Interestingly, progressives only started to publicly show their hostile Marxist attitudes toward the traditional family using the terms patricentric and patriarchal as pejorative descriptions of traditional families in the past few years. The progressive cultural worldview of the family summarized by the ...
Then he declares that God, the heart-knower, bore witness to the Gentiles (showing that they were to be received into the church) by giving them the Holy Spirit even as he had earlier given the Holy Spirit to John’s disciples on Pentecost (v. 8; cf. Acts 2:1-4). And he says, ...
By a natural progression the anthropopathic descriptions of the Sacred Book were spiritually interpreted as divine allegory, and in time the whole letter of the Law was regarded only as a veil that screened deep mystical truths from the vulgar gaze; σχεδὸν τὰ πάντα ἀλ...
though there are a few mentions of “demons” in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Psalms. But all three mentions of demons seem to treat “demon” as meaning “idol” or “false god” – they’re all mentioned in the context of condemning those who sacrifice to them. Note that Leviticus...
(4.) Mede, only in Da 11:1. In the following account we chiefly refer of course to ancient territorial distributions and descriptions. ⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.I. Geography. The general situation of the country is abundantly clear, though its limits may not be...
A letter of interest, curriculum vitae, detailed descriptions of two proposed courses (one introductory course, the other in an area of specialization), and a writing sample should be sent as an e-mail attachment to Jennifer Ould, Assistant to the President and Dean of the Faculty at jould@...
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Worship in the New Testament carried deeply personal connotations. It was about the transformation of the heart and mind and an intimate relationship with God. Every believer was called to engage in a lifelong process of worship, with every moment and every aspect of life serving as an opportuni...
All the accounts and allusions in ancient writers seem to warrant the conclusion that the legends concerning the introduction of the Eleusinia are descriptions of a period when the inhabitants of Attica were becoming acquainted with the benefits of agriculture and of a regularly constituted form of ...
Still more definite descriptions are given of שׁאוֹל, and the condition of the departed there; e.g. Isa 14:9 sq.; also in the Psalms and in Job. Even in these texts, however, the doctrine of the reward of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked in the king...