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Church Sign: An Eye for an Eye

Byhenry March 8, 2010

At first glance, this is a good sign for a Christian. After all, Jesus replaces “an eye for an eye” with “Do not resist the one who is evil” (Matthew 5:38-39). But I think it illustrates the way we fail to understand certain phrases as they were intended. “An eye for an eye” or lex…

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Checking Facts and the Authorship of Hebrews

Byhenry December 26, 2016

Dave Black just posted a note on the authorship of Hebrews which brings up an important point: Fact checking. This comes up all over the place these days. It’s so easy to just quote something you’ve heard or to reference a secondary source when a primary source is available. As an editor I’m reminded of…

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Ephesians 2: The Radical Nature of the Gospel

Byhenry September 29, 2012

As I’ve been reading this passage repeatedly this week, I have been repeatedly struck by the radical nature of what Paul is saying here. I’m surprised we don’t spend more time on it, because it seems to me to clarify many things that are left unclear in Galatians and Romans. Of course, considering the discussion…

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Perspectives on Paul: Paul’s Gospel or Another Gospel

Byhenry October 6, 2016

I don’t expect to finish this topic, but I’ll make a stab at getting started. I have added my interview with Dr. Herold Weiss to the resource page. Here’s the viewer embed for tonight: And here’s my interview with Dr. Herold Weiss: