Philosophical Sketches

“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from dead through the glory ( doxa ) of the Father, we may walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.” (Rom. 6:4-7) “But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.” (Rev. 2:14-15) “So it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being’; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.” (1 Cor. 15:45) “When He had said this, He breathed on ...

theology, metaphysics, meta-ethics, meta-epistemology, history of ideas Verses “For I am not ashamed of the gospel , because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes : first to the Jew, then to the Gentiles. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith .’” (Romans 1:16-17, NIV ) “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature —have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.” (Romans 1:20-23...