Thursday, June 17, 2021

PhD: Twitter quote 90

PhD: Twitter quote 90

Photo: Facebook Fans of Criminal Justice, June 12 2013, the header stated it was her first day on the job.

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The atoning & resurrection work of Christ for believers must remain an essential element of Christian preaching, teaching and ministry. 
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However, Brown believes the Bible teaches that there is hope for those in the world who are poor and oppressed. Brown (1984: 14). Gebara (2002: 107). Brown explains that if God sided with these suffering persons in Biblical times, he also does today. Brown (1984: 14). 

I can grant this proposition, Brown (1984: 14), and state that although the salvific work of Christ for humanity should remain the core of Christian faith and philosophy, simultaneous to this Christians must help in an earthly physical sense, those they are attempting to assist in a spiritual sense. This is an important and essential way of making theology practical. 

June 17, 2021

Theologically, regardless of practical, social and political considerations, for a Christian ministry to remain, truly biblical, it must proclaim the New Testament gospel contextually and accurately.

Non-exhaustive examples from the New Testament...

2 Timothy 2:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who [a]does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. 

Footnotes a0 2 Timothy 2:15 Or has no reason to

2 Timothy 3: 16-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

16 All Scripture is [a]inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for [b]rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man or woman of God may be [c]fully capable, equipped for every good work. 

Footnotes a) 2 Timothy 3:16 Lit God-breathed b) 2 Timothy 3:16 Or reprimand c) 2 Timothy 3:17 Or proficient

2 Peter 1:19-21 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

19 And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture [a]becomes a matter of [b]someone’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 

Footnotes a) 2 Peter 1:20 Or comes from someone’s b) 2 Peter 1:20 Or the prophet’s own



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prophecy of scripture its own interpretation not is

Any prophecy of scripture is not its own interpretation.

William Barclay writes that the Apostle Peter insisted that scripture is not up to a person's private interpretation. (314). Scripture is revealed to a person through the Holy Spirit, that guides the interpretation. (314) The original scriptural writers were guided by the Holy Spirit to accuracy as should be the readers of scripture to avoid significant error. 

There is biblically and within biblical theology, no room for biblical reinterpretation that departs from the original gospel message.

BARCLAY, WILLIAM (1976) The Letters of James and Peter, Philadelphia, The Westminster Press.

BROWN, ROBERT MCAFEE (1984) Unexpected News, Philadelphia, The Westminster Press. 

GEBARA, IVONE (2002) Out of the Depths, Translated by Ann Patrick Ware, Minneapolis, Fortress Press.. 

GEBARA, I, AND M. BINGEMER (1989) Mary Mother of God, Mother of the Poor, New York, Orbis Books.

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2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter