by admin | Nov 22, 2016 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Three
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.[1] I assume that the weak (ἀδυνάτων, a form of ἀδύνατος) referred back to the one who is weak in the faith (ἀσθενοῦντα [a form of ἀσθενέω] τῇ πίστει). The weak person...
by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | Section Three, Sexual Immorality
The exercise of revisiting Paul’s Religious Mind and the meaning of Sexual Immorality has clarified a few things that were right in front of me all along. I considered again the list of sins that described the former lives of some who were called to faith in Corinth:...
by admin | Oct 11, 2016 | Section Three
What follows are pro and con comments from two websites. I set the texts side by side in Greek and English translation for comparison/contrast and offer them here without comment. “There are a number of references to the book of Sirach in the New Testament. James...
by admin | Oct 10, 2016 | Section Three, Sexual Immorality
I want to look more closely at Kyle Harper’s article published in the Journal of Biblical Literature, “Porneia—The Making of a Christian Sexual Norm.” He cited two sources to support the expansion of the meaning of πορνεία during the intertestamental period: Sirach...
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Three
The movie Spotlight is named after a team of investigative journalists at the Boston Globe. They pierce a smokescreen of secrecy—fueled by police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, businessmen, civil servants, their own bosses and colleagues, even their own...