Sublime

The greatest possible theological mistake is to read the Bible as if it were written by Plato.

Ecclesiology-so often scoffed at by those who see it as merely "horizontal" rather than the really important thing, the "vertical" dimension of soteriology-is non-negotiable. In Christ there is no vertical and horizontal. Paul was not a Platonist.

We fool ourselves when we assume that just because we have heard or read or studied a truth, we have internalized it. Actually, you can be so busy going to the next class or seminar or Bible conference that you have no time to implement what you’ve learned. You forget it on the way to your next study. Without implementation, all our Bible studies a

Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either. —from Mere Christianity For reflection Ezekiel 33:7–20

Numbers 30

The experiences of the Founder of Christianity have perhaps left us in a vague doubt of the infallibility of courts of law.

5:21 forms the climax of a three-chapter build-up of sustained exposition of the nature of apostleship as the embodiment of the gospel, the gospel of God's faithfulness in the Messiah, and also the climax of a thrice-repeated sequence of just such a double statement about the Messiah's death on the one hand and the apostolic ministry on the other.

For reflection Genesis 22:1–19