tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post3996172300243407920..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: A 19th-Century Preacher Confronts Postmodernism. Again.Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-18358112833467995562008-11-10T22:17:00.000-08:002008-11-10T22:17:00.000-08:00Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. No, I mean ...Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. <BR/><BR/>No, I mean that in a <I>good</I> way... after all, Spurgeon says what I'm thinking with more clarity and more power than I can muster.<BR/><BR/>Amazing stuff, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10748253824114629632008-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:002008-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:00Great sermon piece, thanks Phil. I have had this c...Great sermon piece, thanks Phil. <BR/><BR/>I have had this come up repeatedly in the past 6 months as people tried to get me to vote one way or another based on some particular belief that doesn't stand when compared to Scripture, and also in debated a few Catholic priests. <BR/><BR/>Read it for yourself is the key!~Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819856178499938127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-68586940116087665732008-11-10T09:34:00.000-08:002008-11-10T09:34:00.000-08:00Hallelujah.We would do well to committing the Word...Hallelujah.<BR/><BR/>We would do well to committing the Word to memory, or as Spurgeon said, "by heart". How little enthusiasm I find in the church for Scripture memory. Yet we are to humbly receive the word implanted, which is able to save our souls.David Regierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766862583586784668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1841905716083944222008-11-10T04:54:00.000-08:002008-11-10T04:54:00.000-08:00Carol Jean,You piqued my curiosity. My NASB says, ...Carol Jean,<BR/><BR/>You piqued my curiosity. My NASB says, <BR/><I>For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.</I><BR/><BR/>and the KJV says, <BR/><I>For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.</I><BR/><BR/>Then if you'll notice there's a footnote on the ESV for that verse which, no matter how I read it, all I can get out of it is, "This phrase means the opposite of what we just said (and what every other translation says)": they say, "Or <I>what I have entrusted to him;</I> Greek <I>my deposit</I>" - so they turn it back around in its clarification, which seems to only further muddy things. Why would they do that?Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604068110452745043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-3141966461788917462008-11-09T21:21:00.000-08:002008-11-09T21:21:00.000-08:00Spurgeon though he is dead speaks as one familiar ...Spurgeon though he is dead speaks as one familiar with this age.Josh Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355559496837934615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-86055248897789778692008-11-09T21:16:00.000-08:002008-11-09T21:16:00.000-08:00CHS said,"...but having received the truth, to hol...CHS said,"...but having received the truth, to hold fast the very form of it, as Paul bids Timothy to do...We must believe the gospel and maintain it, for it is committed to our trust."<BR/><BR/>We had an interesting discussion about these verses in our SS class this morning. There's quite a difference between <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20timothy%201:12-14;&version=31;" REL="nofollow">2 Timothy 1:12</A> in the NIV and the same verse in the <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20timothy%201:12-14;&version=47;" REL="nofollow">ESV</A>. <BR/><BR/>In the NIV it says, "...he is able to guard what <STRONG>I have entrusted to him</STRONG> for that day." In the ESV it says, "...he is able to guard until that Day <STRONG>what has been entrusted to me.</STRONG>"<BR/><BR/>The NIV version I've heard used a lot as an 'assurance of salvation" verse. However, reading it in the ESV, it's more in line with the rest of the passage about both Paul and Timothy being entrusted with the Gospel. <BR/><BR/>The ESV Study Bible is on my Christmas Wish List! My NIV just frustrates me anymore!Carol Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673519352535257199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-72900174113944714732008-11-09T16:48:00.000-08:002008-11-09T16:48:00.000-08:00Woo-hoo! Amen! Thank you! ...she said, as she busi...<I>Woo-hoo! Amen! Thank you! </I><BR/><BR/>...she said, as she busily forwarded it on ....Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604068110452745043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56754144238731964572008-11-09T16:02:00.000-08:002008-11-09T16:02:00.000-08:00That Spurgeon... I just wish he would have stoppe...That Spurgeon... I just wish he would have stopped nibbling at the edges and just give it to us straight - like the average minister of today does.bhustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935940944390362271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-46852353446351448812008-11-09T15:46:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:46:00.000-08:00Leave it to Spurgeon! (that's better than "Leave ...Leave it to Spurgeon! (that's better than "Leave it to Beaver")Bill Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08912002041373751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13936128271691764732008-11-09T15:43:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:43:00.000-08:00"Never get into religious controversies," says one..."Never get into religious controversies," says one; that is to say, being interpreted, be a Christian soldier, but let your sword rust in its scabbard, and sneak into heaven like a coward.<BR/><BR/>Ouch, may God forgive me for my politial correcteness and give me boldness to open my mouth and declare the Gospel as I ought to.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, TeamPyro...<BR/><BR/>from an avid reader and growing disciple of Jesus.<BR/><BR/>JSJohn S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01385059110694000565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-74933024914139733142008-11-09T15:17:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:17:00.000-08:00That was awesome. There really is nothing new und...That was awesome. There really is nothing new under the sun, is there?SolaMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569633683299802644noreply@blogger.com