by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Three
I’ve considered, For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers.[1] Jesus was the only living descendant of Abraham worthy of the promised land and the kingdom of God at the...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Three
In the year of King Uzziah’s death,[1] yehôvâh (יהוה) sent the prophet Isaiah to harden the descendants of Israel living in the southern kingdom of Judah (Isaiah 6:9-12 NET): “Go and tell these people: ‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but...
by admin | Dec 29, 2016 | Section Three, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I spend a large portion of my Christmas holiday with three post-Christian women I’ll call Grandmother, Mother and Daughter because of their relationship to one another. I call them post-Christian because they were all professing Christians at one time. Grandmother...
by admin | Dec 23, 2016 | Deuteronomy, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Instruct these people as follows, yehôvâh had said to Moses: ‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau [Jacob’s brother], who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid (yârêʼ, וייראו; Septuagint: φοβηθήσονται, afraid) of you, so watch...
by admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Three
For I tell you, Paul continued writing to believers in Rome, that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy.[1] These are two seemingly...