{"id":36509,"date":"2014-08-10T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2017-06-09T18:27:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T01:27:48","slug":"bill-clinton-the-master-theologian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/bill-clinton-the-master-theologian\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton the Master Theologian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember this?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill Clinton It Depends on what the meaning of the word is is\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4XT-l-_3y0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There was\u00a0a minor kerfuffle on\u00a0my\u00a0blog recently regarding\u00a0my statement that &#8220;<a title=\"Jesus is the Gospel; Calvinism is not\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/jesus-gospel-calvinism-is-not\/\">Jesus is the Gospel<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have to agree with Bill Clinton on this one: It depends on what the meaning of the word &#8220;is&#8221; is.<\/p>\n<p>On that note, I often find that the most important theological words are the smallest ones.<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to be &#8220;in&#8221; Christ?<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever stopped to ponder the significance of the big &#8220;but&#8221; in Ephesians 2:4?<\/p>\n<p>How much of a difference is there between Jesus being &#8220;a&#8221; word and &#8220;the&#8221; Word in John 1:1?<\/p>\n<p>Would it make a difference in John 18:36 if Jesus was translated as saying His Kingdom was not &#8220;from&#8221; this world instead of &#8220;of&#8221; this world? 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