by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Section Six, Wonders and False Wonders
Peter described Jesus to the crowd gathered at Pentecost as a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed (ἐποίησεν, a form of ποιέω) among you through him, just as you yourselves know…1 The Greek word...
by admin | Jul 17, 2021 | Funeral, Section Five
This is the first Scripture reading from my mother’s funeral. I selected passages that contained forms of ἀνίστημι to describe resurrection from the dead: I have come down from heaven [Jesus said] not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. Now this...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
I plan to begin a slow pilgrimage through kâphar, which will at a minimum include surveying kôpher and kippûr. The first occurrences of kâphar and kôpher according to Strong’s Concordance are found in, Make rooms in the ark, and cover (kâphar, וכפרת; Septuagint:...
by admin | Apr 15, 2012 | Holy Spirit, Introduction
To leave the giving, receiving and power of the Holy Spirit out of the Gospel is frankly absurd. I doubt that was Paul’s intention in his first letter to the Corinthians. The omission is mine if I limit my view to a specific text. Jesus, after his resurrection,...