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THE WORLDVIEW APPROACH TO BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION AND ORIGINS: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM “ACCOMMODATION” By: Carol A. Hill

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Norm commented on John Scargy's blog post Thriving Denomination Somewhat Sad and Embarrassed To Celebrate 150 Years!

"I guess the remnant few will always be with us. ;-)"

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Norm commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"Doug, Sorry it took me so long to respond, been busy this week. I guess I follow Paul in that the Temple like the Law was a guardian of sorts for Israel as they marched toward the time of Messiah. I do think the bible…"

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Doug Wilkinson commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"If I remember correctly from Walton's book on the ANE he talks about the Tower of Babel being a type of temple (like ziggarats, etc.). And, a temple is by definition a sort of landing pad for God to come down and engage the world. …"

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Norm commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"Jerel, Thanks, be sure and read Tim's suggestions in BCS about Babel that he list above. It's quite helpful I believe. Like you I dish out what I think my audience can bear within the context of the time constraints and concepts I want to…"

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Norm commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"Doug, I attempted to qualify my reasoning albeit in a roundabout reasoning but as I said this issue is not simple or easy to explain. I don’t think many are going to like my direct answer but the bottom line is that much of the…"

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Jerel Kratt commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"This week we did Noah's Flood, next week we do Babel so this was timely for me."

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Jerel Kratt commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"Norm, Thanks for all this work... this is the same direction I am heading in my Genesis studies. I have been taking the approaches of Jordan, Leithart, Enns, BCS, and other Genesis studies and forming it into a very similar synthesis as you. The…"

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Norm commented on Norm's blog post Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

"Tim, Thanks for the reminder. I went back and looked at the sections in BCS and I think we are on the right track. I believe what I am seeing though is that Genesis and Exodus are tied together in their themes and this supports the idea that Genesis…"

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"About Me": Married, wife Beth doesn't work but raised our two children and is involved in Christian Counseling for women and teaches Bible classes for women.
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Do you have a favorite theologian ?: multiple as no one covers all the bases

What is your Eschatological Position ?: Covenant Creation Full Preterist

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Is the Tower of Babel the Jewish Temple?

Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:00pm 13 Comments 0 Likes

Question for the readers here on DID,

While studying Genesis historically I have put off delving deeper into the Tower of Babel story. However now I'm beginning to see patterns that resonate with other consistent factors we see in Genesis which is prophecy. The more I study the more it is becoming apparent to me that Genesis is an indictment against temple Judaism just as Christianity concludes. I believe the pattern may be represented and drawn from the Jews experience with…

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Rev 20:7-10 (Post Millennium)?

Posted on June 4, 2012 at 9:12pm 9 Comments 0 Likes

Recently a discussion was brought up by a good friend concerning Duncan and Doug W.’s Premillennial Preterism on a closed forum I belong to. I typically have to stay away from these detailed discussions because they require a lot of energy, thought and time to enter into intelligently. Against my better judgment I decided to enter in even though I don’t have the time and energy I used to be able to allocate to these issues. Partially this is because I’m not giving Duncan and Doug a fair…

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The Evolution of Adam: What The Bible does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins By Pete Enns

Posted on January 16, 2012 at 1:28pm 21 Comments 0 Likes

I want to introduce Pete Enns newly released Book “The Evolution of Adam”: What the Bible does and doesn’t Say about Human Origins.

This is going to be a ground breaking book in Christian circles as Pete introduces some new concepts to the evangelical crowd that seriously challenges many of their longstanding hermeneutical approaches. I have listed the Table of Contents and Pete’s concluding 9 Thesis below to give you a…

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Tom Holland's New Commentary on Romans

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 8:21pm 6 Comments 1 Like

For those who found Tom Holland’s work “Contours of Pauline Theology” useful, you might be interested in Tom’s new Romans Commentary “Romans: The Divine Marriage”. Tom makes some mistakes but by and large his work gets as close to the Preterist hermeneutic of Max King’s as anyone out…

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Bible Decoded by computer

Posted on October 23, 2011 at 3:26pm 2 Comments 0 Likes

There is an interesting tool recently developed for investigating biblical authorship and construction. Here is the article below. They tested it by dividing up Jeremiah

and Ezekiel and the algorithm put them back together with near 99% accuracy.

That is indeed a tool that is going to play a role in furthering the investigation of controversial writings like Genesis. I'm hoping someone will put it to use soon on Genesis 1-11 to help bring…

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At 1:31pm on October 23, 2008, John Scargy said…: Hello Norm,
Welcome!!

At 10:30pm on October 23, 2008, Tami said…: Norm, I really like the summary statement of the "prologue" framework for Genesis 1 that you posted on John's page. I especially like the way you referred specifically to the image of Christ and the Sabbath rest as culminations of creation which were prophesied from the beginning.

At 11:00pm on October 23, 2008, Tami said…: :)

That reminds me, what I meant to add, is that I think you have the makings of an article with that paragraph. Precise articulation is so important, especially when you are trying to communicate with people who are pre-disposed to be opposed. :)

Anyway definitely hang on to that. I may even have to use it (in which case I will of course footnote you.)

At 10:12pm on December 27, 2008, JL Vaughn said…: Norm,

It's also Easter weekend. A bad time for a Christian conference.

Blessings.

At 8:02pm on January 18, 2009, Jerel Kratt said…: Norm, how did you get your photos into a slide show? I'm obviously not computer literate enough to do that. Oh, and you have a lovely family. :-)

At 7:01am on June 24, 2009, Patrick said…: Hey Norm....Actually I'm in SC right now. I'll be flying back on Thursday, meet with the Anestesiologist (spelling??) Friday, and Surgery on Monday. They will keep my in the hospital three days to make sure I'm not leaking spinal fluid and then I'm not sure.

Would definitely love to meet although definitely not Monday or Tuesday ;)

Oh, I'm TE also so I'm definitely comforatable with MB & SD ideas! Its hard to believe that's theres not more of 'us' around. I don't really discuss TE since I like to concentrate on the FP side of thing right now. Maybe once I work out all the eschatological questions I'll move on to that...

Nice meeting you,
Patrick

At 8:24pm on July 22, 2009, Patrick said…: Hi Norm, I'm back in Houston for my radiation treatements, so I'll be here for another 7 weeks. I think you said you lived here in Houston, so if you'd like to get together sometime let me know.

patrick

At 9:23am on July 26, 2009, Patrick said…: Hey again...I meet with the radiation guys on Monday and then I'll know more about my schedule. I'll keep you updated, but would love to get together.

What church do you attend here?

At 9:56pm on August 30, 2009, Mike Sullivan said…: Hi Norm,

Not a problem. I still need to edit it a little more - not to mention there was a lot more NT passages I wanted to get in, but I didn't have a lot of time. I'll just keep it brief for now but will add to it later. I'll post here later tomorrow.

Mike

At 1:49pm on November 2, 2009, Paul Richard Strange Sr said…: Thanks so much, Norm! I spent August of 2008 studying introduction to Greek at Westminster Seminary (Dallas campus). It was a joyful braintwister! Fall of 2008 included studies at WTS (now Redeemer College) in Greek II, intro to NT, and Intro to systematic theology. This was an effort to move toward a calling to be a pastor which I am reconsidering at the present time. I have a handicapped older sister living nearby who I help as much as I can. The thrill for Jackie and me is that our 6th grandchild is almost to be delivered and our 7th is due in January 2010. I work fulltime as a Rehab Tech in the Homeless Domiciliary at the Dallas VA.

Yes, I recall enjoying many interractions on Planet Preterist. I'm not a universalist, but it was true that I was allowed to contribute anyway, which was a joy.

Zion Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a small, rural congregation about an hour and 45 minutes from where I live in Waxahachie. I was serving as a "supply pastor". They cannot afford a fulltime pastor. Beautiful country folks.

You have a delightful family. I'll have to get help to post family pics. (i'm technically challenged, you might say).

This website was referred to me by Sharon Nichols. She has, like some others, felt the need to move away from full preterism. I wish her the best. One of the issues that has come up has to do with whether one sees the finished work of Christ at Calvary as sufficient for the saving of sinners, apart from the 70 a.d. coming.

What do you think?

In the King,

paul