... to revile, defame (2 Kings 19:4; Isa. 52:5; charged against Jesus, Matt. 9:3; 26:65; and against Stephen, Acts 6:11; confessed by Paul, 1 Tim. 1:13). Blasphemy will be characteristic of the last days (2 Tim ... of human ethical behavior. 2:11 Yet even angels, notwithstanding their lofty position and superior powers, do not take advantage of their status ... the case with the false teachers. Once to have known the way of righteousness, i.e., the Christian way (Acts 9:2), and then to have rejected it, means that these ...
... got so bad that Paul willingly consented to the death of Stephen by holding the coats of those who stoned Stephen to death. How ironic it is that Paul, who took the ... came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and ... , but not all the truth. Years ago, there was a professor at Centenary College, Dean R. E. Smith, a distinctive looking man who wore a black patch over one eye. Dean Smith was ...
