by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | Section Three, Sexual Immorality
The exercise of revisiting Paul’s Religious Mind and the meaning of Sexual Immorality has clarified a few things that were right in front of me all along. I considered again the list of sins that described the former lives of some who were called to faith in Corinth:...
by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Three
The movie Spotlight is named after a team of investigative journalists at the Boston Globe. They pierce a smokescreen of secrecy—fueled by police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, businessmen, civil servants, their own bosses and colleagues, even their own...
by admin | Jan 23, 2013 | Genesis, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
I think I am safe using the word fear to describe Jacob’s prognostication that Simeon and Levi…had brought ruin on him by making him a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land, that the Canaanites and the Perizzites…would join forces against him and attack...
by admin | Dec 27, 2012 | Chapter 9, Romans, Section Two
After the crescendo of faith and victory in Christ at the end of chapter eight, Paul’s abrupt admission at the beginning of chapter nine is disconcerting. I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit – I have...
by admin | Oct 19, 2012 | Chapter 8, Romans, Section Two
There is therefore now no condemnation (κατάκριμα) for those who are in Christ Jesus (ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ),1 Paul continued. I want to list some of the things that are true for those in Christ Jesus: In Christ Jesus… 1) …born of water and spirit [Table]…What is born of...