Creation of new meaning: rhetorical situations and the reception of Romans 13:1-7Botha, Jan
This is why Love believesall things(1 Corinthians 3:7), why God is Love (1 John 4:8), and why Christ, like Love, fulfils the law (Romans 13:8-10,Matthew 5:17-19). And that means that someone who is incapable of algorithmic thought — someone who does not understand what law is...
Like butterflies, we are now ready to fly and reach new levels that the Lord has for us. Let us meditate onRomans 12: 2“Do not conform to this age, but transform yourselves through the renewal of your understanding, so that you may see what is the good will of God, agreeable and ...
Very curiously, seeing that the eagle would be so important to the Romans, the how and why of this was lost over time. Etymology of the name Aquila Here at Abarim Publications we don't know either, but we frequently make the point that a mind without script is a completely different ...
The claim that the binding of the demonic Strong Man occurred in the past, and the call to abolish archism in the present, are not refuted by a common misunderstanding of Romans 13. That passage is about the demonic "powers." God sovereignly controls all things, but that does not mean...
The meaning of SWAY is the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion. How to use sway in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sway.
Meanwhile, in the two millennia following their exile by the Romans, other populations, mostly Muslim and Arab, inhabited the region that became known as Palestine, calling it their home. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire took control of...
We can easily identify the origins of the temple's name, which the Romans borrowed from the Greek word for a temple honoring all their gods. That Greek word, pantheion, combines pan- ("all") and theos ("god"). Later on, in English, "all the gods" was used to mean just that—a...
Everything God does is motivated by love. This is seen throughout Scripture, from His creation of the world to the redemption offered through Jesus Christ. For example, John 3:16 says that God sent His Son, Jesus, because He loves us so much. Romans 5:8 tells us that Jesus died for...
From the time when letters began to be forged in his name (2 Thess 2:2; 3:17) it seems to have been his practice to close with a few words...- Romans 10:9, 1 Cor. 15:15, 6:14, 2 Cor. 4:14, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:20, Col 2:12, 1 Thess. 11:10, Heb. 13:20, 1 ...