by admin | May 25, 2022 | Section Six, The Book of Life, The New Covenant
To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven1 spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation2 (ὄνομα) that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.3...
by admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Psalm 22, Section Five
News coverage is heavily biased toward the activities of criminals, politicians and activists, a minority of people. Yet this minority report can have an exaggerated influence on the socially constructed reality of a majority of people, especially if they are...
by admin | Oct 1, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
As I continue to consider Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer,[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey, I want to look at some more truth that love rejoices in along with some more ἀδικία that it does not. What Luke called a...
by admin | Aug 20, 2012 | Chapter 3, Romans, Section Two
Therefore what advantage (περισσὸν, a form of περισσός) does the Jew have,1 Paul asked. The word translated advantage (περισσὸν) is also found in Jesus’ saying, I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly (περισσὸν, a form of περισσός).2 Paul...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man,1 David’s song continued. This is a truth he learned the hard way with Bathsheba. But I could hear the voice of Jesus, You have heard that it was said,2 “Do not commit adultery (μοιχεύσεις, a form of μοιχεύω).” But I say...