I Shall Not Want – Psalm 23:1
The archetypal Shepherd is used through the Bible as the one who cares for the sheep, people. This is said of God and His kings. In Jesus of Nazareth we have the King of Kings and the Good Shepherd in the anointed Christ.
YHWH tetragrammaton (יהוה) Yod He Waw He
YHWH Tetragrammaton (יהוה) Yod He Waw He The Lord ‘God’, YHWH, יְהֹוָ after the Masoretic Text (MT)and יהוה from the older texts, Jehovah The Tetragrammaton YHWH is often joined with additional descriptors that point to particular aspects of God’s nature. These compound divine names are employed by the biblical writers to invoke and implore God […]
Acceptance with Joy: Hind’s Feet
The tiny plant answered at once in a tone as golden as itself, “Behold me! My name is Acceptance-with-Joy!“
Nygren’s Agape and Eros: A Transvaluation of Love
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.