Centered

    Colossians 3:12 gives this hefty list of attribute and characteristics that are to be put on by believers.  At first read of this I felt a little overwhelmed. I felt as if there was no way to be able to properly apply and accept into my moral being all of these things. However, as I will explain, humility is having a deep sense of one's moral littleness. So even in my weakness and seeming inability to meet the command that Paul gives us I see that already my character has been transformed in a way that I didn't realize.     Compassionate Hearts: affection and sympathy (Philippians 2:1); emotions, longings, manifestations of pity (Blue Letter Bible)       Kindness:  tenderhearted, forgiving one another (Ephesians 4:32); tolerance towards others       Humility:  having a humble opinion of oneself; a deep sense of one's moral littleness (BLB)       Meekness: gentleness, mildness (BLB)   ...

     So I am doing a research paper for one of my seminary classes, and the theme of this paper is an investigation into what "submission" really means with the goal of developing a theology of submission. I can across an article in Christianity Today written by Sarah Sumner, an associate professor of theology and ministry at Haggard School of Theology, entitled Bridging the Ephesians 5 Divide . Within this article Sumner seeks to shed light on what message Ephesians 5:21-22 is portraying.  I want to share a little bit of what her article has to say, but I would like to offer something that I have connected after reading this article as well.     Sumner begins her writting with the basic assumption that Ephesians 5:21 calls all believers/Christian to "be subject to" one another. There is a distinction between two views that can be held in reagards to Ephesians 5:21-22.  Becuase verse 22, in the original Greek language, does not contain a verb, it re...

Hello Everyone. This is my newly created blog.  I have a blog that I have made posts on prior to this, however I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to bring all my older notes over. So...here is the link to my older blog page: "Danny's Notes"     http://dannybiegger.blogspot.com/ Enjoy