Gifts of the spririt in action in 1st century
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:49:53 +0000
When I saw the thread title "Gifts of the Spirit ceased at end of 1st
century?" I was reminded of my surprise in reading Galatians 2:11-15.
Here we have a letter from St Paul - at least as preserved for us in the
bible - in which he accuses Cephas (which my commentary explains for me
is Aramaic for St Peter) - of ...
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Church History revision
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:40:23 +0000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSu4pbhaOQY
. in four minutes, you may need better ears than me for some of the
sound track though
Robert
--
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
-- G.K. Chesterton
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Xpost from alt.usage.english
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:17:16 +0000
Jonathan Morton set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:
> <kenny@NOPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.255758058b67f702989680@news.virginmedia.com...
>> Just heard or misheard on radio4 sunday morning. Viagra will not give
>> one a better resurrection, but is there a market for so ...
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Moderatorial Note: Posters on manual after charter infraction
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:35 +0000
One of the more welcome consequences of having a moderation team is
that posts waiting for manual moderation generally get processed much
quicker than they used to. That's particularly valuable for new
contributors to the group, who aren't yet on free access, as it means
that they don't suffer long delays before h ...
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Posting summary for October 2009
Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:17:02 +0000
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Re: Pope Benedict opens new front in battle for the soul of two churches
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:52:55 GMT
When we transcribed the alien script we found that Mark Goodge had
written:
> I think Jeff's interpretation has quite a lot of support, both
> historically and from Scripture. But, on the other hand, it also has
> quite a lot ranged against it. The big difference between Jeff and those
> of us who disagree with ...
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Re: Pope Benedict opens new front in battle for the soul of two churches
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:37:23 +0000
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:47:47 GMT, Alwyn put finger to keyboard and
typed:
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>I think Jeff's interpretation has rather more going for it from a
>conservative point of view than most will admit. Why are there
>choirboys? They are a remnant of the time when women were not allowed to
>sing in church. And until ...
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"what to do with Eric Gill"
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:02:41 +0000
An interesting article in The Guardian recently, with the blurb:
His work looks ever more extraordinary and radical, while his
domestic life seems increasingly disturbing. On the opening of a
new exhibition of early 20th-century British sculpture, Fiona
MacCarthy asks what to do with Eric Gill
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Re: "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with hismightyangels, 8 In flaming fire TAKING VENGEANCE "
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:34:48 +0000
loiner2003 <loiner2003@methodistchristian.co.uk> was inspired to say
>Michael J Davis wrote:
>> TGoS goes on to say:-
>> "The books thus declared canonical and inspired by the Spirit of God
>> contain a??the truth which God wished to be set down in the sacred
>> writings for the sake of our salvationa?? (Dei Ve ...
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Re: "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with hismightyangels, 8 In flaming fire TAKING VENGEANCE "
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31:00 +0000
Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaughan@pobox.com> was inspired to say
>Mike Davis wrote:
>
>> I can't really worry about the distinction. (I was taught that
>> 'sophisticated' could only refer to a person, but language moves on!)
>
>According to SOED5, the meanings are (I'm abbreviating and
>paraphrasing):
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> 1 ...
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