by admin | Mar 27, 2016 | Chapter 12, Contribute, Love, Romans, Section Three
In this essay I continue to consider Contribute (κοινωνοῦντες, a form of κοινωνέω) to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.[1] But I’m looking at the dark side of contributing (or, sharing in), specifically (2 John 1:9-11 NET): Everyone who goes on ahead and...
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
My bias that—He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked[1]—prophesies Jesus’ return to earth to preach the Gospel effectively (as opposed to executing people for a thousand years) led me to investigate...
by admin | Mar 14, 2016 | Chapter 12, Contribute, Love, Romans, Section Three
This is a continuation of my consideration of Contribute (κοινωνοῦντες, a form of κοινωνέω) to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.[1] I’ll begin with the dark side of contributing (or, sharing in): Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, Paul warned a young...
by admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
Too bad for the wicked (râshâʽ, לרשע) sinners (raʽ, רע)! For they will get exactly what they deserve.[1] As I begin to discover just who the wicked are one might argue that wicked sinners are worse than the wicked. I won’t dispute that. In the Septuagint râshâʽ...
by admin | Feb 26, 2016 | Chapter 12, Contribute, Love, Romans, Section Three
I’ll continue to consider Contribute (κοινωνοῦντες, a form of κοινωνέω) to the needs (χρείαις, a form of χρεία) of the saints, pursue hospitality.[1] And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, Paul wrote, when I left Macedonia, no church...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
I fell for the September 2015 prophecies on YouTube that Jesus would return or the great tribulation would begin. So I interrupted my regular study cycle and focused exclusively on my Romans study for a time. Be that as it may I never thought I would return to...