Who Said That?

"vaj jangta' joH'a', je ja'ta', “ ta'taH Job taHvIp joH'a' vaD pagh? ghajbe' SoH chenmoHta' ghaH, je Daj tuq, je Hoch vetlh ghaH ghajtaH, Daq Hoch retlh? SoH ghaj ghurtaH the vum vo' Daj ghopDu', je Daj ghaH Daq the puH. 'ach lan vo' lIj ghop DaH, je Hoch vetlh ghaH ghajtaH, je ghaH DIchDaq SoH Daq lIj qab.”

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Update on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 03:42PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from Satan (Job 1:9-11) from the "Klingon" translation of the Bible.  Those of you who knew this without having to wait for the answer should be ashamed of yourselves!

Who Said That?

"But here's first what I see for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).  You're going to have people raised from the dead watching this network.  You're going to have people raised from the dead watching TBN.  Programs -- just plain programs -- programs that haven't done much when it comes to supernatural manifestations -- teaching programs!"

This one is offered in the spirit of "end of the year" predictions.  Leave your guess in the comments section.  Answer to come next week.  To see past editions of "who said that?" click on the "who said that?" icon.

Update on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 04:16PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This false prophecy was uttered by our old friend Toufik Benedictus (Benny Hinn) on October 19, 1999.  To date, it hasn't come to pass.  Of course, it never will . . . That's because it is rather difficult for dead people to watch TBN.

Who Said That?

"I was raised in a Baptist household, I went to a Catholic school, but the ideas of the Bible are 98 percent the same ideas of Scientology, 98 percent the same ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism."

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Update on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 03:01PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Will Smith is a great actor and gives generously to charities. Sadly, he's missed something somewhere. This quote is from a recent interview in which Smith talks about his friendship with Tom Cruise and his own connection to Scientology. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468644,00.html

Who Said That?

"It is hard for me to justify or prove the mystery of the Almighty in my life. . .  All I can just tell you is that I got back into religion and I quit drinking shortly thereafter and I asked for help. ... I was a one-step program guy . . . I do believe there is an almighty that is broad and big enough and loving enough that can encompass a lot of people."

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Update on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 03:36PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Politics aside, it is clear from the President's recent interview with Cynthia McFadden of ABC's "Nightline" (December 9, 2008), that he is a complete and total theological doofus.  Bush claims to be an evangelical, can describe a conversion experience, but cannot clearly nor carefully articulate a single Christian doctrine.  Amazing . . .

Who Said That?

"But the precepts in what you call your Gospel are so marvelous and great that I don't think that anyone could possibly keep them.  For I took the trouble to read them.  But this is what surprises us most, that you who claim to be pious and believe yourselves to be different from the others do not segregate yourselves from them, nor do you observe a manner of life different from that of the Gentiles, for you do not keep the feasts or sabbaths, nor do you practice the rite of circumcision.  You place your hope in a crucified man, and still expect to receive favors from God when you disregard His commandments."

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Update on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 06:27PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from Trypho, cited in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, the Jew (10.1.2-3).  Trypho seems taken aback by the fact that Christians do not separate themselves from unbelievers.

Who Said That?

"The way forward for theological education will be deeply interfaith, or it will fail.  The fact is our lives are now interfaith, in bone-deep ways.  We live in interfaith families; we eat Middle Eastern food for lunch, kosher for dinner. ... We have hymns on our iPods, yoga mats in our backpacks, Torah prayers by our bedsides. "

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Update on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 09:19AM by Kim Riddlebarger

So, this is the future of theological education.  This is from Dr. Serene Jones's inaugural address as the new president of Union Theological Seminary in New York (Nov. 17).

Who Said That?

"However, contrary to strong Calvinism, in regard to the freedom of accepting God's gift of salvation the Bible is clear:  Fallen beings are free."

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Update on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 06:12PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Many of you guessed this one. This is a quotation from Norm Geisler's book, Chosen But Free, p. 33.

Who Said That?

"I was totally fascinated by the New Testament. I must have read it a few thousand times. One day I was reading the Gospel of John 10: 30, where Jesus says, `I and God are one.' The crowd immediately wants to stone him for blasphemy. But he quotes a psalm that says `You are Gods, sons of the most high,' which he tells them was addressed to `those to whom the word of God came.' He clearly sees himself as equivalent to that group.

I interpreted this as `those who have knowledge of God are God.' In Eastern philosophical systems there's an established idea of a path through personal consciousness to a collective conscience to a universal conscience, which people call the divine. I concluded that Jesus must have experienced this consciousness, and that he must have followed a path. The story is about that evolution."

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Update on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 11:42AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This bit of new age spew comes from Deepak Chopra's recent interview in Time Magazine (November 13, 2008).

Who Said That?

"The writings of Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), especially `Rules for the Discernment of Spirits' contained in his Spiritual Exercises, exhibit a care, a depth of insight, and a profundity of guidance about the inner life that is completely off the radar screen among contemporary Evangelicals. We neglect this literature at the cost of our own impoverishment."

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Update on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 11:18AM by Kim Riddlebarger

This glowing endorsement of the work of the arch-enemy of the Protestant Reformation (Ignatius Loyola) comes from Biola professor, J. P. Moreland.  It can be found on page 156 of his book Kingdom Triangle.

Who Said That?

"Not every intimate intercourse with the unconverted world is deemed lawful, by Calvinism, for it placed a barrier against the too unhallowed influence of this world by putting a distinct 'veto' upon three things, card playing, theatres, and dancing..."

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Update on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 03:30PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Many of you guessed this one.  It was indeed from Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism, Eerdmans, 1931), p. 73, (the second lecture,  "Calvinism and Religion").