Foster's Theological Reflections

Plato makes the following epistemic distinctions in his work, the Republic (509d-510a). These steps go in ascending order: in other words, d...

Greek: ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξ...

I think it was Bruce Laurin who wrote (or he penned words to this effect): "not everything that happens in the word of God is the will ...

  See also pages 92-93.

Commenting on Matthew 6:22, Blomberg writes: [Note] 76: “ 'Good' is actually the more specific word , [ haplous ] implying single-...

Greek: ὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers:  ...

I wrote this piece back in 2012 on another forum; edited 9/18/23. A friend recently asked me about the subject of "sealing" in the...

One of the most important decisions we can make is our choice of friends: friendships affect our relationship with Jehovah in a positive or ...

1) The problem of how to render Greek or Hebrew words is an ongoing challenge, but lexicographers normatively differentiate glosses from wo...

Back in 2012, I felt the same way about this subject as I do now.  My ideas about employing hyponymy and cognitive semantics to advance the...

See ISBN 3-438-05124-9 A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint , Revised Edition © 2003 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. κτίζω+ V 6-...

 

Greek (WH): ᾧ ἀντίστητε στερεοὶ τῇ πίστει, εἰδότες τὰ αὐτὰ τῶν παθημάτων τῇ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητι ἐπιτελεῖσθαι. NEB: "Stand up t...

I'm aware that the bulk of commentators include the spirit realm in the creation mentioned at Genesis 1:1, but the matter is not quite s...