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curiousdannii

02:35

@LeeWoofenden Almost all Protestant Bible colleges would study the NPP. It's not so much about accepting or rejecting it, as taking it into account as we read Paul's letters. Protestant doctrine cannot be undermined by the NPP as it does not depend on a single anti-NPP reading of Paul. Protestant doctrine is of course based on all parts of the Bible, and there are many diverse Protestant interpretations of Paul.

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HNQ

08:33

Q: What is the source of this Christmas Eve meditation?

Whilst reading through various articles on Christmas, I was struck by how the focus seems to be mainly on eating, drinking, giving presents and having a jolly good time. Then I found a partial quote which gladdened my heart, but I can't trace the source although it is dated around the start of th...

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Matthew

20:42

@GratefulDisciple CRTs are a fundamentally different display technology, and not just because they use electron guns. CRTs don't have "pixels" the way modern displays do, leading to images looking different on a CRT. There are even ways to explicitly exploit this, with the result that graphics can look wildly different on a CRT.

GratefulDisciple

21:00

@Matthew Yes, thanks for reminding me it's not just a matter of color. "... with the result that graphics can look wildly different on a CRT." You mean like this?

Matthew

@GratefulDisciple Yes. (Probably the most extreme example I've seen, but there's no question there can be significant differences. And the developers of the time were targeting CRTs, so there's an argument that modern emulation isn't properly recreating the intended experience.)

HNQ

Q: Protestantism: If justification is by faith alone how can judgement be by works?

The idea of justification seems to come often in Paul, Romans 3:20: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin Jesus affirms something even more bluntly, John 5:24: “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and b...