by admin | Sep 10, 2026 | Keep My Commandments, Section Seven
Jesus said (John 14:15, 21a Berean Literal Bible): If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. The one having My commandments and keeping them, he is the one loving Me [Table]. The Greek is: Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, If you love Me. Translating Ἐὰν If, leads me to the...
by admin | Nov 2, 2024 | Explorations, Section Seven
Love is punishment. That’s the lesson I learned quite well from my elders. As I grew I began to recognize that they were consoling one another and exhorting one another not to compromise with the world around them, a psychological world that was preaching a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2024 | Christ-Centered Preaching, Section Six
This is the continuation of my notes from Chapter 4 in a preaching course I’m taking. Unless otherwise indicated all quotations are from the book: Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, 3rd Edition by Bryan Chapell Exercises Indicate how...
by admin | Jul 30, 2023 | Christianity, Section Six
There are 10 occurrences of πάντας in Romans [see Table below] the Greek word translated all people in: And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people (πάντας, a form of πᾶς) to myself.1 I’ll consider seven of them in some detail. The first...
by admin | Dec 30, 2018 | A Monotonous Cycle, Section Five
Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? Jesus said to Nicodemus. I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I have told you people...