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The Greek term plērōma appears four times in Ephesians, with each instance suggesting the idea of completeness. In 1:10, Paul refers to God’s “plan for the fullness of time,” which refers to the completeness of time. The same word appears in reference to the “fullness of him who fills all in all” (1:23), the “fullness … Read more
This paper argues that the gender pairs in Jesus’ teachings and the narratives in the Gospel of Matthew have OT precedents in terms of the structure and content of OT male/female pairs, which build upon the concept from Gen 1:27. While the pairs in Luke have been mentioned by some scholars, the gender pairs in … Read more
Representative of the broader project of Narrative Theodicy, itself a God-justifying account at the intersection of immanence and transcendence, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis suggest an intrinsic connection between the religiously neutral fairy-story/myth and the religiously positive Christian eschatological metanarrative. “One of the recurrent truths reflected in many myths and fairy tales … Read more
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has long been regarded as the “gold standard” of psychotherapy due to its empirical support and interdisciplinary application. As a research-driven therapeutic model, CBT dominates psychological interventions for mental health and relational issues. However, the question remains: Is CBT sufficient in addressing cases of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), particularly within a … Read more
This paper argues that Gen 3:15 has three main interpretive threads in Matthew. Some scholars have made important contributions to the study of Gen 3:15. These include Ojewole who observes it being the center of a chiastic structure highlighting the problem of sin and especially its resulting “enmity.” Hamilton reveals many initial fulfillments of this … Read more
Scholars have debated whether “gates of Hades” (πύλαι ᾅδου) in Matt.16:18 refers to the ungodly powers of the underworld (Davies and Allison 2004, 2.630-633) or death itself (Luz 2001, 363). This paper contends that significant progress can be achieved by exploring Septuagintal sources mediated through Second Temple literature. The argument begins by exploring πύλαι ᾅδου … Read more
This paper examines specific language in the Christian Scriptures that identify and discuss the Holy Spirit as the key point of contact between Creator and creation. It will proceed to draw connections between this language and the pneumatology of specific theologians in the Nicene Tradition. Christian Scripture regularly connects the Spirit with English adjectives and … Read more
Starting with the publication of N.T. Wright’s The New Testament and the People of God in 1992, the field of biblical theology has seen a growth in scholarship on the biblical theology of exile and restoration. N.T. Wright’s thesis that the story of an ongoing exile drastically shaped the worldview of Jews in the first … Read more
Though multitudinous volumes concerning Romans have been penned, it seems a vital key has been largely overlooked. The phrase, “the obedience of faith,” (ὑπακοὴν πίστεως) appears in both the opening and closing paragraphs of the letter (arguably programmatic for the letter), is cited by Paul as the reason for grace and apostleship, and is noted … Read more
This paper addresses the apparent contradiction between the prohibitions established by the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15, which forbid eating meat sacrificed to idols, and Paul’s seeming allowances of it in Corinth. The Council’s prohibition against idol food, alongside Paul’s discussions in 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 suggests that the issue of food dedicated to an idol … Read more