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发帖数: 25615 | 1 http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/06/what-the-bible-really-says-a
What the Bible Really Says About Sex
New scholarship on the Good Book’s naughty bits and how it deals with
adultery, divorce, and same-sex love.
Lisa Miller
by Lisa MillerFebruary 06, 2011
©SuperStock
Photos: A History of Multiple-Partner Relationships
More Ways Than Two
The poem describes two young lovers aching with desire. The obsession is
mutual, carnal, complete. The man lingers over his lover’s eyes and hair,
on her teeth... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 2 We have heard talk enough. We have listened to all the drowsy, idealess,
vapid sermons that we wish to hear. We have read your Bible and the works of
your best minds. We have heard your prayers, your solemn groans and your
reverential amens. All these amount to less than nothing. We want one fact.
We beg at the doors of your churches for just one little fact. We pass our
hats along your pews and under your pulpits and implore you for just one
fact. We know all about your mouldy wonders and your ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 3 Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the
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发帖数: 9567 | 4 “It turns out United Methodist congregations gave their leaders a $15 boost
(in 2008 dollars) on average for each new member added (about 3 percent of
new revenues generated from the membership increase) and cut their pay by
about $7 for each member lost.”
http://www.slate.com/id/2258794/
The Almighty Dollar
Are preachers motivated by the desire to save souls or to make cold, hard
cash?
By Ray FismanPosted Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at 7:15 AM ET
Chris Parsons is the son of a Baptist preacher. He ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 25615 | 5 http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/22/jesus-on-trial-would-h
Jesus on trial: What would a modern jury do?
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor
Richmond, Virginia (CNN) – If Jesus were tried in Richmond, Virginia, today
, would he have been sentenced to death? Or would he have faced life behind
bars with no chance for parole?
That’s the choice given to jurors here recently.
During Lent, the Church of the Holy Comforter used Virginia law to retry the
sentencing phase of the blasphemy ca... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1911 | 6 What is your opinion of using book written by Calvinists?
http://bible-truth.org/FAQ-Calvinism.html
Answer: I think if the subject of the book is outside the realm of Calvin
ism they may be okay, but a person should be very discerning. I listened to
a message of a preacher on the radio yesterday for about ten minutes who was
a Calvinist. When I first started listening he was talking about the grace
of God and God's glory. What he said was correct in every way, however he th
en began to interm... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 7 " It bothers me that a man will teach these false ideas, believing that God
will not allow most people to be saved and think their belief does not
contradict God's nature as a God of love. Further, it bothers me that a man
will stand in a pulpit and preach that if a man will believe and by faith
receive Jesus Christ alone for their salvation....all the while believing
that most who hear his message God has commended to hell. If a preacher
believes Calvinist teaching, then he is lying to most of ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 8 (by Dave Hunt)
Can you answer some questions about Calvinism?" The query was directed to me
by a young man who was among a number of us sitting together around a resta
urant table one evening recently in a city where I was speaking at a confere
nce.
"Why do you ask me?" was my somewhat puzzled response.
"We heard you were writing a book about Calvinism."
"Yes, I am - a book, in fact, that I didn't want to write. There are fine Ch
ristians on both sides. The last thing I want to do is create more... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 9 ZT
The conversation went on like this for some time. Every new aspect of Calvin
ism I explained was greeted with further exclamations of "Yes! That's exactl
y what we're hearing."
Others at the table from entirely different areas of the country began to re
late their experiences. One man had recently left a church which had split o
ver the issue of Calvinism. The deacon board had voted that every member mus
t sign a Calvinistic statement of faith. Someone else was from a church wher
e the pastor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 10 The Geneva And King James Bibles And Protestant Creeds
Of no small importance to our study is the fact that this corrupt transl
ation had an influence upon the Protestant churches in Europe, England and A
merica. That influence carried into the Geneva Bible (which has further
problems; see below) as well as into other early versions of the English
Bible and even into the King James of today.
The Vulgate contributed erroneous renderings to the King James Bible, tw
o of which are used toda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 11 Don't Cross Dr. Calvin!
With dictatorial control over the populace ("he ruled as few sovereigns
have done" 27), Calvin imposed his brand of Christianity upon the citizenry
with floggings, imprisonments, banishments and burnings at the stake. Calvi
n has been called "the Protestant Pope" and "the Genevese dictator" who "wou
ld tolerate in Geneva the opinions of only one person, his own." 28 Concerni
ng the adoption in Geneva of a confession of faith that was made mandatory f
or all citizens,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 12 by Dave Hunt
Moreover, Baptists who today point to Dort as the articulation of what they
believe are, as Vance points out," 43 not only conforming to a Dutch Reforme
d State-Church creed, they are following Augustine, for as the Reformed theo
logian Herman Hanko asserts, `Our fathers at Dordrecht knew well that these
truths set forth in the Canons could not only be traced back to the Calvin R
eformation; they could be traced back to the theology of St. Augustine . . .
. For it was Augustine who ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 13 A SPEECH OF Mr. JOHN MILTON
For the Liberty of VNLICENC'D PRINTING,
To the PARLAMENT of ENGLAND.
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This is true Liberty when free born men
Having to advise the public may speak free,
Which he who can, and will, deserv's high praise,
Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace;
What can be juster in a State then this?
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发帖数: 3781 | 14 Study By: Greg Herrick
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A. Introduction
In his book, Kingdoms in Conflict, Charles Colson paints a dismal picture of
the state of commitment to God at the UN building complex in New York:
The United Nations complex sits on sixteen acres of New York City’s choices
t real estate, bordering the East River and Manhattan. The lean, immense Sec
retariat building rises into the sky, the sun reflecting off its window wall
s. Bright flags of the nations of the world ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4956 | 15 律法与福音
－从改革宗教义看律法与福音的关系－
王志勇
“他右手拿着七星，从他口中出来一把两刃的利剑，面貌如同烈日放光”（启1:16）。
祷告：亲爱的天父，我们之所以能够来到你的面前，完全是因着你自己白白的恩典。在
创世以前，你就在耶稣基督里拣选了我们，乃至时候满足，你赐下你的独生爱子，道成
肉身，为我们做成了完全的救赎。你又在你所悦纳的时候，把信心赐给我们，使我们得
与基督联合，因着他在十字架上所流出的宝血而被你算为无罪，因着他为我们做成的完
全的义而被你算为义人。你不仅救赎我们，更是按照你自己的美意，亲自呼召我们，使
我们与你的圣工有份，这一切都是惟独因着你的恩典。全能的上帝，你的仆人再次呼求
你开恩可怜我这个罪人，赦免我的过犯，发出你的亮光，使我这愚顽人能够通达，按照
正意分解你的真道，解明律法与福音的奥秘。主啊，我们身上仍然有着各种残余的败坏
，求你亲自治理我们，使我们一生一世谦卑地伏在你的轭下，并求你赐给我们温柔的心
，与你所拣选的众仆人一起，一同成就你为我们所预备的各样事工，直到有一天，我们
被召聚在你爱子的国里。奉我们的救主基督的名祈求。阿们。
要阐明律法与福音的... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6898 | 16 另一个数据来源，结论类似：USA TODAY 2011年报道
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-03-14-divorce-christ
It's been proclaimed from pulpits and blogs for years — Christians divorce
as much as everyone else in America.
But some scholars and family activists are questioning the oft-cited
statistics, saying Christians who attend church regularly are more likely to
remain wed.
"It's a useful myth," said Bradley Wright, a University of Connecticut
sociologist who recently wrote "Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypoc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 766 | 17 (CBS) COLLEGE PARK, Ga. - The 15-year-old daughter of megachurch pastor
Creflo Dollar Jr., who told an emergency dispatcher she was punched and
choked by her televangelist father, also said she felt "threatened" in the
house and "it was not the first time it's happened," according to an audio
recording of the 911 call.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the 15-year-old girl, whose
name is not released because she is a minor, told a Fayette County 911
operator Friday morning that her ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38403 | 18 Highly Religious People Are Less Motivated by Compassion Than Are Non-
Believers
Apr. 30, 2012 — "Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new
research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the
highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger
than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.
In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently
drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 19 “Thank you. That’s so nice. Thank you.
“Well, that’s so nice. And, Bishop Jackson, I want to thank you and Dr.
Jackson and you have some voice, I have to say. Incredible. And some spirit,
some spirit. Talent.
“Thank you. Well, I just wrote this the other day knowing I’d be here. And
, I mean it from the heart and I’d like to just read it and I think you’ll
understand it maybe better than I do in certain ways.
“For centuries, the African-American church has been the conscience of our
country. So ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 40861 | 20 【 以下文字转载自 Joke 讨论区 】
发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: Joke
标 题: 搞了半天Dr.King的博士论文是抄的 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 16 08:57:39 2012, 美东)
发信人: TravisBickle (Travis), 信区: Military
标 题: 搞了半天Dr.King的博士论文是抄的
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 16 08:53:27 2012, 美东)
1991年10月，波士顿大学的审查委员会向校方提交了正式的鉴定报告，指出“确定无疑
的是，金博士在其博士论文中有抄袭作为，他挪用材料的来源有些未在注释中标明、或
错误标明、或泛泛标明，并在行文的间隔之中，稍作措辞变化或逐字逐句地挪用了别人
的材料”。他们鉴定的结果是，抄袭的比重在论文的上半部分占45%、下半部分达21%。
审查小组没有考虑取消金的博士学位，因为这“无济于事”（serve no purpose），况
且金的论文仍然“对学术做出了一份智识贡献”。但他们提议，在图书馆收藏的金的博
士论文副... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1911 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 TrustInJesus 讨论区 】
发信人: Reo (以马内利), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: 【置顶]】改革宗/归正宗是邪教 名至实归
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jul 5 08:51:24 2011, 美东)
" It bothers me that a man will teach these false ideas, believing that God
will not allow most people to be saved and think their belief does not
contradict God's nature as a God of love. Further, it bothers me that a man
will stand in a pulpit and preach that if a man will believe and by faith
receive Jesus Christ alone for their salvation....all the while bel... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1191 | 22 B 脫離律法（七1～25）
{\Section:TopicID=147}1. 婚約之喻（七1～6）
保羅在六14所說的話，具有革命性的含意。如果因為「你們不在律法之下，乃在恩
典之下」，「罪」就「必不能作你們的主」；那麼「在律法之下」就是受罪的轄制，而
「在恩典之下」，就不僅是從罪的領域中得釋放，也是脫離律法的統治了。對保羅而言
，在「恩典之下」是隨從聖靈而活；「在律法之下」則是「順從肉體活著」（八5、13
）152。
保羅不認為律法有錯──當然，因為它是神的律法。它禁止罪行，說明義行；以色
列中屬神的人都知道，律法可以防範罪。有位詩人曾說：「愛稱律法的人有大平安，什
麼都不能使他們絆腳」（詩一一九165）；另一位說：「耶和華的律法全備，能甦醒人
心」（詩十九7）。
可是保羅的說法不同，他是根據自己的經驗而言。神的律法本身不僅宣告了神的旨
意，也表明了祂的性情，「是聖潔、公義、良善的」（七12）。但律法所運行的對象─
─人的肉體──有問題（八3）；人以為宗教就是遵行律法，只要盡力履行律法的要求
，「按規矩來」，就可以蒙神悅納。
彼得在耶路撒冷大會中，曾形容律法為「我們祖宗和我們所不能負... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2511 | 23 [人物] John Henry Newman
倘若大丈夫不能力挽千钧，除暴安良，那就应该像约翰纽曼这样勇于追求真理，有着“
道之所在，虽千万人吾往矣”的气概。记得中学里读辜鸿铭的文章，辜鸿铭写过一本书
，叫做《中国牛津运动》，把当时的两江总督张之洞比作英国的约翰纽曼，从此“牛津
运动”这个词就在我的脑子里有了印象。很可惜，出了这位顽固保守不开化不肯剪掉辫
子的辜鸿铭的文章，我并没有在其他任何中文书籍里看到“牛津运动”的相关内容。
十多年后的今天，我又和“牛津运动”邂逅了，再一次地，我遇到了这位执着渊博的纽
曼主教。纽曼曾经是一位英国国教会（圣公会）的牧师。在经历了很长时间的属灵思考
和笔记（see his Tract系列，纽曼的心灵之旅）之后，他于1845年皈依了罗马天主教
，逐年地担任了神父、主教、枢机的职务。那个时候，虽然离开亨利八世已经三百多年
了，但是英国依旧普遍充斥着对天主教有强烈反感。纽曼的皈依之旅是非常坎坷的。他
的家庭成员和他几乎断绝了联系，而他的大学牛津也以他为耻。但是，面对逆境，纽曼
对于信仰的执着追求依旧带来了一系列的成果。他学问渊博，可以深刻讨论理性、情感
、想... 阅读全帖 |
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