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Ok. Lets do this. Lets make a mega thread of the mind-blowing things we learned in seminary, that really ought to be common knowledge in the church. That we ought to be teaching to everyone. https://twitter.com/kennisibueno/status/1194659377061474304">https://twitter.com/kennisibu...
There& #39;s an entire book of the Bible devoted to celebrating sexual pleasure!
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(I& #39;m counting on seminary educated folks to chime in here please!)
The Bible frequently contradicts itself, about all kinds of topics. And that& #39;s a good thing! It& #39;s preserving a conversation, sometimes disagreements, about the most important things, and its faithful to enter into the disagreements.
Hebrew has a plural "you" as well as a singular you.
The vast majority of the places where our translations say "if you do this, it will go well for you" are a plural you.
It really says "If y& #39;all do this, it will go well for y& #39;all."
Community, not individual.
The vast majority of the places where our translations say "if you do this, it will go well for you" are a plural you.
It really says "If y& #39;all do this, it will go well for y& #39;all."
Community, not individual.
That when the New Testament was written, it was as normal and uncontroversial to write a book at say it was written by someone more famous as it is for celebrities to use ghost writers today.
I want to challenge seminary educated people to *teach* on this thread.
Which probably means defining new words, and phrasing things in ways that people understand.
Which probably means defining new words, and phrasing things in ways that people understand.
