(continued from The Flaw in the Law(1) – The Golden Rule and the Good Samaritan) The Golden Rule and One Who is Too Righteous For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; although perhaps for a good man one would even dare to die. [Romans 5:7] When it comes to the Golden Rule, too […]
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As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them [Luke 6:31] Where I work as chaplain, for this month’s anniversary of the Society’s founding, the theme is the Golden Rule, and I was asked to do a Bible study on the this topic. That has proved to be an interesting assignment.
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Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. [I Timothy 2:11-12] It sounds as if Paul is saying that women, like children, are “to be seen and not heard,” but is this really the
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For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is Head of the Church [Ephesians 5:23] The biblical roles of “male and female” certainly have a way of upsetting our comfortable private lives and egos. In contrast to our human nature, “male and female” is not just about “us,” but rather how Jehovah has
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Further discussion with the author of the email in this subject’s previous post identifies that we have been talking past each other. His question stems from the idea that sin is so ingrained now in human nature that there is nothing that comes from us that does not have the taint of sin as long
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