Text Today – Slave of Righteousness

Byhenry July 22, 2010

So now that you have been freed from sin, you have become enslaved to righteousness. — Romans 6:18 (my translation)

Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living. — Romans 6:18 (NLT)

And yet there are those who think Paul taught easy believism!

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God Perfected through Suffering
Byhenry January 3, 2017
For it was appropriate for him, for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, in bringing many children to glory, the pioneer of their salvation to perfect through suffering (Hebrews 2:10, very literal) I wouldn’t suggest that any Greek students translate the way I just did, or your Greek teacher may suggest you learn…
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Psalm 119:146 – Save Me
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Calling out to God for salvation is not the end of a process, but rather the beginning. Be careful what you ask for. It’s going to hhappen!
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N. T. Wright on Women in Ministry
Byhenry July 8, 2009
It’s no surprise that I like this, considering it’s N. T. Wright. I like reading or listening to him even when I disagree. (HT: Allan Bevere) While I like his comments in general, I’m particularly interested in his approach to deriving his point from scripture. He goes first to the story. What was it that…
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Quick Note on Applying Matthew 7:1
Byhenry July 31, 2008
(This is an exegetical and application note on Matthew 7:1 to accompany a devotional on my wife’s devotional list.) There are two directions that people have taken on Matthew 7:1, both of which I think are mistaken. Even Jesus cannot create a one liner that someone else can’t apply foolishly. The first approach to Matthew…
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According to John: The Law Was Given through Moses
Byhenry April 9, 2015
Tonight in my study on John via Google Hangouts on Air I’m going to talk about the law and Jesus, Jews and Christians, and Judaism and Christianity. I’m embedding the player below. In the meantime, read 3 ways to Confront the New Antisemitism by Rabbi Evan Moffic. For tonight:
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Eschatology: Prophecy and Apocalyptic
Byhenry October 1, 2015
I’ll be working from Chapter 4 of Dr. Edward Vick’s book Eschatology: A Participatory Study Guide and looking at the nature of prophecy and the literary nature of the texts. I’ll also be looking at ways in which we interpret prophetic literature. I apologize for posting this very late. I will try to comment in…
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