by admin | Dec 8, 2012 | Genesis, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
I’m studying fear in the Old Testament to better understand how fear has ended in Christ yet the concept of fearing God continued in the New Testament. Peter wrote, Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear (φοβεῖσθε, a form of φοβέω) God, honor the...
by admin | Dec 7, 2012 | Chapter 8, Romans, Section Two
In the same way, Paul continued, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groaning (στεναγμοῖς, a form of στεναγμός).1 I think in the same way above referred back to 1) the...
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...
by admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Chapter 8, Romans, Section Two
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation (ὀφειλέται, a form of ὀφειλέτης), not to the flesh (σαρκὶ, a form of σάρξ), to live according to the flesh (σάρκα, another form of σάρξ), Paul continued, (for if you live according to the flesh [σάρκα, another...
by admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Gentle, Section Two
Neither Alexander or his evil stepfather appear during the whipping sequence in “Fanny and Alexander.” The whipping was implied with a sound effect and a series of close-ups of the witnesses. There was nothing titillating for a spankophile (though Justine’s pained...