

one layer at a time
coming to grips with John. downtown Oradea, Romania. THIS IS MOVED TO THE WORK There is no suggestion that any of these questions need to...


2 Cor 11–12. Why is this argument over money still raging after two years?
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. an outside wall of a monastery in Suceava, Romania. Paul gets deeply emotional over the...


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 1
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. the citadel in Suceava, Romania. 2 Cor 11.29–12.1 Who is weak, and...


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 6
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. somewhere in the Dolomites, Italy This is an overview and analysis...


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 5
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. Snoqualmie Falls, Washington State In Galatians, 1 Corinthians,...


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 4
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. Grenoble, France This is part 3. It will not make sense unless you...


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 3
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. statue of a woman at the cross, Oradea, Romania. This is part 2....


2 Cor 12.6-10. A thorn was given me. Part 2
My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. the Black Church, Brașov, Romania. 2 Cor 12.6-9 If I wish to...


notes on John
notes on the Gospel according to John somewhere in the Dolomites, Italy. John 1 1.37 Two disciples heard him say this, and they followed...


Gnosticism and docetism and Platonic dualism, Oh No!
≡ I don't like John's writings. Yes, John 15 is one of the most beautiful passages in Scripture. But he was the disciple that Jesus loved.


misdirection is having people look so closely they don’t see what’s going on
≡ John 9.1-7
He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash”.


simple answers. 2 Cor 12.10
≡ 2 Cor 12.10
"Whenever I am weak, then I am strong." Paul said this after years of suffering. We dishonor his work when we say we know.


simple answers. Rom 12.1
≡ Rom 12.1
Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual [reasonable] worship.


simple answers. Rom 8.38-39
≡ Rom 8.38-39
Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.


simple answers. Rom 8.28
≡ Rom 8.28
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.