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Author Archives: christopher fisher
Biblical interpretation
During a recent interview with Economist Russ Roberts, Emily Oster was recounting a debate she had with a doctor on the relative harms of various activities for pregnant ladies. She insisted that the data should lead us to the conclusions … Continue reading
Posted in Augustine, Bible, Church Fathers, Theology
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paul may have had a female companion
A commenter pointed out that Paul seems to be countering an unquoted critic in 1 Corinthians. This seems likely: 1Co 9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 1Co 9:5 Have we not power to lead about … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church History, History
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why Biblical prophecies fail
Throughout the Bible there are failed prediction prophecies. I am not referring to prophecies that just were not clear prophecies in the first place (such as Matthews’ “fulfillments”). I am not also talking about prophecies that were fulfilled in an … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Calvinism, God, Jewish History, Omnipotence, Open Theism, Prophecy, Theology
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divorce for abandonment
The question was presented to me on the nature of Biblical divorce. Are there any circumstances (such as spousal abandonment) which would warrant a divorce? The answer is twofold: 1. Abandonment is divorce. There is no “divorce for abandonment”. They … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Goverment, Jewish History, Morality, Textual Criticism, Theology
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john cassian on literalism
John Cassian actually provides an interesting example of a “literal” reading of the Bible that is taken to absurd extent. Apparently there were some monks who misinterpreted Jesus’ command to “take up your cross”: whosoever takes not up his cross … Continue reading
john cassian on anthropomorphism
The Calvinist modus operandi is to start with a priory (preconceived ideas) on the attributes of God and then interpret the text of the Bible in light of those concepts. Augustine actually admits to this in his Confessions (chapter 12). … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Calvinism, Church Fathers, Figures of Speech, God, History, Textual Criticism, Theology
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the church fathers claim a pagan as their own
Ammonius Saccas was a Greek philosopher who was active around 240AD. Ammonius Saccas taught Neoplatonism and spawned two renowned pupils: the Christian Origen and the Neoplatonist Plotinus. Plotinus, in turn, had a pupil who claims to have also known Origen. … Continue reading
Posted in Church Fathers, Church History, Greek History, History, Plotinus
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revealing quote by early Christian critic
In a now lost (burned) book by early Church critic Porphyry, he points out that the Christians of his time abandoned the literal interpretation of the Bible to embrace theology foreign to the Bible. As recorded in Eusibius’ Church History: … Continue reading
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the Biblical way to assassinate a tyrant
In Judges 3 there is an interesting story that details how Eglon the Moabite was assassinated by the Jews. The first part of the story is that God raised up Eglon to punish the Jews: Jdg 3:12 And the children … Continue reading
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foreknown – proginosko
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. In Romans 8, Calvinists like to point to the word “foreknow” … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Calvinism, God, Omniscience, Open Theism, Textual Criticism, Theology
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reality is not optional 