Paul’s epistles had ‘things’ that Peter declared ‘hard to be understood’, II Peter 3:15-17. Peter is not supporting Paul in this passage. It’s anything but. He only agrees with the statement that the longsuffering of the Lord is salvation, in verse 15. In verses 16-17, he wa...
This made him realize the need to translate the texts of TCM,so that it could B 15 by the Western world bet-ter.Over his past fifty years, Paul has translated lots of Chinese medical classics. He strongly be-lieves that with his hard work, more texts of TCM B 16 into Western ...
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This is not just a defense, says Paul -- as if he needed to defend himself to them! He has gone into detail to help bring them understanding and clarity and therefore strengthen them. Sometimes maturity comes through hard lessons.
However, the third chapter demotes that Paul's statement should be understood not merely theologically but also rhetorically. At the surface level, it seems that Paul acknowledges that justification by works is possible. However, at the deeper level Paul rhetorically contends that if someone ...
It was an understood thing that if one woman wanted her neighbour, she should put the poker in the fire and bang at the back of the fireplace, which, as the fires were back to back, would make a great noise in the adjoining house. One morning Mrs. Kirk, mixing a pudding, nearly st...
I'm so happy that you will go to middle to school this September. I will give you some advice on your middle school life.Don't be shy in class. Try to be an active student and ask the teacher questions if you really make yourself understood(明白). Don't be afraid of that!
isbearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day youheard it and understoodthe grace of God in truth,7just as you learned it fromEpaphras our belovedfellow servant.[b]He isa faithful minister of Christ on your[c]behalf8and has made known to us yourlove in the ...
Then he went on to speak of that one among the sons of God, whom God had raised from the dead. . . . It would be hard to conceive of a wiser or more skilful approach to the Athenian mind; of a better way of bringing to that mind the mystery of the resurrection. And it is of...
You have dreamed and planned long and hard to create an amazing and lasting memory for you, your family and friends, Your careful choices will ensure it is so. Hedley Paul (‘HP’) delights in conducting very personal and fun ceremonies, crafted precisely in accord with your wishes. He bel...