tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post4700900873102308304..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Some good reads, 11/13/2012Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-19307863965271908722012-11-14T05:33:06.051-08:002012-11-14T05:33:06.051-08:00Perhaps you should get acquainted. He has excellen...Perhaps you should get acquainted. He has excellent taste in snark (a compliment he kindly bestowed upon me recently).yankeegospelgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196429275212180022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-32832857214723156392012-11-13T19:45:59.387-08:002012-11-13T19:45:59.387-08:00Who?
I know John Carter.
But who?Who?<br /><br />I know John Carter.<br /><br />But who?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21600956656487608422012-11-13T19:31:01.810-08:002012-11-13T19:31:01.810-08:00I add Joe Carter's capital disemboweling of an...I add Joe Carter's capital disemboweling of an atrocious and sophomoric op-ed on what the Republicans should be doing now:<br /><br />http://www.patheos.com/blogs/joecarter/2012/11/why-the-gop-shouldnt-take-advice-from-liberal-children/yankeegospelgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196429275212180022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59520655201323664822012-11-13T15:05:00.743-08:002012-11-13T15:05:00.743-08:00Trogdor is a menace, and must be stopped.Trogdor is a menace, and must be stopped.threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79686055937966989622012-11-13T11:36:11.350-08:002012-11-13T11:36:11.350-08:00Could not agree more with Mounce on the importance...Could not agree more with Mounce on the importance of conjunctions. When I came to faith in college and started seriously reading my Bible, it was an NIV, which is better than what most Christians throughout history have had personal access to, so I don't want to complain too much. But there were many passages that I just didn't get - Paul's letters and Hebrews especially seemed to lack cohesion.<br /><br />After a year or so, I noticed that all the people I looked up to, those who really knew scripture, were all using the NASB. So I got one. What a difference! Just the inclusion of conjunctions and transitions made everything make so much more sense. I could actually see - in the text! - how one paragraph or sentence connected to the next. No more puzzling it out and maybe getting it wrong, or more likely just not even bothering to think about it.<br /><br />Just look at one example - compare <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%201:14-18&version=ESV;NASB;NIV1984" rel="nofollow">Romans 1:14-18</a> in the ESV, NASB, and the old NIV. Two missing conjunctions in the NIV completely disrupt the flow of the argument! It's as if Paul makes his introduction and says he wants to preach in Rome. Next topic: I am not ashamed of the gospel because that's where we find God's righteousness. In other news, God's wrath is being revealed from heaven.<br /><br />Yeesh. I appreciate their desire to make a translation readable. Unfortunately in doing so they made it significantly less understandable.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40242725130938012682012-11-13T11:28:25.510-08:002012-11-13T11:28:25.510-08:00Fred: Obviously Phil's retirement has ruined D...Fred: Obviously Phil's retirement has ruined Dr. MacArthur. FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90928645079057325062012-11-13T11:17:19.913-08:002012-11-13T11:17:19.913-08:00That was almost blogspotting.
I feel nostalgic.That was almost blogspotting.<br /><br />I feel nostalgic.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82398277682238149112012-11-13T07:41:40.144-08:002012-11-13T07:41:40.144-08:00I'm just glad that this apparent apathy toward...I'm just glad that this apparent apathy toward conjunctions wasn't so prevalent back in the '70s. Otherwise, no one would have seen any point in writing my favorite <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc" rel="nofollow">School House Rock song</a>.<br /><br />:-)threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-71447153141759079332012-11-13T07:31:24.116-08:002012-11-13T07:31:24.116-08:00Yes, a mini Hither and Thither, and just the right...Yes, a mini Hither and Thither, and just the right size too. Thanks for the link to Trogdor's list: very quotable stuff there indeed, such as "We like our leaders to go around the world talking about how awful we are" and "We are immune to concepts like "history" and "math" and "long-term thinking". We think there's no limit to how much money is out there to be taken from rich people and eeeeevil corporations, and therefore the gravy train will never ever ever ever end." <br /><br />Sad, but true, and lately more and more I'm reminded of Elijah's mocking the prophets of Baal, that there is a place for mocking unbelievers and the stupidity of sin.Lynda Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755739519555633760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-61160755823656466662012-11-13T06:48:24.583-08:002012-11-13T06:48:24.583-08:00Wow. Thanks Dan. It's like a miniature H&T...Wow. Thanks Dan. It's like a miniature H&T or perhaps a modified "Blogspotting."Fred Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025967176465685306noreply@blogger.com