Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Examples of Both Complentarians and Egalitarians Agreeing on the Significance of Adam Naming Eve

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In his defense of complementarianism vs. egalitarianism,   Christadelphian apologist Jonathan Burke wrote:   Ian and Averil claim that A...

NET: τεκνογονία in 1 Timothy 2:15 is "a synecdoche in which child-rearing and other activities of motherhood are involved"

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   σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας , ἐὰν μείνωσιν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ καὶ ἁγιασμῷ μετὰ σωφροσύνης· (1 Tim 2:15)   But she will be del...

Juha Pakkala on the Meaning of "Before Me" (על-פני) in the First Commandment

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   Meaning   The first commandment (thus consisting of Ex 20:3, 5-6a / Dt 5:7, 9-10a) is plainly and explicitly intolerant of other go...

Brigham Young on the Lord's Supper/Eucharist and Other Ordinances (October 23, 1853)

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While looking up 19 th -century Latter-day Saint discussions of John 6 for a lesson I will be teaching this Sunday, I came across the follow...
Monday, August 25, 2025

"Wild Beasts of the Islands" in Isaiah 13:22 (= 2 Nephi 23:22)

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Commenting on the use of “wild beasts of the islands” in the KJV of Isa 13:22 (cf. 2 Nephi 23:22), David P. Wright wrote:   Isa. 13:22//...

Adam Clarke on Genesis 12:13 and 20:12

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    Gen 12:13:   Verse 13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister ] Abram did not wish his wife to tell a falsehood , but he wished her...

Carmel McCarthy on Evidence That Theologically-Driven Corrections Were Made to the Masoretic Text

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The following is taken from chapter 6, “An Examination of Certain Biblical Verses Which Illustrate With Reasonable Certitude That Theologica...