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Comment on How much caffeine do you get? by Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:29:48 +0000

I feel better about my intake now

Comment on How much caffeine do you get? by jim

jim — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:17:30 +0000

too much caffeine? that’s not even a possibility. you can’t have too much caffeine any more than you can have too much spirit.

Comment on Hermeneutics in the Blogosphere by mike

mike — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:02:35 +0000

yeah i’m looking forward to your thoughts on coherence as well. gurus miss that stuff like that plague

Comment on Hermeneutics in the Blogosphere by Ben

Ben — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:25:00 +0000

I’ll look forward to hearing more.

Comment on Hermeneutics in the Blogosphere by Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:58:41 +0000

Great. Briefly, my interest in ‘coherence’ is that it can be an exegetical key used in both a grammatical-historical method and a reader-response method (i.e., internal coherence of a text or internal coherence of a reader’s interpretation).

Comment on Hermeneutics in the Blogosphere by Only two approaches to the biblical text are coherent (Schenck) « Confluence: Ben Byerly's Muddy Mix

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:47:17 +0000

[...] “coherent,” unless you want to say that it is trying to making some kind of attempt at internal coherence (perceived coherence?). Not that anyone will necessarily agree on the results of the [...]

Comment on Hermeneutics in the Blogosphere by Ben Byerly

Ben Byerly — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:44:30 +0000

I hope you do take up the topic of “coherence.” I was fumbling around; maybe “perceived coherence” would be . I’ll take a look at your earlier posts.

Comment on Existentialism and Hermeneutics (p3) by Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:10:36 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Drake. Very good point.

Comment on Existentialism and Hermeneutics (p3) by Drake

Drake — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:17:15 +0000

Great points, Josh. Indeed, it’s sad when pastors and Bible teachers try to “over-spiritualize” a passage. For example, pastor and Bible scholar John MacArthur recently wrote an article titled “How to Study Your Bible.” At one point, he embarrassingly recalled the first sermon he preached, which he titled “Rolling the Stones Away in Your Life.” The entire sermon was founded on the verse (I believe it’s in Matthew) that speaks of an angel rolling away the entrance to the tomb, and MacArthur went on to preach about rolling away the stones of Fear, Pride, Addictions, etc. In other words, he took a verse that had absolutely nothing to do with what he preached on, and twisted it to suit his purposes! Like you said, sometimes it takes careful study to properly interpret a passage. Excellent work, Josh!

Comment on Existentialism and Hermeneutics (p2) by Josh Mann

Josh Mann — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:17:03 +0000

Interesting situation for sure.