A Repentance Speech Event
A friend sent me a link to this post on Language Log which discusses public repentance as a speech event. If you tag some spiritual implications onto the linguistic analysis, it adds some interest as well!
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I want to tie up a few loose ends in my first post on this series as well as point out some things on which I will need to comment further. In particular, I read this post by John Hobbins that references a post by Wayne Leman regarding complementarianism and the “plain sense” of scripture….
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James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.
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I will probably have to repent for posting this, but I can’t resist. Post in haste, repent at leisure–probably much leisure.
I received the following comment on YouTube responding to my video Why I Hate the KJV.
Ouch!
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. . . but on target. I refer to this post on Pursuing Holiness. My own preference is that churches and religious organizations define marriage for their own constituents, and the state simply define households. Laura’s words about free speech destroying human rights committees are also on target.
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Link to Article on Lakeland
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I wanted to promote this link to a regular post. Dave Faulkner left it in a comment on my previous post on this topic.
Author Related | Bible Study | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | Christianity | Women in Ministry
Interpreting the Bible II: Excursus on the Plain Sense
Byhenry
I want to tie up a few loose ends in my first post on this series as well as point out some things on which I will need to comment further. In particular, I read this post by John Hobbins that references a post by Wayne Leman regarding complementarianism and the “plain sense” of scripture….
Question Everything, Including the Bible
Byhenry
James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.
With Critics Like These
Byhenry
I will probably have to repent for posting this, but I can’t resist. Post in haste, repent at leisure–probably much leisure.
I received the following comment on YouTube responding to my video Why I Hate the KJV.
Ouch!
Byhenry
. . . but on target. I refer to this post on Pursuing Holiness. My own preference is that churches and religious organizations define marriage for their own constituents, and the state simply define households. Laura’s words about free speech destroying human rights committees are also on target.
The Pain of Reinterpreting Scripture
Byhenry
In several recent posts I’ve been referring to the relationship between scripture and evolution, and particularly how I moved from young earth creationism toward theistic evolution not because I studied evolution and became convinced, but because I studied Genesis and became convinced it was not narrative history. At the same time I’m looking at bit…
Link to Article on Lakeland
Byhenry
I wanted to promote this link to a regular post. Dave Faulkner left it in a comment on my previous post on this topic.
Author Related | Bible Study | Biblical Inerrancy | Biblical Inspiration | Christianity | Women in Ministry
Interpreting the Bible II: Excursus on the Plain Sense
Byhenry
I want to tie up a few loose ends in my first post on this series as well as point out some things on which I will need to comment further. In particular, I read this post by John Hobbins that references a post by Wayne Leman regarding complementarianism and the “plain sense” of scripture….
Question Everything, Including the Bible
Byhenry
James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.