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Notes on Scripture

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    • 2 Peter
    • 2 Peter 1:1-11

The Character of Virtue

The first part of a brief consideration of virtue in scripture
  • rah
  • January 17, 2025
Put simply, Peter’s description in 2 Peter 1:3-8 makes for a traceable account of the Christian life. It helps us understand how faith remains an enduring feature of the Christian identity, just as it was prerequisite to the woman’s health in Luke 8:43-46. Faith is highlighted—not merely for the fact that faith is commanded to men, but for reason that only faith may take account of God’s ongoing work.
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Redemption: The Purchase of a Postscript

Noting the persistence of God’s will in the nature of redemption
  • rah
  • April 12, 2024
Our ways, which are reflective and cursory, contrast to the way that God declares his purposes in promises, and then binds himself to their fulfillment in action. Both their initiation and their performance proceed upon the unchanging character of God.
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A Brief Note on the Jewish Feasts

The formal recognition of the life of men & the presence of God
  • rah
  • February 15, 2023
Each of the feasts were to be annually observed as a reminder of God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt to the land of promise. One feast, though, was never to be celebrated without the others, for, together, they recited a single narrative and history.
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    • Galatians
    • Galatians 5:1

Mood, Medium, & Message

The character of the biblical revelation informs the content of the sermon
  • rah
  • April 12, 2022
Paul first makes his readers to understand the facts upon which their faith depends, for faith must understand the works of God before it gives answer to the will of God.
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Authority, Power, & the Kingdom of God

Jesus' authority and power is confirmed by his words and deeds
  • rah
  • October 8, 2021
All who see him, recognize his power; but what is most fascinating and troubling to them is the evidence that Jesus represents another authority.
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