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Ok. Lets do this. Lets make a mega thread of the mind-blowing things we learned in seminary, that really ought to be common knowledge in the church. That we ought to be teaching to everyone. https://twitter.com/kennisibueno/status/1194659377061474304
There's an entire book of the Bible devoted to celebrating sexual pleasure!
(I'm counting on seminary educated folks to chime in here please!)
The Bible frequently contradicts itself, about all kinds of topics. And that's a good thing! It's preserving a conversation, sometimes disagreements, about the most important things, and its faithful to enter into the disagreements.
Hebrew has a plural "you" as well as a singular you.
The vast majority of the places where our translations say "if you do this, it will go well for you" are a plural you.
It really says "If y'all do this, it will go well for y'all."
Community, not individual.
The vast majority of the places where our translations say "if you do this, it will go well for you" are a plural you.
It really says "If y'all do this, it will go well for y'all."
Community, not individual.
That when the New Testament was written, it was as normal and uncontroversial to write a book at say it was written by someone more famous as it is for celebrities to use ghost writers today.
I want to challenge seminary educated people to *teach* on this thread.
Which probably means defining new words, and phrasing things in ways that people understand.
Which probably means defining new words, and phrasing things in ways that people understand.
