Posted by admin at October 28th, 2006
Let me share a few thoughts on Peter’s vision of a great sheet descending with all kinds of animals in it. Did the vision meant the abrogation of the food laws as traditional Christian theologians claim? Or perhaps the passage was meant to communicate a different idea. (more…)
Posted by admin at October 28th, 2006
Throughout the history of the Christian church we have seen many doctrines developed. One only needs to go to a Christian bookstore or a bible college library to find the diversity of interpretations on biblical passages. What is the reason for such a diversity of interpretations? (more…)
Posted by admin at July 1st, 2006
Let me share a few thoughts about the usage of pronouns when translating the Greek text to English. If you only ever learned English you are probably not aware of translational issues. Concerning natural and grammatical genders, please refer to the following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender (more…)
Posted by admin at July 1st, 2006
Let me share my thoughts concerning expressions of divine favour, a concept so often ignored by the expositors of the NT. As an example let us consider the following passage:
Col 1:16 for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities — all things were created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (more…)
Posted by admin at April 3rd, 2006
The PaRDeS system was first published in the Zohar in the second century, but it is evidently much older than that. The NT authors use all four levels, and thus, their understanding is crucial to understanding the NT. (more…)
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