Right then, it downed on me that I had mentally identified the couple as being a part of my Buckner group by their green luggage tags, but they didn't even know me because my luggage was on its way back to me. In haste, I identified myself and explained my predicament. We all laug...
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World by E. Randolph Richards, Richard James Published by IVP Academic on October 13, 2020 Goodreads The Bible was written within collectivist cultures. When Westerners, immersed in individualism, ...
May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call… (Ephesians 1:15-23) EYES OF OUR HEARTS: For most of Jesus’ time on earth, very few people were able to truly know him, despite hearing Jesus teach and seeing Him perform mira...
He did not sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. When He was insulted while on the cross, He did not retaliate. Instead He entrusted Himself to the one who judges rightly, the Father.Jesus bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we being dead to ...
For a troubled heart is the noblest sacrifice in the eyes of God. The heart, therefore, must not be lifted up by prosperity, but humbly kept within the bounds of meekness through the fear of God.” Hilary of Poitiers, Commentary on the Psalms, 130/131:1 (A.D. 365). “Now we have...