Archive for October, 2012
Energion Roundtable Week 8 Responses
This week’s Energion Roundtable question concerned the courts and as usual there were a range of views in the responses from Arthur Sido, Bob Cornwall,, Allan R. Bevere, Joel Watts and myself. As usual Sido and I pretty much agreed, and our biggest disagreement is that I spoke of original intent whereas he referred to […]
Read More..>>Energion Roundtable Week 8 Judges
This week’s Energion Roundtable question with Bob Cornwall, Arthur Sido, Allan R. Bevere, Joel Watts, and myself is: One of the ways in which a president shapes the future of the country is through appointments to the judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court. How do you see each candidate shaping the future of the court, […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 4:2-3
Week 35: Sept 30, 2012 Study i. How to test (4:2-3) 2 – This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus the Messiah[1] has become human—and remains so—is from God. – Having said that we should test, John now gives us a means for testing. Jesus the Messiah […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 3:23-4:1
Week 34: Sept 23, 2012 Study i. The Commandment (3:23-3:24) 23 – And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah,[1] and to love one another as he commanded us. – John spells out what is expected of us: Believe in the name (On name see notes […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 3:19-22
Week 33: Sept 16 2012 Having contrasted sin with abiding in Christ, John now gives two positive examples to show what abiding in Christ and love really mean. Study i. Two Benefits (3:19-3:20) *19-20 – This is how we will know that we are from[1] the truth and how we will be able to […]
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