Tag: Ben Witherington
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Paul on Money, Ministry, and Work
Ben Witherington: Paul on Money, Ministry, and Work (The following is an excerpt from a book I am working on, on Money in the NT. Enjoy…..but take off your bling while reading it 🙂 ) CHAPTER SEVEN: PAUL—ON WORK, REMUNERATION, AND THE LOVE OF MONEY “The rule is not to talk about money with people…
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Should Christians Meet on Sunday and Who Should Do the Teaching?
Ben Witherington: Should Christians Meet on Sunday and Who Should Do the Teaching? In this post I am not interested in discussing the issue of whether Sunday is the sabbath or should be considered the Christian sabbath or not. My interest is the historical one— did early Christians regularly meet on a fixed day of…
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A “Withering” Review of “Pagan Christianity”
Ben Witherington: PAGAN CHRISTIANTY: by George Barna and Frank Viola First a word of disclaimer. I know Frank Viola, indeed for some years he has asked me loads of good and telling questions via email. I did not really know what his take was on various matters, but I gladly answered his questions. It is…
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The Freedom of God and the Free Will of Human Beings
Ben Witherington: The Freedom of God and the Free Will of Human Beings …I short, the discussion of the freedom of human beings should never be undertaken in isolation from the discussion of the freedom of God, and the ways God has chosen to limit himself in order to allow us to be beings with…
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The New Perspective on Paul and the Law– Reviewed
Ben Witherington: The New Perspective on Paul and the Law– Reviewed (The following is a brief section from my forthcoming two volume work on NT Theology and Ethics, entitled The Indelible Image. This portion of course is a subsection of the chapter on Paul.) The ‘New Perspective’ on Paul There is something of a small…
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No Room in the What?
Christianity Today: No Room in the What? by Ben Witherington Mary and Joseph weren't trying to check into a hotel—they were staying with relatives. I am here to tamper with a masterpiece, or better said, to share with you a rather different reading of Luke 2:1-7, one solidly grounded in the facts, but nowhere represented…
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Household: Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 3)
Previously, I took a first pass at interpreting 1 Timothy 2:8-15. I want to reflect on a few more aspects of verses 11-15 in this passage. A Woman Verses 9-10 talk about "women." Starting at verses 11-12, the passage talks about "a woman" in the singular. Verses 13-14 talk about a single woman, Eve. Verse…
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Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture—How Did They Function?
Ben Witherington: Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture—How Did They Function? Ours is a text based culture, a culture of written documents. You need look no further than your computer screens to verify this assertion. There could only be an internet age if there was widespread literacy, which in turn leads to widespread production and…
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Hermeneutics — A Guide for Perplexed Bible Readers
Ben Witherington: Hermeneutics– A Guide for Perplexed Bible Readers Remember Hermes? He’s the little guy you see from time to time on the logo at the florist shop, wearing a WWI trench helmet and always on the run. Actually, in Greek tradition he was the messenger of God, delivering the word of some deity to…
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Living in Tents
Ben Witherington: The Beehive Houses of Haran. Witherington begins this post by discussing the architecture of houses at Haran, where Abraham lived for a time. He then reflects on tents and the tent-making aspect of Paul's ministry. He offers some interesting cultural background. He concludes with: Maybe it would do us well to redefine the…