Tag Archives: Gospel
21
Mar
The Individual and His Moral Code… Phil Kulis
Pick a standard of Moral Law and adhere to it. You can’t. Whatever your moral code is, being a human, you’ve never been able to keep it.
05
Mar
Church in the 21st Century… Beer Please!
Welcome to Castle Church Brewing Community in Orlando, Florida.
05
Jan
The Promised Land in Christ
The new life in Christ has nothing to do with church attendance or even doing good things. It does not mean we’re perfect, we’re just forgiven.
15
Nov
Jude: Once For All
Jude 1:3b …I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.
Jude’s message of the gospel is intent, earnest, and urgent. With deep feeling and dire straits, Jude informs that he παρακαλέω/parakaleo or appeals to readers. παρακαλέω/parakaleo as defined by...
04
Nov
Jude: Our Common Salvation
Jude 1:3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation…
Beloved… This is the noun form of the word αγαπαο/agapao or “love”. In this case, it is the Greek word Ἀγαπητοί/agapetoi. Per Strong’s Concordance, it can be translated as: beloved, esteemed, dear, favorite, worthy of love. Simply put, loved ones.
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28
Oct
Jude: Love
Jude 1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
This is the second time the word αγαπαο/agapao or “love” is used by Jude. For what it’s worth, scholars argue whether the term is used three or four times by Jude.
This is αγαπαο/agapao. This is God’s “love” for us. Defined as love, affection, good will, benevolence, to welcome,...
09
Oct
Jude: Called, Loved, & Kept
Jude 1:1b To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
…those who are called… In the original Greek, the word for “those” is the definite article τοῖς. It is the plural form of what would be translated as “the”. Definite articles are a big deal in the...
21
Sep
Adam & the Fall of Man… Phil Kulis
Genesis 3:6-7 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she...
19
Sep
Straight Talk… The Trinity, Baptism and Resurrection, Featuring Rodna Epley
In Matthew’s telling of Jesus’ baptism something amazing happened when Jesus was submerged into the water. Scripture tells that He “came up immediately from the water” as if what they saw was miraculous. It should have taken the...
16
Sep
Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement: 5779/2018
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement is celebrated on Tishri 10th. The holiday officially will be the 10th day after Yom Teruah/Feast of Trumpets. The new moon was declared and observed on Tishri 1 (Hebrew calendar) after sunset on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (Gregorian calendar).
