Trailblazer

@trailblazer @whalekeeper @theducktator

Trailblazer is 100% right about what she said about Youth (although my church’s youth group is comprised of, like, maybe 6 kids on a regular basis??? And three of those are me and my siblings😅)

I am curious like Trailblazer, tbh! What kind of churches do y’all belong to? (and Trailblazer, too, what about…[Read more]

@trailblazer

Okay, I’ll try that.

@whalekeeper @trailblazer @freed_and_redeemed

Pastor kids unite! XD And what’s a Youth Pastor? I’ve heard the term, but I don’t know what it means.

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You’re both mistaking what I’m saying though. I’m not questioning if scripture is inspired by God either, I’m just open to the idea that scripture is written by imperfect hands, and therefore even when inspired by an infallible God, can be mistaken in some ways. Why do we have many gospels of Christ’s life instead of 1? Why do they…[Read more]

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On the subject of extra scripture… I don’t want to depend on just other people for an understanding on this, but I know a lot of Hebrew and Greek reading pastors and a couple professors.

As my dad explained it, they have studied these other books, and they simply don’t look like Biblical works. It’s kind of like being an artist…[Read more]

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@theducktator Yes, precisely!

@trailblazer Good! I always encourage researching, especially when it comes to the Bible. There are sooo many false teachers out there, so it’s always good to do your own research, read lots of Bible, and pray a lot ❤️

@trailblazer

My dad knows both Hebrew and Greek! He always goes back to the source when writing a sermon. Freedom is right that there isn’t always an English equivalent, but translations usually try to find the best word/s as a replacement. Luckily that doesn’t affect the meaning of the original text, and if you can find a source of knowledge on…[Read more]

@trailblazer @thearcaneaxiom @whalekeeper @freed_and_redeemed

I had to google a definition of infallible for this, so hopefully I understand what you are talking about. I think that all of the stories and ideas in the Bible are true, but that there is room for error in things like spelling, and errors in translation. For example, Nebuchadnezzar…[Read more]

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I’ve recently heard about how King James put his name in the Bible by naming the book of James when the guy who actually wrote it was named Jacob, among other alterations.

Something like that can also be lost in translation.

There is not an English equivalent to every Greek or Hebrew word, and I think we don’t really try to think a…[Read more]

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I definitely agree with Whaley on this one. If you believe scripture is God breathed…if you believe that God is truth, then you either believe that it is ALL truth and not just the parts you want to believe or you deny it entirely.

We can’t just say that the Bible is full of flaws and yet still…[Read more]

@trailblazer Yes, Bryan Davis is amazing!! He’s one of my favorite authors, but my top is N D Wilson. I believe the quote I have on there is from Ashley Stalworth??? But I’d have to check XD I’ve had a similar time with writing, just able to get words on one of my stories while the others are somewhat stuck. We’re super busy and I just tore a…[Read more]

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No worries! I’m glad you here though!

@whalekeeper

I think this is what most would say yeah.

So here’s my question though, how do you know that scripture is infallible?

For me, I’m not taking the parts I like the best, I think that we need to consider all scriptures as the word of God, but I simply don’t think we can say that…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium

Ok I will 😂 I want to start brainstorming it this afternoon (since it won’t be anything longer than a novella) but I’m not sure if I’ll get to it or not.

@trailblazer

Ooh, I like that idea!! This is definitely still in the plot bunny stage, so any ideas are welcome. XD

@trailblazer @highscribeofaetherium @esther-c

Howard he will be. 🙂

@trailblazer @freed_and_redeemed @keilah-h

Thanks for the thoughts, y’all!! Your opinions are helping me figure this out a lot. I might just step back from it for a while, or try to write a little farther ahead in the story and see what happens.

I was gonna save this new WIP for NaNo this year buuuuut…. Yeah that ain’t gonna happen. 😂

@theducktator @esther-c @theducktator @folith-feolin @trailblazer @grcr

Yes, the votes are in! It looks like literally EVERYONE voted for The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. 

We’re also going to have a month to read each book, with an exception for very long books or very short books.

I’m thinking the month should be from today or maybe to…[Read more]

@trailblazer

Yeah, I’m glad it’s working again. I was seriously worried.

@trailblazer

It’s good to be back! I was getting concerned.