by admin | May 30, 2016 | Chapter 12, Love, Romans, Section Three
Live in harmony (φρονοῦντες, a form of φρονέω) with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.[1] I can’t find live or harmony in the Greek here, τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες. The phrase translated do not be haughty is μὴ...
by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | My Reasons and My Reason, Section Three
I took my mother to see “Saving Mr. Banks” after Christmas. We enjoyed it. It was a well-done adult Disney movie. (I wouldn’t recommend it for children.) We’re both interested in the creative process so a movie about making a movie didn’t seem too masturbatory. ...
by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | My Reasons and My Reason, Section Three
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will...
by admin | Jun 21, 2013 | Chapter 12, Gifts of the Spirit, Romans, Section Three
For by the grace (χάριτος, a form of χάρις) given to me, Paul continued describing the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect,1 I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober...
by admin | Feb 23, 2013 | Chapter 11, Romans, Section Two
So I ask, Paul continued, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew (προέγνω, a form of προγινώσκω)!1 The word προέγνω...