by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Section Six, The Lost Son of Perdition
Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.[1] And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”[2] Jesus’ command here—do quickly (ποίησον τάχιον)—fills me...
by admin | Aug 23, 2016 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Three
I want to compare and contrast Paul’s teaching in his letter to the Corinthians to Jesus’ letter To the angel of the church in Thyatira[1] under the rubrics: “Paul’s Regime” and “Jesus’ Regime.” Paul’s Regime Jesus’ Regime It is actually reported that sexual...
by admin | Jan 10, 2016 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
This will conclude my consideration of Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. I’ll continue with the aftermath of the war between Israel and Benjamin. So the people came to Bethel and sat...
by admin | Nov 22, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
I am considering Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. In a previous essay I wrote, “Dear God, I hope she was dead,” of the Levite’s concubine as she was sprawled out on the doorstep of the...
by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
I am considering Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer,[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. The story of the Levite and his concubine in the book of Judges qualifies as ἀδικίᾳ that love is not glad about. In the previous essay...