One of the most prevalent examples of a Greek word study gone wrong is what James Barr called, “illegitimate totality transfer.” In this example, the entire semantic range of a term is applied in the use of that term in… Read More ›
Election
God’s purpose based on election
I spent the past week with a friend working through Romans 9:6-13 resulting in some animated discussion back and forth. When the dust settled, we came to an agreement on the outline of the passage and how it would be best… Read More ›
Udo Schnelle on Paul’s doctrine of election
I am reading Udo Schnelle’s massive Theology of the New Testament published by Baker and translated into English by M. Eugene Boring. In chapter 6 Schnelle is addressing Paul as theologian and he has a section titled, “The God who… Read More ›
Hoehner on “he chose us” (ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς) in Ephesians 1:4
I am completely reworking my notes on Ephesians as I prepare to teach through the epistle in Sunday school. As I was working through the great opening sentence (1:3-14), I was dealing with the verb “chose” (ἐκλέγομαι) in the expression… Read More ›
God Incarnate 