by admin | Jan 15, 2015 | Forgiven or Passed Over?, Section Three
Revisiting an essay—David’s Forgiveness, Part 1—I realized I had put an inordinate emphasis on the word forgiven without looking into the meaning of the original Hebrew word. My suspicion of Bible translators feels at times like a paranoid schizophrenic’s fear of the...
by admin | Jan 8, 2015 | Apostles and Prophets, Section Three
I want to see if ἐπισκοπὴν (translated office in the ASV) can signify an office of apostle established prior to (or, apart from) Peter’s questionable rule in Acts 1:21, 22 (NET). The Hebrew word is peqûddâh in his quotation from Psalm 109:8b (ASV): And let another...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | My Reasons and My Reason, Section Three
There is another way I might view the wrath of God…revealed from heaven against [my] ungodliness and unrighteousness,[1] a way more in keeping with my normal method of Bible study—superficially more in keeping with it. I confess that, Although [I] claimed to be wise,...
by admin | Nov 28, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The Hebrew word yârê does not occur in the story of the waters of Meribah (either time). Still, it seemed important to me to study the story I alluded to earlier. I want to compare and contrast the two stories. The first in Exodus involves Moses and the parents who...
by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Chapter 12, Do not lag in zeal, Love, Romans, Section Three
To continue my attempt to view—Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord[1]—as a definition of love (ἀγάπη) rather than as rules, I’ll turn to the next item on the table I constructed: Love is…not self-serving[2] (οὐ ζητεῖ τὰ ἑαυτῆς; literally,...
by admin | Oct 18, 2014 | My Reasons and My Reason, Section Three
Late that summer before we began our senior years of high school, I asked B if she wanted to have sex for real. “I think you already know the answer to that,” she said. Actually, I didn’t. That’s why I asked. But I took her evasion for a negative answer. When I...
by admin | Oct 8, 2014 | Apostles and Prophets, Section Three
As I considered the relationship of Moses the prophet and Aaron the priest in Numbers 16 it occurred to me that my religion all but outlaws apostles and prophets. I even wrote that in the essay. But as I turned to Jesus’ response to the argument he walked down the...
by admin | Sep 25, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
To Korah the Levite, the Reubenites Dathan, Abiram and On, and the 250 leaders of the community[1] who accused Moses and Aaron of exalting themselves above the community of the Lord,[2] Moses said (Numbers 16:16, 17 NET): You and all your company present yourselves...
by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
To reveal my own position and velocity[1] it is probably past time that I at least outline my own religious background. And here, I’ll take the lazy way out. Matt Slick has done it for me in his “Doctrine Grid”[2] online. He acknowledged that “some of these are...
by admin | Jul 23, 2014 | Chapter 12, Do not lag in zeal, Love, Romans, Section Three
So, how can I view—Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord[1]—as a definition of love (ἀγάπη) rather than as rules? Again, I’ve constructed the following table to help. The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET) love (ἀγάπη) Therefore,...