theology

Katherine Shaner: Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity

Katherine Shaner: Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity

Katherine Shaner, Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018) xxix + 207 pages, ISBN 9780190275068. Dr. Katherine Shaner, in a revised form of her Harvard Divinity School dissertation, asks a provocative question. What role, if any, did enslaved persons embody in the congregation of the early church? Shaner’s response to this […]

Where Are the USA and the World Headed? :: By Gene Lawley

Where Are the USA and the World Headed? :: By Gene Lawley

Recently I had an article posted that tied together the history of money with the age-old warfare between God and Satan. I titled the article “The Felonious Fiber of Fraudulent Factions” to show that the opposition to God was of evil origin with subtle intentions for control of mankind and world domination. The article just […]

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‘Palm Sunday’: What Did That Event Fulfill and Preview? :: By Ron Ferguson

‘Palm Sunday’: What Did That Event Fulfill and Preview? :: By Ron Ferguson

In the next 4 or 5 postings, I am going to look at Easter and just move aside for a short time from my normal Rapture, Prophecy, Eschatology, Current Events Postings. It has been on my mind to do these, and it has taken some time. We are going to begin with Palm Sunday. Palm […]

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Agape and phileo

Agape and phileo – no difference

What is the difference, biblically and theologically, between agape and phileo. I have read that secular Greek texts/philosophers thought phileo a higher form of love as it refers to intimacy and a desire to love, whereas agape is more a d…

Hear O Israel

Hear O Israel

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one, and you shall Love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

1 Apr 2023

1 Apr 2023

Massive snowfall results in California’s largest snowpack on record – 17 atmospheric rivers and several non-atmospheric-river storms since December 2022 pushed California’s snowpack to its largest level in recorded history, surpassing the previous record set in 1982-1983. In addition, the state’s drought conditions have improved significantly since the start of the water year, with severe […]

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Are Matthew 21:9 and Matthew 23:39 out of order?

Are Matthew 21:9 and Matthew 23:39 out of order?

The background verse here is this:

[Psa 118:26 NKJV] (26) Blessed [is] he who comes in the name of the LORD! We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.

The fulfillment appears here:

[Mat 21:1-11 NKJV] (1) Now when they drew near Je…

Does Jesus misquote Psalm 8:2?

Does Jesus misquote Psalm 8:2?

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to
the son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you
hear what these are sayi…