to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit. 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Brotherly – This is a word you are not likely to forget, once you know what it is. The word is philadelphio. We have a city in Pennsylvania by that name. It literally means “brotherly love.” There…
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit. 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Sympathetic – Sumpatheis. A combination word from sum (with or added to) and pathos (suffering, misfortune). This word means a lot more than the watered down version we have in English. Sympathetic in English carries the idea…
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Harmonious – Over the next few days we will look at each of these words. Today we start with homophrones. This word combines homos (the same) and phrone (mind or understanding). Peter tells us that believers who…
Do you remember Marta, the woman who wanted to be Naomi? If you don’t, you need to look here. She lives in the slums of white South Africa. She is one of the displaced, nameless, unaccounted-for casualties of racial apartheid still present (in reverse) in South Africa. There was no one to help her. Martin lives…
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7 NASB Fear – Last year (October 2, 2011) we examined Moses Luzzatto’s insight into the meaning of yirat adonai (YHWH). Ira Stone commented on Luzzatto’s examination. It’s worth reading again: “It should by now be clear that the term yirat Ha-Shem [yirat adonai] cannot simply…
Problems with the server prevented this message from going out earlier, so if you read it online, I am just resending it as an email. After many trials and lots of unexpected alterations, Bessy has decided that she cannot come to Wilmington, NC, to recover the possession of her deceased spouse. So, those of you…
Here is the lecture on Ruth 2:13-23 [audio:https://stage.skipmoen.com/audio/ruth-chapter-2-verse-13-23.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.)
Here is the audio lecture on Ruth 2:1-12 [audio:https://stage.skipmoen.com/audio/ruth-chapter-2-verse-1-12.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.)
For now we see in a mirror dimly. But then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NASB In a mirror – Following his famous summary of the power of love, Paul comments on the human condition…
Thus Naomi returned from the country of Moab; she returned with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite. Ruth 1:22 JPS Returned – Did you ask, “Why is this verb repeated?” Isn’t it enough to say, “Thus Naomi returned”? Why say it twice – unless there is something for us to learn from this reoccurrence? The literal…
