Foster's Theological Reflections

Looking at Genesis 28:11-12 again, it's funny how new details become salient each time and things become clearer with one more read. The...

The resurrected Lord Christ Jesus utters these words to the first-century Christian congregation in Philadelphia (western Asia Minor): ...

 

In any conversation or discourse,  there normally is a lingual sender and a receiver. How does the lingual sender convey ideas/messages to t...

"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper ...

The Hebrew text does not mention the “glory” ( NIV follows the Old Greek translation here)52 of the grass or humanity that will wither and ...

Greek (WH): ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος, "We have this a...

Morphemes are minimal units of meaning,  but what a difference they make. The Greek morpheme δελφύς/Δελφός means "womb." However, ...

James 3:17 states that divine wisdom (the wisdom from above) is first of all "chaste" or clean. As we consider Job's example o...

1.  Kakistocracy (noun)- "government by the worst citizens." See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kakistocracy The word ...

[This is part of some research I did years ago. Please, let's not relitigate whether Chomsky is right or not: I merely want to discuss s...

I believe that neuroscience tends to be deterministic. Now to be clear, I would not say that all neuroscientists are determinists but it see...

Jesus was like his brothers/sisters in every way except he was without sin (Hebrews 4:15-16; 1 Peter 2:21-25). The Apostle Paul writes under...

Does the Bible ever say there is nothing wrong with prostitution or with being a prostitute? No it does not. https://www.biblicalcyclopedia....

Greek (WH): Τί οὖν ὁ νόμος; τῶν παραβάσεων χάριν προσετέθη, ἄχρις ἂν ἔλθῃ τὸ σπέρμα ᾧ ἐπήγγελται, διαταγεὶς δι' ἀγγέλων ἐν χειρὶ μεσίτο...

                             

Interesting thought from Antonio Damasio (a "renowned" neurologist): "Nature appears to have built the apparatus of rationali...

All of us have to watch  how we use our tongues (how we speak). We're imperfect and prone to "stumble many times" in word and ...

I've given little attention to the problem of divine hiddenness, but one treatment of the subject is by Peter van Inwagen. See his book,...

"The council of Nicea may with good reason be regarded as signalling a new era of Church history. In fact, it marks the beginning of a ...