... figures are confident, they may be wrong. Television: Late-night talk show hosts and comedians (e.g., David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and Jon Stewart) are often witty, brash, and full of ridicule, but when not paired with constructive alternatives, their comments ... dust from which they have been made (Job 21:26; Ps. 104:29). The Old Testament says little about a future resurrection (Dan. 12:2 is a rare exception), but in the New Testament the resurrection of Christ prompts revelation of the resurrection of ...
... to emphasize a particular element. Here, for example, instead of referring simply to “the God of peace” (cf. T. Dan. 5:2), Paul refers to the God of love and peace, that is, God is the source of love and ... that met together as “the whole church” only occasionally (cf. 1 Cor. 14:23). On Pauline house churches, see Banks, Paul’s Idea of Community; P.T. O’Brien, “Church,” DPL, pp. 123–31 (here esp. p. 125). 13:14 Paul also mentions the three persons of the Trinity in other letters (cf. 1 Cor. ...
... influenced in some degree by Daniel’s description of the elect remnant of the end time as “the saints of the Most High” (Dan. 7:18, 22, 27). It is Daniel’s description that Paul probably has in mind when he says that “the saints will judge the ... 12:15; Gal. 4:19; 1 Thess. 2:8). But the terms he uses in addressing the Philippians “show a depth not plumbed elsewhere” (O’Brien, p. 29). He longs for all of them with the affection of Christ Jesus—it is an utterly selfless affection. “As it is ...
