In English, the word love is comprehensive. It conveys an emotional fondness for ice cream, baseball, a child, and a spouse. In the Greek, the word love is used more precisely. There is eros love. There is philein love. There is agape love. It is instructive that the word eros does not occur in the … Continue reading If You Love Jesus, You Must Love Others
855 New Testament Commandments for Christians
Commandments for Christians After discovering there are 613 laws in the Torah, I was curious as to how many commandments for Christians there are in the New Testament. To date, my study has revealed 855 laws for Christians to live by. The New Testament word for law is nomos. The word Theonomic is derived from … Continue reading 855 New Testament Commandments for Christians
Do Not Swim with the “Ducks” in the Cesspool of Sin
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:13-14). “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, … Continue reading Do Not Swim with the “Ducks” in the Cesspool of Sin
Situational Ethics In the Christian School
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, … Continue reading Situational Ethics In the Christian School