lindsey are and will continue to be outstanding parents. <br />"Snoren" is pretty funny. Aaron and I have also come up with a lot of nicknames for our little guy, and I'm sure there will be more to come. It's such a fun way to show affection.Amanda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261757680855493022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-29307391556983154662009-11-19T19:42:27.373-08:002009-11-19T19:42:27.373-08:00Good for you, Louis. Maybe your blog WANTS you to ...Good for you, Louis. Maybe your blog WANTS you to leave.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206184763995015648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-39683817138908284372009-11-19T14:17:52.313-08:002009-11-19T14:17:52.313-08:00not by design. the first blog that i abandoned i t...not by design. the first blog that i abandoned i think i had good reasons for abandoning. and the same is true for this one. i have changed enough as a person to warrant a new blogging enterprise. i want to regulate the frequency, length, and topics of my posts. i want to maintain a higher quality of writing. i just think its time. i've had this blog for over 2 years and i've made hundreds of posts. since my intention was never to maintain a single blog for the rest of my life, i dont view this as giving up or anything like that. just moving on.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-65802974708385555982009-11-19T13:50:05.598-08:002009-11-19T13:50:05.598-08:00I figured. Are you establishing a cycle?I figured. Are you establishing a cycle?Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421656514032288339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-43531739286182357272009-11-19T13:23:17.929-08:002009-11-19T13:23:17.929-08:00the later.the later.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-44208935266489886102009-11-19T13:11:26.865-08:002009-11-19T13:11:26.865-08:00by 'blog' do you mean this post (or what y...by 'blog' do you mean this post (or what you were maybe going to post about) or do you mean your blog in its entirety?Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421656514032288339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-10695997744807040302009-11-19T05:10:44.175-08:002009-11-19T05:10:44.175-08:00Lame.Lame.Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358273842083948774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-91135943950938543132009-11-18T16:55:51.558-08:002009-11-18T16:55:51.558-08:00Probably a wise decision. :)Probably a wise decision. :)Brianna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08883056209363275931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-69393413259504339852009-11-18T14:15:36.920-08:002009-11-18T14:15:36.920-08:00just like that, eh?just like that, eh?Elessarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956279044420700357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-11236700273586190122009-10-25T00:13:30.963-07:002009-10-25T00:13:30.963-07:00Where's Brandon? Why isn't he responding?...Where's Brandon? Why isn't he responding? Has he taken you for a fool, and his silence is his sagacious response to your folly? Or maybe he's passing over you like God passes over the reprobate? Who knows... but It would be nice for him to engage!Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421656514032288339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-21942046740534060362009-10-23T23:30:22.537-07:002009-10-23T23:30:22.537-07:00Hey! This is such a nice blog!
Brandon-
Dr. Karp...Hey! This is such a nice blog!<br /><br />Brandon-<br />Dr. Karp's book is actually on our nightstand right now. Shake (as in being bounced on an exercise ball) is Soren's favorite calming method. :)Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168012906432471147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-32837245892453722052009-10-23T08:14:03.919-07:002009-10-23T08:14:03.919-07:00Here's a good technique for crying babies. I w...Here's a good technique for crying babies. I worked for Dr. Karp for a year - the technique actually works.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIft5y8FYko" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIft5y8FYko</a>Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693380017090778540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-18999540124439113092009-10-22T12:00:38.802-07:002009-10-22T12:00:38.802-07:00Okay so I don't want you to think that I said...Okay so I don't want you to think that I said you needed a lot of heavenly help because you couldn't make a beautiful baby by yourselves:) I just meant he's a lil miracle:)Lyssa Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700103531742808461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-69797329849953969162009-10-22T11:56:27.118-07:002009-10-22T11:56:27.118-07:00Your a great daddy louis:) as Lindsay is a great m...Your a great daddy louis:) as Lindsay is a great mommy.....<br />And the two of you together ( with some heavenly help....well...a lot of it:) made a simply beautiful baby! With lovely eyes may I add!<br />Pumpkin is jadens nickname from his mommy:)Lyssa Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700103531742808461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-74140598358906751412009-10-21T13:14:51.050-07:002009-10-21T13:14:51.050-07:00Thanks for writing this! I really appreciate readi...Thanks for writing this! I really appreciate reading your thoughts about having a baby. You give one a lot to look forward to. : )<br /><br />Also, I liked your little dialogue about inductive reasoning Soren's so smart.Brianna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08883056209363275931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-86888697801859739112009-10-17T08:10:39.723-07:002009-10-17T08:10:39.723-07:00Your dad is a good and wise man.Your dad is a good and wise man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-58078206209360853602009-10-03T14:55:19.701-07:002009-10-03T14:55:19.701-07:00That's really funny Derek.
I have to admit th...That's really funny Derek.<br /><br />I have to admit that I can sympathize with the Calvinists’ motivation to interpret Romans 5 the way they do, and even used to identify with it. But now I am not so sure about quite all of it, especially the part about inheriting <i>guilt</i> for another man’s sin. It seems to be contrary to the counsel of the rest of scripture, which paints a very individual picture of judgement:<br /><br />• The “Sheep and Goat Judgment” in Matthew 25:31-46<br />• The “Great White Throne Judgement” in Revelation 20:11-14<br />• See also: Job 34:11, Ps. 79:8, Prov. 24:12, Hos. 12:2, Matt. 16:27, Rom. 2:6, 1 Pet. 1:17, and of course Ezek. 18<br /><br />The Calvinist construal of original sin is also suspiciously missing from the Genesis 3 account of the Curse, in which God only tells Adam that he will thence have to work for food and will eventually return to the dust from which he came, but not that God will hold Adam’s offspring morally responsible for his sin.<br /><br />On the other side it seems as though the nature of our relationships with our fathers (humanity being a <i>race</i> of creatures, as opposed to angelic beings, who are ontological individuals) are such that allow for other types of consequential inheritances besides moral guilt (Ex. 20:5, Ex. 34:7, Num. 14:18, Deut. 5:9, and of course Rom. 5:14-21 and 1 Cor. 15:21-23).Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-28791013043837525332009-10-02T02:10:47.827-07:002009-10-02T02:10:47.827-07:00Thoughtful stuff, Louis.
In reading through thi...Thoughtful stuff, Louis. <br /><br />In reading through this I felt a chorus of cringing from all the Calvinists who might happen to read this post. <br /><br />At the same time, however, in reading this I felt like I was being freed from theological shackles. <br /><br />Let's James Whitefy something you said, though:<br /><br />"[Romans 5] says that one trespass led to the condemnation of [each and every man], and that one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for [all kinds of] men. And when it uses the term "many", it [doesn’t] use it in the same way: through one man's disobedience, the "many" [i.e., each and every man] were made sinners, and through one man's obedience the 'many' [i.e., the elect] were made righteous."<br /><br />Whatcha think? I think it has as much of a plausibility ring to it as the New World Translation’s rendering of Colossians 1:15-16.<br /><br />Is there a James White Study Bible yet? Perhaps he could throw off the pretension by calling it the “The Alpha and Omega Study Bible.”Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12421656514032288339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-30402567580870193892009-09-30T14:34:38.317-07:002009-09-30T14:34:38.317-07:00I am anxiously awaiting the second post.I am anxiously awaiting the second post.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206184763995015648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-53582333282363749782009-09-30T11:11:30.537-07:002009-09-30T11:11:30.537-07:00i clicked on this blog to comment about pretty muc...i clicked on this blog to comment about pretty much the same thing.Brianna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08883056209363275931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-19336159733556726842009-09-30T07:37:11.535-07:002009-09-30T07:37:11.535-07:00Dane, good to hear from you man!
Concerning (1)
I...Dane, good to hear from you man!<br /><br />Concerning (1)<br />I have to admit, I am surprised to see you merely citing common verses used to support deterministic Calvinism without providing accompanying exegesis or interacting with common objections to using them thus. Surely you know me well enough to understand that I have read these passages and not found myself convinced that they commit us to determinism! And surely you know the historical conversation about these matters well enough to know that whole traditions within Christendom - in fact the vast majority of Christians throughout history - have also found themselves unconvinced that these verses teach determinism! I'm not quite sure what you expect to happen, here... you don't think that just by citing these verses again I will finally see that the Calvinist interpretation of them is correct? Surely you wouldn't want me to so easily abandon my convictions, as newly acquired convictions under such an exchange would be just as easily abandoned.<br /><br />Ps 115:3 only says that God does what He pleases, not that God pleases to absolutely determine all things.<br /><br />Job 42:2 only says that God can do all things, not that He does all things, and that no purpose of His can be thwarted, not that His purpose is to determine everything.<br /><br />Eph 1:11 only says that we were predestined according to His purpose, without supplying details concerning predestination that exclude non-Calvinist construals of it, and that He works all things according to the council of His will, not that the council of His will is to work all things in a deterministic fashion.<br /><br />Concerning (2)<br />I do not personally command God to love all people in the same way, and I don't maintain that human beings <i>deserve</i> mercy. After-all mercy, as a category, only includes actions which are not required.<br /><br />Therefore nothing <i>outside</i> of God requires Him to show mercy.<br /><br />But the scriptures tell us that God is characteristically <i>internally</i> motivated to be maximally merciful to all people without partiality, and that His will is for all of them to faithfully repent and be saved: Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11, Acts 10:34-35, Romans 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:4-6, 1 John 2:1-2, 1 John 4:8, 2 Peter 3:9, and, Psalm 145:9.<br /><br />And unlike God's <i>functional</i> election of Israel, which may have even come hand in hand with some temporal blessings, for God to extend <i>eternal salvation</i> to some of His children but not others wouldn't be a simple matter of loving the elect and the reprobate <i>differently</i>, but of loving the elect and <i>not</i> the reprobate. John Robbins, in the Forward to "God and Evil" makes this very point himself, when he says that "Biblical" Christianity resolves the problem of evil simply by denying the assumptions on which the argument is founded, one of which is that God loves all of His creatures. The problem is that a "God" who isn't love is not a Biblical God at all!Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276304333361151814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-79792162630004663512009-09-30T07:10:16.423-07:002009-09-30T07:10:16.423-07:00dude, you just had a kid and this is what you blog...dude, you just had a kid and this is what you blog about? ...really, louis? .......REALLY?Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358273842083948774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755171752803157077.post-13960218928632409962009-09-29T20:31:27.079-07:002009-09-29T20:31:27.079-07:00"But the nature of love is different than the..."But the nature of love is different than the nature of power. By virtue of the fact that love is relational, it cannot be withheld in the same way that power can. The choice not to apply power in a certain circumstance does not mean God is any less powerful, but any choice not to be loving would in fact mean that God is less loving. A man who can bench-press 500 lbs. is powerful enough to do so whether or not he is actively doing it. But a man who withholds his love from some of his children while giving it to others in the same context is less loving by exactly that much."<br /><br />(1) I can conceive how God could withhold meticulous sovereignty and still retain his full power, but I struggle to see this bold assertion in Scripture, especially when it states God always does what He pleases (Ps 115:3; Job 42:2) and all things work according to His will (Eph. 1:11). <br /><br />(2) I think where your view of love breaks down is that it demands God to love all people in the same way. Can mercy be demanded? God states that he shows mercy to whom He wills. Is he required to show mercy to all in the same way? I'd stress again that man is unworthy of any good gift. God is always love, but for Him to not show love the same way to different people doesn't mean He is any less loving. Is it wrong that God unconditionally elected the nation of Israel for His purposes and not the other nations? Certainly, God showed more patience and love to Israel. Should we demand because less love was shown that wrong doing has been committed?pepisteukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318092013479766571noreply@blogger.com