by admin | Apr 17, 2013 | Chapter 11, Romans, Section Two
For I do not want you to be ignorant (ἀγνοεῖν, a form of ἀγνοέω) of this mystery (μυστήριον), brothers and sisters, Paul continued, so that you may not be conceited (φρόνιμοι, a form of φρόνιμος; [παρ᾿] ἑαυτοῖς φρόνιμοι)…1 The Greek word ἀγνοεῖν, translated ignorant...
by admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Two
I was introduced to Lars von Trier’s movies in a backhanded way. A friend wanted me to watch “Melancholia” because she thought it was a waste of two hours of her life. I suspected she was afraid I might like it and call her taste into question. I was...
by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Exodus, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
“Why have you done this and let the boys live?”1 the king of Egypt accused the midwives. Hebrew women are vigorous, they answered, they give birth before the midwife gets to them!2 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “All sons that are born you must throw into...
by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | Section Two, Son of God
This is round three of my attempt to determine whether that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light1 is the judgment/condemnation God did not send his Son into the world to do2 and has been done already to the one who does...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Chapter 11, Romans, Section Two
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles, Paul continued. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry [Table], if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy (παραζηλώσω, a form of παραζηλόω) and save some of them.1 Here Paul referred back to the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2013 | Gentle, Section Two
I saw “The Seventh Seal” on Blu-ray: the Knight, the Squire, Mia, Jof and their baby, Lisa and the Smith, Raval the Seminarian turned thief. But my favorite character was the nameless girl. She was the last of her village to survive, or not to flee, the plague. The...