Acts 20:1-5 describes Paul’s eventual return to Thessalonica and to other churches in the area. v. “Supposing that we have ascertained that hindrances in our way really come from Satan, WHAT THEN? I have but one piece of advice, and that is, go on, hindrance or no hindrance, in ...
In this chapter, I examine the loophole through which women using pain as a means to alter consciousness create a way to speak within regimes that would silence them. They articulate a spiritual rationale, but their performances also function within a gendered system of communication, and their ...
When the test has been made (according to the standard of God’s Word and the discernment of spirit among the leaders), we then hold fast to what is good. i. Between the time Paul last saw the Thessalonians and the writing of this letter, he had spent time in Berea (Acts 17:10-...
i. Head is an important word in this chapter. Some consider head to mean nothing more than source, in the sense that the head of a river is its source. Though this word can mean this, Paul is not simply saying, “Man came from Jesus, woman came from man, and Jesus came from God...
ii. Repeatedly in Leviticus 18 –a chapter where God instructed Israel on the matter of sexual morality – the idea is given that one may not uncover the nakedness of another not their spouse. The idea is that the nakedness of an individual belongs to his or her spouse and no one else...
i. The Bible does explain that there will be a significant outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days (Joel 2:28-29,Acts 2:17-18); but this passage from James doesn’t seem to be relevant to that outpouring. ii. Instead, the sense here is more as Moffatt explains: “The farme...
a. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations: This word of the Lord through Ezekiel concerns Jerusalem and the depths of her wickedness. Throughout this chapter, Jerusalem is used as an accurate representative of the people of Israel as a whole. i. “Ezekiel was charged by God to declare ...
a.Therefore we do not lose heart: Paul began the chapter (2 Corinthians 4:1) by declaringsince we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. Then in the chapter he described all the death-like sufferings he had to endure in the ministry. It is as if Paul...
a. Therefore: Peter has just demonstrated the glory and eternal character of God’s word. Now therefore, in light of what God’s word is to us, we should receive the word and receive it with a particular heart. b. As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word: The word desire...
i. “The same word in the Greek is used for ‘covenant’ and ‘testament,’ and although the double use is difficult, there seems to be no doubt that in verse 15 the word means ‘covenant,’ and in verses 16 and 17 ‘testament,’ and then in verse 18 ‘covenant’ again.” (Thomas...