This the eighth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 9, and part 10. This is a quick part, a teaser for what is to come (as the most …
Over at the Sigma Frame blog, Jack has boosted the request that bloggers write about redemption. I concluded the real challenge in understanding redemption is not in understanding what the scriptures say about it (because Christians have heard or read it before), but in knowing what it looks like IRL and …
(see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5) In Ephesians 5:21-33, Paul tells all Christians that they must submit to one another. Mutuality 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Out of reverence for Christ, all members of the church are to be putting themselves under—ranking themselves under—each …
Dr. Glenn Peoples defines the figurative use of kephalē, or ‘head’, in the New Testament well: Referring to preeminence, priority, authority or superiority in some broad sense encompassing shades of these meanings.
Over at the Sigma Frame blog, anonymous user info suggested that the Greek word kephalē means authority. He was helpful enough to provide a link to Right Reason, Kephalē in the New Testament, by Dr. Glenn Andrew Peoples. This post is a quick review of that word survey. Head The …
This the seventh in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 8, part 9, and part 10. While I work on the larger posts in this series (on Communion/Eucharist, church history, divisions, historicity, …
(see Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, and Part 5) In the previous part of the series, I discussed how Christians are to live as servants and to sacrificially live holy lives in order to sanctify their spouses. Let’s continue the theme by discussing another passage of scripture on sanctification in …
(see Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5) In the first part of the series, I talked about sanctification in marriage in response to a post at the Sigma Frame blog. I mentioned how the Bible instructs husbands and wives to sanctify—to make holy and pure—each other. I also mentioned …
This the sixth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 7, part 8, part 9, and part 10. We now examine the contentious topic of infallibility. Infallibility I have so often heard denunciations …
This the fifth in a series reviewing John C. Wright’s A Universal Apologia for the Catholic Church. See part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, and part 10. In this part, we pause from the previous topic to discuss some Christian teachings. Here …