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Romans 16 contains Paul’s greetings to an amazingly diverse group of Roman Christians – the 35 individuals named are Jewish, Roman, Greek, Asian, African, male, female, single, married, of high and low social status. Part of the purpose of the letter was to unite Jew with Gentile; ‘weak’ with ‘strong’ (14-15); high with low (12:3ff), etc. It is therefore no . . . → Read More: diversity Two terms in the single verse of Romans 3:21 evidence both the continuity and the discontinuity of the newness of the righteousness-revealing gospel of Jesus with the oldness of the sin-revealing Law. But now, the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from [χωρὶς|choris; in discontinuity with] the law , although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to [μαρτυρουμένη|marturoumene; . . . → Read More: old/new both/and “Holy rusted metal, BArT ehrMAN!” (yes, I just typed that; many cheese-ness awards shall I win…) Respected (and prolific! given the rate he publishes blogs and books!) New Testament Scholar Ben Witherington III is doing an astoundingly in-depth review of Bart Ehrman’s ‘Jesus Interrupted’ (parts 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 and 5) and see Ehrman being humorously . . . → Read More: ben on bart Monday nights, 1, 8, 15, 22 September 2008 7:00 – 9:30pm, Laidlaw College – Auckland Campus, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, Waitakere Heaven and Earth: Where are we going? Does it matter? We are excited by the opportunity we have to introduce you to some of the new faces at College. This group includes Dr Martin Sutherland (Vice Principal Academic) . . . → Read More: wineskins at laidlaw  Comments are closed  bible, christianity, theology, www  belief, christianity, creation, faith, god, gospel, heaven, hope, humanity, interpretation, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, life, Mark Strom, religion, stewardship, theology, truth, wisdom Will somebody please make a modern, well-produced movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer!??? (existing works here, here and here…) I think Matt Damon should play the part… 9 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, theology belief, bonhoeffer, community, dignity, faith, fellowship, film, god, gospel, hope, humanity, jesus, justice, kingdom of god, life, love, morals, peace, philosophy, spirituality, suffering, theology, truth, war If only people in general –and Christians in particular– could grasp just a few key things that makes Jesus who He is… then I’m convinced not only that Christianity would have a better reputation, but –even further– those who aren’t Christians might be far less against the growth of Christianity… People are scared about the growth of Christianity because they . . . → Read More: good news for all the people 9 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology belief, christianity, church, conflict, discernment, discipleship, faith, god, gospel, heaven, interpretation, Israel, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, politics, prayer, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology The Romans 1:1-17 targum wasn’t enough… …I had to post this one as well… Again, I advise reading these two simple verses in an easy-to-read translation before reading the targum… In case it’s not obvious, Walsh is anything but a typical ‘republican-style’ Christian… If this doesn’t stir your heart, check your pulse… . . . → Read More: brian walsh: targum of Romans 12:1-2 27 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, politics, theology brian walsh, christianity, consumerism, creation, culture, discernment, ethics, faith, god, gospel, grace, humanity, interpretation, jesus, kingdom of god, life, peace, politics, spirituality, suffering, targum, theology Read Romans 1:1-17 (in a good, easy to read translation like NIV or CEV), and then check out Brian J. Walsh’s ‘targum’ (an interpretive ‘modernisation’ of a given passage) of it… (Copied from here) I just love this stuff… . . . → Read More: brian walsh: targum of Romans 1:1-17 3 comments - (Comments are closed) art, bible, christianity, theology brian walsh, christianity, consumerism, faith, gospel, humanity, imagination, interpretation, jesus, kingdom of god, politics, poverty, spirituality, targum, theology If you know anything about the word ‘gospel’, you probably know that it means ‘Good News.’ You may also know that it is the word (‘euangelion‘) that a Roman herald would use in making the announcement that there was a new Emperor in the Empire. I love the way that Tom Wright points out that these Roman heralds were . . . → Read More: the gospel announcement Comments are closed bible, christianity, politics, theology christianity, gospel, interpretation, jesus, life, N.T. Wright, politics |
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