Rachel and the Wedding Feast: A Child’s Tale

Rachel and the Wedding Feast-A Child's Tale. Matthew 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. mythpoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God. dbr, David Reese, David B. Reese

Matthew 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.     [slideshow_deploy id=’393′]   I have been wanting to attempt a children’s book, and this assignment lent itself to such an endeavor. I have attempted to create a story for […]

Nygren’s Agape and Eros: A Transvaluation of Love

it is the Christian conception of fellowship with God that gives the idea of Agape its meaning, mythoughts, thoughts of God, thoughtsofgod, David Reese, Anders Nygren, Nygren, Agape and Eros, Agape, Eros

In Greco-Hellenism the gods do not love man.  In Christianity, not only is God Agape but Agape is His very nature.  In Greco-Roman world the gods do not take part in a fellowship with man, Christianity places fellowship in the middle of the Agape motif.  Finally, Christianity is theocentric while Greek thought is egocentric.