by admin | Dec 6, 2012 | Genesis, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
Paul was not the only one to write about the end of fear. John also wrote, There is no fear (φόβος) in love, but perfect love drives out fear (φόβον, a form of φόβος), because fear (φόβος) has to do with punishment (κόλασιν, a form of κόλασις). The one who fears...
by admin | Nov 25, 2012 | Section Two
My daughter and I saw “Breaking Dawn, Part 2” the other day, the final movie of the Twilight saga. The heroine Bella (Kristen Stewart) died at the end of Part 1 and was reborn in Part 2 as a beautiful, powerful vampire. Bella was warned that her lust for human blood...
by admin | Nov 21, 2012 | Chapter 8, Romans, Section Two
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear (φόβον, a form of φόβος), Paul continued, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”1 Human beings have been afraid of God ever since Adam died and hid from Him, saying,...
by admin | Nov 21, 2012 | Section Two
In Romans, Part 31 I related Paul’s statement—if you live according to the flesh, you will die1—to Jesus’ saying to his disciples, The one who loves his life [i.e., in this world] destroys [or, loses] it.2 The word translated life here is ψυχὴν (a form of ψυχή). Two...
by admin | Nov 16, 2012 | Section Two
This is not about Nietzsche’s book “Twilight of the Idols,” or Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung. It is about the Twilight movies on the eve of the release of the fifth and final episode, “Breaking Dawn, Part 2.” I’ve seen the first four movies. I haven’t read any of...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Section Two
In Romans, Part 31 I related Paul’s statement—if you live according to the flesh, you will die1—to Jesus’ saying to Martha—The one who believes in me will live even if he dies.2 This connection was new to me, so I thought it deserved a little more study. In the past...