... so Christ rules man and man rules woman. However, the use of kephalē to mean ruler is not a native Greek idiom. Liddell and Scott [Greek-English Lexicon] do not give the meaning “ruler” as a sub-category within the metaphorical usages of the word. The Hebrew word for head ... social status, and to admonish women not to abandon veils in worship as an act of contentiousness. Both Thompson and Gill agree that Paul is concerned above all with orderly worship through the practice of acceptable social ...
... Story". It was passed on. It was communicated. It connected people to their past so they would never be orphans. Dr. Fred B. Craddock relates how Dr. N. Scott Momaday, Professor of Literature at the University of California, a member of a Kiowa Indian Tribe, tells of the time when he was just a youngster and his dad ... by Dr. Fred B. Craddock. 2. I received this story from Rev. George Thompson of Waynesville, N.C. 3. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 1063. 4. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 178-179.
... us" - the demonic myth that the spiritual hunger in each of us can be satisfied with the things of this world. Poet Francis Thompson's long poem "Hound of Heaven" traces the journey of Ecclesiastes again as the writer flees from the presence and grace of God ... what Paul discovered about contentment. "Everything depends on knowing how much. Good is knowing when to stop." 1. Scott Kling and Chris Hartman, "Executive Excess 2002: CEO's Cook the Books, Skewer the Rest of Us," Ninth Annual CEO Compensation Survey (Boston ...
Big Idea: John is astonished when he receives the vision of Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes, in all her power, opulence, and adulterous depravity. Understanding the Text At the conclusion of the bowl judgments, Babylon the Great is split into three parts and is made to drink the full cup of God’s wrath (16:19). Now one of the seven angels from chapter 16 invites John to witness in greater detail the judgment God will bring on the harlot. As a result, the judgment of Babylon the Great in 17 ...
