Tag: Ephesians 2
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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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Household: Fictive Family in Hebrews
The author of Hebrews is not known. We know the book existed before about 95 C.E. because that was the approximate year 1 Clement was written, and it uses Hebrews several times. It was likely written after 60 C.E., but it is unclear who the target audience was. The last half of Chapter 2 lays…
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Household of God
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. (Eph 2:19-20, NRSV) Oikos tou Theou, "household of God." I have done revisioning work over…
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Theology and Economics: Cathedral Built of Eikons
One day during the Middle Ages, a gentleman was walking through a European village when he came across a large construction site. Curious about the project, he asked a stone mason what he was doing. "I am laying stones," replied the mason somewhat sarcastically. Not satisfied with the answer, the gentleman approached a carpenter busy…
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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…