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Some Explanatory Comments Regarding Translations: Particularly in Reference to Romans 3:25, 26 |
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Written by Jonathan Gallagher
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:58 |
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Introduction
That translation involves interpretation is a truism that perhaps needs some better explanation when it comes to the Bible. Some will ardently affirm that they “take the Bible just as it reads” without taking note of the meaning in the original languages. Others make great assertions regarding the “right” translation to be used. Questions then arise as to how best to translate certain verses, especially because every translation has some degree of bias. Presuppositions in the minds of the translators also affect the way in which Bible passages are interpreted, particularly if it deals with a “major doctrine.”
This is particularly true in the translation of Romans, and especially Romans 3:25 and 26. Since it is almost exclusively believed to be a “key text” for the Penal Substitutionary theory of the Atonement, nearly every major translation gives this kind of rendering. However when the actual Greek is examined, such a presupposition is far from obvious.
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What is God Really Looking For? |
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Written by Jonathan Gallagher
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Friday, 27 November 2009 06:19 |
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What is God Really Looking For?
Olympia, WA. October 2-3, 2009
1. Concepts from the Sacrificial System
2: Systems, Rules, Observances
3: Trusting Friendship... that lets him make us right
An Adobe Acrobat PDF file with all three talks' notes is available here.
Audio available here |
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 06:34 |
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Atoning for the Atonement |
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Written by Jonathan Gallagher
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Monday, 19 May 2008 06:12 |
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What’s in a word? Surely the meaning is obvious to all. Especially in matters of religion, where language has been developed and refined over the years into creeds and catechisms, definitions and formulas.
Take a simple, essential word like “atonement.” Everybody knows what that means, right? A shorthand expression for “the vicarious sacrifice of Christ by which payment for transgression was made so that justification can be imputed.”
Just saying that gives pause for thought. Take any one of those “technical” words, and consider. What is the real meaning here? Or has the very repetition of such terms made them seem essential to faith, religious clichés that are as much belief as the word of God?
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:26 |
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Written by Jonathan Gallagher
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Monday, 12 May 2008 09:58 |
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A few introductory thoughts
So many different English translations are available that it might seem redundant to add another. A few comments are clearly appropriate.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 March 2010 10:29 |
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Written by Graham Maxwell
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 What We Believe -- A message from Graham Maxwell
I believe that the most important of all Christian beliefs is the one that brings joy and assurance to God's friends everywhere -- the truth about our Heavenly Father that was confirmed at such cost by the life and death of His Son.
God is not the kind of person His enemies have made Him out to be -- arbitrary, unforgiving and severe. Jesus said, "If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father." God is just as loving and trustworthy as His Son, just as willing to forgive and heal. Though infinite in majesty and power, our Creator is an equally gracious Person who values nothing higher than the freedom, dignity, and individuality of His intelligent creatures -- that their love, their faith, their willingness to listen and obey may be freely given. He even prefers to regard us not as servants but as friends.
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