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Name Withheld (Rewind)

But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.  1 Timothy 2:12  NASB Exercise Authority– You have got to be kidding me!  That is probably the immediate contemporary reaction to the face-value interpretation of Paul’s remark.  If what Paul says is really the biblical model for the…
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Tied to the Whipping Post

But he was pierced [Yeshayah 51:9; Zecharyah 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Tehillim 22:17Targum Hashivim] for our transgressions, he was bruised mei’avonoteinu (for our iniquities); the musar (chastisement) (that brought us shalom [Yeshayah 54:10] was upon him [Moshiach]; and at the cost of his (Moshiach’s) chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed. Isaiah 53:5  OJB Stripes– Some people think I am too pessimistic. They…
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Peas in a Pod

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  Romans 3:23  NASB All – Because we have focused our religious attention on justification by faith, we tend to read this verse as a preamble to the next one, that is, “being justified as a gift  by His grace through the redemption which is in…
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Entitlement Theology

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:3 NASB Weak as it was– God saved you, right?  I mean, you couldn’t save yourself, could you?  You sinned.  Repentance and restitution don’t…
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Misdirection

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,  2 Timothy 2:15a  NASB Approved to God– If you’re as old as I am, then you learned this verse in the King James version, i.e., “Study to shew thyself approved unto God . . “  Unfortunately, that translation led to…
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Stop Talking

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1 Corinthians 4:20 NIV Power – Does Paul’s declaration seem right to you? Is the Kingdom really about power?  If I look around the religious environment today, I don’t see much of Paul’s standard displayed.  I hear lots of talk, but I see very little dynamis (power). …
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