by admin | Apr 27, 2024 | Christianity, Section Six, The Children of Promise
Paul wrote, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.1 In another essay I asked, “So, if God did not allow [Abimelech] to touch Sarah, why didn’t He do the same for Pharaoh and Sarai?”...
by admin | Dec 13, 2013 | Chapter 12, Gifts of the Spirit, Romans, Section Three
If [the gift] is showing mercy (ἐλεῶν, a form of ἐλεέω),[1] he must do so with cheerfulness.[2] This is my gift, the one given to me. It is the way I see Jesus and his Father. It is the way I see the world. It is my bias. Blessed are the merciful (ἐλεήμονες, a...