The Alelyon (one another) passages in the New Testament: Don’t bite and devour each other, or else you will end up destroying each other (Gal. 5:15), part 3 Our daughter Annie is spending most of this summer volunteering at an orphanage for special needs children. One early morning a few weeks ago I answered my...... 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

Forgive us our (sins/debts/trespasses), as we forgive our (debtors/those who sin/trespass against us). It must be one of the most galling things for human nature to know that from the very beginning of our existence we are in debt. Before we ever commit a sinful act, or a trespass, or a fault, we owe. Not...... Read More