But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
Word of the day:
lethologica:
The inability to remember a particular word or name
Now, if only I could recall this word next time I can’t remember the word I’m looking for…
Authors: Craig...
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt had been commissioned to compose a work to be premiered at a peace concert in Barcelona on July 1, 2004. The piece, “Da Pacem Domine” (Give Peace, O Lord), was begun two days after the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, in memoriam of its victims. It...
And as before, I’ve again used the title of a Pedro the Lion song for a blog post. This time the track is from the album The Only Reason I Feel Secure…Is That I Am Validated By My Peers:
It’s weird to think of all the things That have not been keeping up with the times It’s...
[Steve Delamarter, A Scripture Index to Charlesworth’sThe Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, 2002, Sheffield Academic Press, London, UK, 99 pages]
To those of a Christian or Jewish persuasion (or those researching either of these belief systems) who...
[See Introduction; John 1:1-2; 1:3-5]
Some believe the prologue was initially a Christian hymn, repurposed by the Gospel writer.48 At least a few with this perspective construe 1:6-8 as an interpolation, an addition to the original hymn.49 Yet even if the prologue had its genesis as a hymn, with the...
Once again this blog title is the same as that of a song by David Bazan, from his ‘band’ Pedro The Lion.
All the time you were burning my letters You were only acting the part You think without me you’ll get on much better But you don’t even know your own heart
Come home,...
The title of this blog post mirrors the title of its subject, namely a song by David Bazan, as performed by his ‘band’ Pedro The Lion. The lyrics are below, and you can hear it here:
I could hear the church bells ringing They pealed aloud Your praise The member’s faces were smiling...
[This is part 6 of a multi-part article. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5.]
Comparing 5:27b with other theologically similar anarthrous PN-CV constructions in John’s Gospel, specifically 1:1c and 1:14a, may reinforce the stance adopted here.
In the verse which begins John’s Gospel the...
[This is part 4 of a multi-part article. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 5.]
Chapter 5 of John’s Gospel begins with Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus’ Jewish adversaries took exception to His healing on the Sabbath, and then commanding the now-healed man to...
[This is part 3 of a multi-part article. See part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5.]
In the NT the idiom is most often arthrous, with only four instances of anarthrous constructions, with John 5:27b included in the latter. We’ll briefly discuss the use of the articular form of the expression in the...
[This is the first part of a multi-part article. See part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.]
This article will argue that, properly understood, John the Gospel writer1 conveys in John 5:27 that Jesus Christ was given authority by the Father to judge due to His incarnational status of being fully human yet the Son of God. In other words, the Son of God was...
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 A...
This will be a bit unusual in that, just like the title states, this post will consist of random thoughts. In thinking about writing down the ruminations swirling through my head of late, I was reminded of a term from a psych class I took as a college freshman – flight of ideas. I’ve been convinced for some time now that...
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