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by rcjones
Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:27 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Bible Study: Mark
Replies: 19
Views: 5304

Re: Bible Study: Mark

Have you noticed that the way the gospel writers start their gospels suggests that rather than having a 'miraculous' understanding of scripture, that they learned to read the Old Testament in greater depth as they went along? For instance, Mark starts with the testimony of John. Matthew pushes the b...
by rcjones
Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Matthew 24:34
Replies: 15
Views: 5234

Re: Matthew 24:34

Matthew has a pattern of parallelism. For instance in Ch 5 he went up the hill, in Ch 8 he came down. Then 'Blessed are the poor in Spirit, and he heals a leper (poor in spirit). Then "Blessed are the meek, and the Centurion asks for a healing of his servant, but he is not worthy to have Jesus ...
by rcjones
Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:17 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Gospel Of Thomas
Replies: 11
Views: 3093

Re: Gospel Of Thomas

HI, ...new here. This topic popped up in my Google alerts because of my particular interest in the GOT. If the Gospel of Thomas is read literally, much of what is said about it is true: It appears to be gnostic, it should not be in the Bible, etc. However, if it is read as a 'dark saying', that is a...