The “alleylon” (one another) passages in the New Testament, Part 4: When God kneels in humility to serve us, we are raised to unbelievably great stature in his eyes, and rightly made infinitely small in our own. If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash each others’ feet (Jn....... Read More

The “alleylon” (one another) passages in the New Testament, Part 3: Do not judge each other (Rom. 14:13) One of the hot-button topics of modern cultural discourse is diversity, aka inclusivity, aka identity politics. What you call it probably somewhat depends on what you think of it. My own opinion is that there’s quite a...... Read More

The “alleylon” (one another) passages in the New Testament, Part 2C: Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another (1Pet. 5:5b) Over the past couple of weeks, I have, perhaps rashly, taken a plunge into the vast sea of the virtue that the New Testament calls tapeinophrosúne, aka humility. After two blog posts, I still feel no...... Read More