The lengths of the bounds (a stade or furlong apart) give some idea of the severity of the trial, and serve to illustrate the meaning of the apostle when he speaks of running with patience the race set before him (ὐπομονή, sustained effort), Indeed, one Ladas, a victor of...
Especially helpful in its exploration of the meaning of canon, the most significant issue that divides scholars and regularly leads to different conclusions. Barton also distinguishes between the notion of scripture and canon and deals carefully with the origins of both Old and New Testament canon ...
the city. In the Assyrian inscriptions Nineveh is also supposed to be called "the city of Bel." Fletcher, rather fancifully, taking Nin as meaning "a floating substance or fish," and neveh "a resting-place," supposes the city to have been built nigh to the spot where the ark of ...
[3] Although God should not be the less minded [thought of], because of second causes; seeing all the power and efficacy of the second cause is in the virtue of the first, as it has no being by it, so it is not able to stir without it.[4] But now as for this creature, the ...
“Without hedonism, there would be no point or meaning to our moral decisions” (Joe Barnhart in The Warren-Barnhart Debate on Christian Ethics versus Utilitarian Ethics, November 5, 1980, Denton, Texas). No matter the identifying moniker of a particular moral philosophy that an atheist or ...
If we try to get from a metaphor more than it is supposed to provide, we begin to distort the meaning of the metaphor. No single metaphor is able to present a full picture of reality. This is why we need multiple metaphors in order to reconstruct a biblical concept of atonement, where...
this book will fully elucidate and crush all confusion concerning what a person (soul) MUST DO to obtain eternal life by illuminating the true spiritual meaning behind every detail of the ancient Bible stories. So sit back and hold on, because this book’s message is going to be a life-ch...
“Perhaps that’s the meaning of reckless love. God still loves us at our worst.” “That’s been my experience with God. He doesn’t seem to calm the storms in my life, He just holds an umbrella over my head to protect me until the sun comes out again.” ...
a船号 Ship number[translate] a在西方,“13”被认为是不吉利的数字,其原因就是与圣经故事中耶稣被他的第十三个门徒犹大出卖有关。所以,在西方国家,人们通常避免使用“13”这个数字。在中国的传统文化中,数字“13”则没有这种文化含义。 In the West, “13” was considered is the inauspicious numeral, its...
It analyses his understanding of soteriological trajectories and underlying streams of meaning and then raises critical questions with regard to his use of evolutionary theory, the nature of the streams of meaning, the problems of historical construction and the reduction of the biblical witness to ...