by admin | Mar 18, 2019 | A Monotonous Cycle, Section Five
Moses wrote (Genesis 3:22-24 Tanakh): And HaShem (yehôvâh, יהוה) G-d (ʼĕlôhı̂ym, אלהים) said: ‘Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Four, To Make Holy
The next form of ἁγιάζω I want to consider is found in Jesus’ prayer to his Father: Set them apart (ἁγίασον, a form of ἁγιάζω) in the truth; your word is truth.[1] But I’m making a slow pilgrimage through his prayer because I believe I can know his holiness here. I...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
I have attempted to cleanse Jesus’ words of the crime/punishment motif I think the translators of the NET and NASB superimposed upon them, so that his mercy—planning the offspring of vipers’ escape from being condemned to hell—shines through (Matthew 23:33-35 NET;...
by admin | May 27, 2013 | Antichrist, Section Three
Back at Eden in Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” she (Charlotte Gainsbourg) explained an incident that happened the past summer. She heard her son Nic crying. She searched everywhere for him. When she found him, he was playing contentedly, but the crying persisted for...
by admin | Jul 25, 2012 | Chapter 1, Romans, Section Two
By the time he wrote his letter to the Romans Paul was back. He abandoned all pretense of being concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.1 His letter began with a history lesson like those he preached at Pisidian Antioch and Athens. ...