Sublime

a contrast life aimed at communion.

Here’s my take: a man is an image bearer and son of God entrusted with power and the responsibility to create, cultivate, care, and defend, for God’s glory and the good of others.

In any case, the husband’s special role as the leader of his wife cannot be explained away in Ephesians 5:22–33.

Mount Zion,

We are heirs of “the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (Jude 3) but also enjoined to “become all things to all people, that [we] might by all means save some” (1 Cor. 9:22 NRSV).

when I read the New Testament looking for doctrines of divine transcendence, I do so not believing that I am simply “recovering” the intention of the original human authors.

It is significant that godly man in Genesis 1:26–28 is called to exercise dominion (not domination) over the earth, not other men, to develop all things in terms of God’s law-word and to make this earth into God’s realm and domain. Fallen man does not seek dominion, which begins with his salvation and his ability to rule himself, but, rather, the

Gospel-Driven Productivity (GDP)

The intent of all the dimensions of exegetical study, including biblical theology, should be to enable preachers to convey the meaning of a specific passage in a way that is consistent with the gospel message of all Scripture.