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What facts determine which Bible translation should be chosen?
There are several established English translations of the Bible. These are sometimes called "versions" or "editions". I disagree with this, because usually people who translate the ...
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What facts determine which Bible translation should be chosen?
My aim for this answer is to be applicable to ALL Christian denominations and theologies on offer today, so it can be a starting point for you to choose. I also aim for objectivity by limiting myself ...
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What facts determine which Bible translation should be chosen?
Originally, the Bible was written in the common language of the people at that time. With regard to English translations, there is a bewildering array to choose from!
Choosing a Bible translation ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
Those who have gone through Stephen Hawking's book ' A Brief History of Time ' will know that science is equally at loss as is a believer, in explaining the concepts of time and space .Hawking uses ...
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What facts determine which Bible translation should be chosen?
Is it correct that there are different English translations of the Bible? And different publishers, different editions, or prints?
Yes. Even normal books sometimes have multiple editions. Books which ...
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What facts determine which Bible translation should be chosen?
There are many English translations. Many of them are available online free at Bible Gateway.
What you find on the cover can range from "Holy Bible" to "New International Version" ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
Genesis 1:1 is not a discussion of the origin of the universe or space-time. It is a preview sentence of what is going to be described in the rest of Genesis - namely the creation of life and an ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
As much as I hate the simulation hypothesis (it contains a lot of anti-Christian implications), I think that framework can be helpful in trying to address some of the concerns here.
Imagine that ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
Note: This answer is just a skeleton, but I want to develop this answer further based on your feedback, so I know I'm not going off a tangent or addressing another issue. You're not new to ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
The semi-science fiction novella Flatland (written by a pastor I believe, and therefore sort of worth mentioning on this site) does a good job of illustrating what it means to be an upper-dimensional ...
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The "inside out" problem of creation. Does it have a solution?
God is necessarily outside of time, space and matter, as I think I prove in this answer:
HOW does the existence of the Universe make those who do not worship God to be "without excuse"?
When ...
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People connected to Jesus
Polycarp's only surviving writing is his Epistle to the Philippians, and the focus of his epistle is teaching the gospel rather than talking about himself.
We can glean much about Polycarp's beliefs ...
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Did F. B. Meyer publish a book about the Second Epistle of Peter?
From various list of works that I could find, Wikipedia, thriftbooks, archive.org, and Pioneer Library (the most complete list), there doesn't appear to be an exposition for 2 Peter.
He did write ...
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