Tag: Romans 8
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Creation Groans; But Why? (RJS)
Jesus Creed: Creation Groans; But Why? (RJS) RJS is a Chemistry professor and a regular blogger at Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog. It is a fascinating take on the Romans 8 passage where Paul talks about all creation groaning. She writes: … Most of the commentaries on Romans 8 I've looked at trace the reference…
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Imago Dei and the Material World (Part 4)
I closed my last post with the question, "How then does our work in this time of the Kingdom "already but not yet" have an eschatological impact?" The first way our work has an eschatological impact is through our daily work. Through our work, we are formed and transformed. We come into the world with…
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Imago Dei and the Material World (Part 3)
Throughout most of history, the Church has taken an instrumental view of human work and economic activity. There is no question that work has such value. Through our labors, we provide food, clothing, and shelter. Work sustains us so we can do those distinctly human activities like worship God, meditate on who God is, educate…
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Household: Paul’s Use of Family in Romans
Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians contains more fictive family metaphors per word than any of his other letters. Paul used the metaphor to unite a diverse community of people who had become conflicted about many issues. Paul emphasized the sibling metaphors to symbolize how they should all relate to each other. Paul’s letter to…
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Household: The Royal Family
Rom 8:12-30 12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh — 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who…