Comments on: Thirty Three Minutes with Mark Tubbs http://4handsclapping.com/blog/2009/04/thirty-three-minutes-with-mark-tubbs/ Surprisingly enough, you only need two forehands to generate this sound. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dwayne Forehand http://4handsclapping.com/blog/2009/04/thirty-three-minutes-with-mark-tubbs/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Dwayne Forehand Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:55:24 +0000 http://4handsclapping.com/blog/?p=1449#comment-583 So in Deuteronomy 29:29 an antinomy would be grouped in with the "secret things" and a paradox would be with the "things revealed"? So in Deuteronomy 29:29 an antinomy would be grouped in with the “secret things” and a paradox would be with the “things revealed”?

]]> By: Jason Diffner http://4handsclapping.com/blog/2009/04/thirty-three-minutes-with-mark-tubbs/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Jason Diffner Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:42:01 +0000 http://4handsclapping.com/blog/?p=1449#comment-574 Just want to share a response to your last thought about paradoxes. Many years ago I was introduced to the word, "antinomy," and it has been very useful to me. In my interpretation (of these words, not Scripture), the Matthew 10:39 "lose life, gain life" idea is a paradox. And by paradox I mean an apparant contradiction that is ultimately "solveable" upon proper reflection and understanding. An antinomy, however, is an apparant contradiction that you regard as un-reconilable (in this life at least). Two premises you regard as true indpendently, but taken together appear to cause contradictions. Because one strongly believes the premises to be true, that person rather doubts the apparant contradiction and our ability to rationally solve the problem, rather than doubt one of the premises. I put the Sovereignty of God "versus" free will in this category, for instance. Just want to share a response to your last thought about paradoxes. Many years ago I was introduced to the word, “antinomy,” and it has been very useful to me.

In my interpretation (of these words, not Scripture), the Matthew 10:39 “lose life, gain life” idea is a paradox. And by paradox I mean an apparant contradiction that is ultimately “solveable” upon proper reflection and understanding.

An antinomy, however, is an apparant contradiction that you regard as un-reconilable (in this life at least). Two premises you regard as true indpendently, but taken together appear to cause contradictions. Because one strongly believes the premises to be true, that person rather doubts the apparant contradiction and our ability to rationally solve the problem, rather than doubt one of the premises.

I put the Sovereignty of God “versus” free will in this category, for instance.

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