When Scholars Disagree,How Do We Know ?

[pelathais]

There is a saying about "scholarship" that gets thrown around and morphed into various modes - It goes something like this:

There is no such thing as 'liberal scholarship' and no such thing as 'conservative scholarship:' there is only good scholarship and bad scholarship.

I think D.A. Carson made a statement once along those lines.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Aquila

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Your quibbling over Acts 2:38 isn't addressing the question.

Right, but Acts 2:38 is ambiguous in the original and in the KJV, and has differing opinions as to its meaning among "experts." Our premise is, therefore, to disregard it as far as establishing doctrine and go to other Scriptures.

[Scott Hutchinson]

For a holiday present I sure would like a copy of Phillip Shalff's book The History of The Christian church maybe since I haven't been too bad Santa will bring me one.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

For a holiday present I sure would like a copy of Phillip Shalff's book The History of The Christian church maybe since I haven't been too bad Santa will bring me one.

You can read it for free here: http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/About.htm

But that doesn't look as nice on a bookshelf in the den.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by pelathais

You can read it for free here: http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/About.htm

But that doesn't look as nice on a bookshelf in the den.

I'll probably always prefer the real thing over any kind of electronic book. (Haven't actually tried a Kindle or whatever, though. Guess I should, some time.)

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I'll probably always prefer the real thing over any kind of electronic book. (Haven't actually tried a Kindle or whatever, though. Guess I should, some time.)

You're just too old. lol

(...said while possessing a cdrom of a library and having a hard time getting myself to get used to the cdrom version).

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by mfblume

You're just too old. lol

(...said while possessing a cdrom of a library and having a hard time getting myself to get used to the cdrom version).

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by mfblume

You're just too old. lol

(...said while possessing a cdrom of a library and having a hard time getting myself to get used to the cdrom version).

I like the electronic versions because they're searchable - at least a lot easier to search. But there is an art to excellent book binding and publishing that can't be replicated elsewhere.

[Kim Komando]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Boy, you sure have to ignore other evidence in scripture that ties baptism to remission and removal of sins. Crafty, Sam.

Please enlighten us, Geoffrey, with the wealth of scripture that ties baptism to removal of sins as opposed to repentance being linked to removal and forgiveness of sins. I am very interested also in your definition of remission, crafty as it may be, as opposed to the way the apostles used it.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Timmy

I'll probably always prefer the real thing over any kind of electronic book. (Haven't actually tried a Kindle or whatever, though. Guess I should, some time.)

I don't have Kindle. I do have lots of books in pdf format on my computer and I have read some of them that way.

I'm not a complete dinosaur. I have learned to use the computer in a limited way.