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Exceptions to the Sermon on the Mount | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Exceptions to the Sermon on the Mount. In a previous post. I observed that there are exceptions to the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament. I did not mention that this came up in a disagreement I had with a Twitterer:. The writers of the New Testament portrayed Jesus’ teachings as having exceptions. The exceptions to Jesus’ teachings demonstrate that they are meant for everyday existence, not airy “what-ifs” that may never occur. It provides evidence tha...
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Translation Tuesday: Matthew 5:31-32 | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Translation Tuesday: Matthew 5:31-32. Ἐρρέθη δέ ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, δότω αὐτῇ ἀποστάσιον. 32. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολελυμένην γαμήσῃ, μοιχᾶται. Now, it was said, If any should divorce his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce. 32. This, in many ways, is pretty weird. But here are my thoughts in list format:. That being said, Paul reflects on Jesus’ teachings here in 1 C...
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Music Monday: Saturday Foo Fighters Edition | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Music Monday: Saturday Foo Fighters Edition. I’ve always liked this song and meant to post about it Monday, but my other job started back up this week. I’ll be back into writing soon. But I think this is a challenging song about dealing with difficult relationships and trials in general. I hope you find it encouraging. Favorite line: “I swear I’ll never give in, I refuse.”. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Dallas Willard on the Beatitudes | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Dallas Willard on the Beatitudes. Dallas Willard’s understanding of the Beatitudes:. And so he said, Blessed are the spiritual zeros the spiritually bankrupt, deprived and deficient, the spiritual beggars, those without a wisp of ‘religion’ when the kingdom of the heavens comes upon them. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Harper Collins, 1997). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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If You’re New Here. My name is Geoff. I am a seminary graduate whose degree focus was called “the pastoral track,” which means I took all the Greek and Hebrew courses possible. My undergraduate degree had a similar focus. This doesn’t make me right about a bunch of things, but at least I have good tools for studying the Scripture. For the time being I am a high school teacher and a post-baccalaureate student at the local university in Mechanical Engineering. I write about what interests me. If any of...
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Translation Tuesday: Matthew 5:33-37 | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Translation Tuesday: Matthew 5:33-37. Πάλιν ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις, ἀποδώσεις δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ τοὺς ὅρκους σου. 34. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ θεοῦ, 35. Μήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστιν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως, 36. Μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν. 37. Nor by your head shall you swear because. You do not have. 28th Edi...
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Space Lance Saturday: Translation, Preaching, and Explanation | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Space Lance Saturday: Translation, Preaching, and Explanation. As a child I watched a movie called “Tekka Man: The Space Knight” with my brother. It’s a completely ridiculous piece of pop-culture. I liked it (we weren’t very cultured). Anyhow, I was reflecting on the best way to translate the word αρετε into English for the past few days and I was reminded of that show and of the Italian version. Now for the second (I won’t explain it, except to say that it’s in English):. You are com...
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Music Monday: Andrew W.K. Edition | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Music Monday: Andrew W.K. Edition. This is your time to pay,. This is your judgment day,. We made a sacrifice,. And now we get to take your life. We shoot without a gun,. We’ll take on anyone,. It’s really nothing new,. It’s just a thing we like to do. You better get ready to die. Get ready to die). You better get ready to kill. Get ready to kill). You better get ready to run,. Cause here we come. You better get ready to die! Your life is over now,. Your life is running out,.
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If You’re New Here. When I was in junior high I learned about conservatives and liberals. What confused me most was that few of the ideas on either side seemed to have anything to do with the monikers ascribed to those who held them. Lately, I’ve realized how little conservatives care to conserve. I’ve even considered that republican rallying for the pro-life movement is merely a way to get elected. Edward Feser put it excellent about seven years ago here. These nutjobs must be opposed at all costs.
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Music Monday: Thrice and the Sands of Time | Geoff's Miscellany
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If You’re New Here. Music Monday: Thrice and the Sands of Time. Of Dust and Nations. Is fantastic. The main theme is the sands of time continue to trickle through the hourglass of history and that anything that isn’t eternal that we put our trust in will be destroyed by time. The towers that shoulder your pride. The words you’ve written in stone. Sand will cover them, sand will cover you. The streets that suffer your name. Your very flesh and your bones. Sand will cover them, sand will cover you. Where t...
