Tag: 1 Corinthians 3
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Household: “Head” in 1 Corinthians 11 (Part 2)
We pick up now with the rest of the passage following 1 Corinthians 11:3: But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband (or man) is the head of his wife (woman), and God is the head of Christ. I've said that "head" here functions as "origin."…
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Household: “Head” in 1 Peter 2:6-8 (Three Stones)
1 Peter 2:6-8 6 For it stands in scripture: "See, I am laying in Zion a stone,a cornerstone (akrogoniaios) chosen and precious;and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." 7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejectedhas become…
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Household: Fictive Family in Ephesians
The precise phrase "household of God" is used only once in the New Testament, in Ephesians 2:19 (oikeioi tou Theou). In 1 Timothy 3:15, we find oikoo Theou rendered "household of God" in some translations, but more accurately, it is "house of God." Paul also writes "household of faith" (oikeious tees pisteoos) in Galatians 6:10.…
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The Other Six Days: C8 – God’s Sending Mission
The Other Six Days Part Three – For the Life of the World: Chapter 8 - Mission – A People Sent by God God's Sending Mission “Mission is what God is doing in the world through the church, and even without the church, to bring his creation to its consummation: unity and fullness [in]…
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The Edifice Complex
As any good sociologist will tell you, there are always unintended consequences to any social "advancement." At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, people took their carpets out of the house in the spring and fall and beat them clean. Various techniques were used to sprinkle substances on the carpets to keep away a musty…