Recent content by dgreen

I don't think the meaning/message would change, but the value of that message would change. Here's what I currently think the metanarrative message is of the Christian Bible: God created all things and his intended creation is good. He gave humanity the job of being his physical representation...

I can’t believe I didn’t know this already. Sheesh, 77!!! So, to keep things on this topic of historicity, were there really 77 generations? Or, is Luke making a particular point by using such a highly symbolic number? Can it be both? Does it matter? If there weren’t actually 77, does that...

I think there's going to be a wide range of views on this amongst Christians. Personally, it's not really a question I ask anymore. Even the things that did actually happen were written down for the purpose of conveying a message. "Meaning" is not reserved for the parts that are not historic...

I've read a rabbinic interpretation of Genesis 3-4 that is kind of similar to this thought. In Judaism, the serpent is just a serpent (not Satan). This commentator said the serpent is basically saying, "If you think the fruit looks good, just eat it. As a beast, that's what I do. I see something...

Yeah, that’s possible. And I think that’s another reason he needs to keep playing. They have stuff they need to work on.

I'm far less worried about Jayden's "injury" yesterday than I am about his play most of the season. He hasn't looked great, even when fully healthy. I think he's been holding the ball longer, processing slower, and has been less accurate this year. Obviously there could be other factors, like...

I wouldn’t have guessed this would be their worst game of the year.

How does it keep you out of the club? Do you think it is the rules, the club members, or yourself who allows this to keep you out? Jesus let doubters in the club. Even those who were closest to him doubted, but were still commissioned:

This is why I've become more and more interested in searching for meaning rather than historicity. If a Christian believes the resurrection happened but their life isn't changed, then so what? The resurrection had a purpose and that purpose wasn't just so some people might mentally believe that...

Yes, makes sense. That sounds close to a dictation theory; that God literally dictated the words to the authors. Is that your view of what is being claimed for Paul's letters and Genesis, for example? For those to be "the word of God", it would mean that God told Paul exactly what to write and...

We decide the same way we decide for any other literature. The first thing we need to know when reading something is what genre it is. You know when you're reading a metaphorical poem or a history textbook. You know when you're reading an AP news wire article or a political opinion piece. You...

Can you lay out what you think it means for a text to be "the word of God"? What does that look like to you? How does it require that the texts behave? For example, why can't a dream or vision that is then written down be "the word of God"? Why can't a slight on Caesar be "the word of God"?

It seems pretty clear that Whitt was an issuefor this defense. Not that Miami and Denver are great offenses, but much better defensive performances the last two games. I’m confident they would have both looked like top 5 offenses if Quinn hadn’t taken over. It’s nice that they are watchable...

I don’t think Washington has run wildcat all season. They’ve tried it twice tonight. No idea why they think it’s going to work against Denver.

That’s a topic I avoid with most Christians :biggrin:. Maybe I will set a goal for myself to do a Revelation class at church in a few years. Give myself plenty of time to learn a lot more and figure out how to structure such a class. My church doesn’t have a ton of people taking about China and...