Foster's Theological Reflections

Greek: Συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν, Admittedly, most translations usually render 1 Cor. 11:20 as ...

This quote comes from Stanley E. Porter; it is part of a longer discussion in his book John, His Gospel, and Jesus: in Pursuit of the Johan...

Greek: συνερχομένων οὖν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐκ ἔστιν κυριακὸν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν, ESV: "When you come together, it is not the Lord's ...

One Christian disciple recorded Jesus the Jew proclaiming that God is spirit: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in...

Greek: τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν, καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν. πνεῦμά is surely a noun, but I don...

"Job begins his speech by disavowing lust, specifically of a young woman. The OT does condemn lust through the tenth commandment (Exod....

Dear Faulkner [original name changed], I asked a question about Cyprian and Stephen that you either never answered or took a great amount ...

Our midweek meeting included a discussion of 1 Cor. 10:8, which mentions 23,000 dying because they committed fornication (sexual immorality)...

I've always found Charles Ryrie's discussion of Rom. 16:1-2 in Basic Theology (pp. 419-420) to be helpful. Here are some gleanings ...

So I continued looking in the vision of the night on my bed and, lo, a holy eir descended from heaven ( v. 13 ). By eir he refers to the w...

A physical man/person is fleshly-minded, more concerned with prestige and worldly pursuits rather than spiritual things (1 Cor. 2:14). Such ...

Greek: Σαῦλος δὲ ἦν συνευδοκῶν τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ. Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ διωγμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν ἐν Ἰεροσολύμοις· πάντε...

There is still a burning question in New Testament studies about the potential signification of KEFALH qua a scriptural metaphor. Some prom...

Greek: φανερὰ δέ ἐστιν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός, ἅτινά ἐστιν πορνεία, ἀκαθαρσία, ἀσέλγεια, εἰδωλολατρία, φαρμακεία, ἔχθραι, ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοί, ἐ...

Sorcery or magic (φαρμακεία) is regularly condemned in Jewish literature (Exod 7:11, 22; 8:14; Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23; cf. Wis 12:4; 18:13...

James Baikie's work is entitled The English Bible and Its Story (London: Seeley, 1928). I tried to find out about his personal details...

Greek: πιστὸς ὁ θεός, δι’ οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν. Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματ...

But those who have been saved by their works and to whom the Torah has been now a hope and understanding an expec­tation and wisdom a confid...

Kevin Corcoran analyzes different kinds of dualism in his book, Rethinking Human Nature . Dualism here primarily refers to anthropological t...