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4 days ago · So our text functions as a contrast with, and a commentary on, the surrounding text and its themes. The setting of the story is “the district of Tyre and Sidon.” [A map here.] This is distinctly Gentile territory, and also territory with a historical relationship to Israel. [A long article on what that means here.]
3 days ago · Unique Relationship with Father. Divine fatherhood is the controlling concept of God in 1 Peter (1:2, 3, 17). Commentators connect the picture of God as a Father to the rebirth metaphor that Peter uses to describe believers’ salvation (v. 3).
1 day ago · "1. It can refer to a process of interpreting Scripture. According to this definition, any comment which is directly or indirectly related to the Bible is midrashic. "2. The term can also refer to a specific body of classical rabbinic commentary on the Bible, edited from approximately the year 200 C.E. to the ninth century.
4 days ago · Nevertheless, the text has come to be a direct reflection on the fuller meaning of what Jesus came to mean for the early church. Fortunately, the eunuch invites Phillip into his chariot for an explanation, thus giving him a break from his running (!) and offering him the chance to help the Ethiopian grasp the text from a Christian perspective.
1 day ago · Preface.. This is a book review of Ehrman’s 2023) Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. I thought this book was both profound and interesting. I have been trying for years to understand what evangelists are thinking, why they voted for Trump, are easily tricked into being anti-vaccination and so on.
2 days ago · A friend from church told me to find a book of the Bible and really understand it. Read through the Bible and pick one and read it over and over and study it and really get it. So I started in Genesis and read through. When I got to Proverbs I really liked it so I thought that would be the book. I started by memorizing all of Proverbs chapter 3.
4 days ago · David Returns to Jerusalem. 19 And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” 2 So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.” 3 And the people [ a]stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal ...
