I'm a bit of a productivity junky. I get small thrills from: * trying new to-do apps * buying a planner and notebook that will finally help me accomplish everything I want to accomplish * arranging all my tasks as entries on my calendar * reading about or hearing a podcast about
Anthony Parrott
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Thoughts on Ezekiel 2 and 3 In Ezekiel 2—3, while Ezekiel is entranced in a vision of God’s glory, he is commissioned to go to his people and speak the words of God. He is to literally ingest God’s words (he eats a scroll!), have them become
Main Idea: Knowing that you are liked is discipleship. Text: Matthew 11:28-30 Intro: My personal experience Over the past couple of years, I've been grappling with the fact that, deep down, I feel unlovable. Specifically, I'm dealing with the fact that my early childhood was
Hi There! Because I am always trendy and the early to jump on trends, I've started a blog and newsletter. 🙃 Actually, I already have a long, fraught history with blogging. Thank God my college Xanga isn't accessible online anymore (please don't take that as
The Gospel of John contains passages like 8:44, where Jesus, addressing the Jewish, tells them that "You are of your father, the devil." This has been used throughout history to justify antisemitism and antisemitic acts. I'm curious about your perspective on this. Is there a
Question (edited for space, clarity): If the word commonly translated “eternal/forever” for hell only means a limited age or long-lasting, but Jesus uses the same word (aionios) to describe not only Hell but Heaven’s eternal life (John 3:16), is the life Jesus promises only temporary? The same
Question: Your answer presupposes that hell is theologically claimed to last forever only because of one mistranslated word, but that is not the case. Hell is also described by Jesus as other words that point us towards forever, such as “unquenchable” (Mark 9:33-34) or “without ceasing” (see Rev 14:
We don't know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It slid into the New Testament canon because it got categorized as a letter of Paul (though there were plenty of doubters of that as well). But the use of Greek, style, and literary composition is quite different.
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