#epistles

[christinedepizza]

Shout out to all the girlies whose Spotify top songs of the year won’t be accurate because it doesn’t count the number of times you’ve listened to an unreleased concept album about organ harvesters on the moon because it’s makers refuse to put it on streaming services

#The Mountain Goats #John Vanderslice #cmon please #epistles

[honey-gaze]

love letter to letters!

#i will be ur penpal bb! #shout-out to @greenwhistler for being one of my sweet letter friends btw #I've got almost every letter I've ever gotten in this sweet lil box i dug out of my grandmas art shed #when she died i found a big bag of all the letters i sent her throughout my childhood and it is! a treasure #anyway slow correspondence 5eva #epistles #penpalin' around #mary ruefle's madness rack & honey #samgaze

[goodnewstimelesstruths]

Epaphroditus (from the letter to the Philippians)

I wanted to talk about someone who briefly shows up in the Bible and is rarely ever talked about and that’s Epaphroditus. Paul briefly mentions him in his letter to the Philippians. The church in Philippi sent Epaphroditus to give Paul supplies while he was under house arrest in Rome and on the way Epaphroditus got so sick he nearly died. But God restored his health, and Epaphroditus made it to Paul and then delivered the manuscript of Philippians to the church in Philippi. When illness nearly prevented Epaphroditus from doing his job, he may have seemed like a failure in the eyes of the Philippians since he was just a messenger, but Paul assured them that Epaphroditus actually went above and beyond as he cared deeply about the interests of others and was modeling the mind of Christ. Even though his work was mostly that of being a messenger and not anything particularly spiritual, it was still the work of Christ. This is encouraging to me because even if we’re doing work that doesn’t seem like it’s a big deal or super spiritual or making an impact, God sees our work and he is glorified when we love him and seek to worship him in all that we do, even in the mundane.

#epaphroditus #Bible #epistles #Paul #Philippians #God #Christianity

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Vero Beach Sunrise  ::  [Ed Fosgate]

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BY Mark Jarman from his collection “Epistles”

God said your name today. He said, “Tell me about X.” And everybody had a lie you’d like. The solutions for X were all X + 1. X is charming as a firefly, and know a formula for cold fusion. X’s good will is equal to the radius of earth; the fall of the meteorite, the passage of the gritty asteroid, the comet’s lonely visit: X notes them all. The biological children of X adore their parent almost as much as the many adopted ones, and all of them are making money close to home. X will donate any duplicate organ for a loved one, and X loves everybody: ask for an eye, a kidney, a lung, a lobe of cerebellum.

And so God, boasting to the devil, said, “Consider my servant X.”

#Vero Beach Sunrise #Ed Fosgate #poem #poetry #Mark Jarman #Epistles

[angel5ish]

Bellflower

Black velvet, pigment on paper

#epistles

[quotessentially]

From Horace’s Epistles

#quote #quotes #Horace #Epistles #words #books #philosophy

[eli-kittim]

The Da Vinci Code Versus The Gospels

By Eli Kittim 🎓

Bart Ehrman was once quoted as saying: “If Jesus did not exist, you would think his brother would know it.” This is an amusing anecdote that I’d like to use as a springboard for this short essay to try to show that it’s impossible to separate literary characters from the literature in which they are found. For example, when Ehrman says, “If Jesus did not exist, you would think his brother would know it,” his comment presupposes that James is a real historical figure. But how can we affirm the historicity of a literary character offhand when the so-called “history” of this character is solely based on, and intimately intertwined with, the literary New Testament structures? And if these literary structures are not historical, what then? The fact that the gospels were written anonymously, and that there were no eyewitnesses and no firsthand accounts, and that the events in Jesus’ life were, for the most part, borrowed from the Old Testament, seems to suggest that they were written in the literary genre known as theological fiction. After all, the gospels read like Broadway plays!

Let me give you an analogy. Dan Brown writes novels. All his novels, just like the gospels, contain some historical places, figures, and events. But the stories, in and of themselves, are completely fictional. So, Ehrman’s strawman argument is tantamount to saying that if we want to examine the historicity of Professor Robert Langdon——who is supposedly a Harvard University professor of history of art and symbology——we’ll have to focus on his relationship with Sophie Neveu, a cryptologist with the French Judicial Police, and the female protagonist of the book. Ehrman’s earlier anecdote would be akin to saying: “if Robert Langdon did not exist, you would think Sophie would know it.”

But we wouldn’t know about Robert Langdon if it wasn’t for The Da Vinci Code. You can’t separate the character Robert Langdon from The Da Vinci Code and present him independently of it because he’s a character within that book. Therefore, his historicity or lack thereof depends entirely on how we view The Da Vinci Code. If The Da Vinci Code turns out to be a novel (which in fact it is), then how can we possibly ask historians to give us their professional opinions about him? It’s like asking historians to give us a historical assessment of bugs bunny? Was he real? So, as you can see, it’s all based on the literary structure of The Da Vinci Code, which turns out to be a novel!

By comparison, the historicity of Jesus depends entirely on how we view the literary structure of the gospel literature. Although modern critical scholars view the gospels as theological documents, they, nevertheless, believe that they contain a historic core or nucleus. They also think that we have evidence of an oral tradition. We do not! There are no eyewitnesses and no firsthand accounts. All we have about the life and times of Jesus are the gospel narratives, which were composed approximately 40 to 70 years after the purported events by anonymous Greek authors who never met Jesus. And they seem to be works of theological fiction. So where is the historical evidence that these events actually happened? We have to believe they happened because the gospel characters tell us so? It’s tantamount to saying that the events in The Da Vinci Code actually happened because Robert Langdon says so. But if the story is theological, so are its characters. Thus, the motto of the story is: don’t get caught up in the characters. The message is much more important! As for those who look to Josephus’ Antiquities for confirmation, unfortunately——due to the obvious interpolations——it cannot be considered authentic. Not to mention that Josephus presumably would have been acquainted with the gospel stories, most of which were disseminated decades earlier.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to downplay the seriousness of the gospel message. I’m simply trying to clarify it. The gospels are inspired, but they were never meant to be taken literally. I’m also a believer and I have a high view of scripture. The message of Christ is real. But when will the Jesus-story play out is not something the gospels can address. Only the epistles give us the real Jesus!

#the da vinci code #ευαγγέλια #bart ehrman #the gospels #literarycharacters #literarystructures #literature #elikittim #novel #ΟΚώδικαςΝταΒίντσι #robert langdon #SophieNeveu #NewTestamentliterature #epistles #historical jesus #Genrecriticism #literarygenre #HistoricalJesusStudies #dan brown #the little book of revelation #ελικιτίμ #τομικροβιβλιοτηςαποκαλυψης #Bibleexegesis #historical fiction #ek #fictional characters #literary analysis #theologicalfiction #theJesusprophecy #biblical criticism

[topshelf2112-blog]

Want

#epistles #correspondence #thoughts and rambles and dreams

[the-big-picture-bible-blog]

Who is Peter writing to in his epistles?

COMMENT: It appears Peter was writing to the Christians in Gentile nations, not to the Israelites in Israel. Peter also preaches about the kingdom of heaven and not about the physical Israel. Have a look at these verses that attest to this: 2 Peter 2:1-3; 2 Peter 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 4:16. REPLY: Let’s quickly start with a brief background of details for context. Peter started in the…

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#context #dispensation #epistles #interpret #kingdom #tribulation

[christinedepizza]

It was only with extraordinary self control that I did not buy these overpriced vintage Moby Dick salt and pepper shakers

#Moby Dick #epistles

[wikimediauncommons]

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#tales #epistles #odes #fables #etc

[lady-seraphina-moonvale]

I've begun writing traditionally to cater to my desires for the regency period and its romanticism. This method acts as a remedy to modern-day pressures. Writing takes the form of letters. These letters are addressed to myself, while as a writer I take up the role of someone I know from the bygone era. At times, my writings reflect a friendly tone, while on other occasions, they emanate a maternal warmth. This traditional writing style has provided a comforting solace during trying times.

I'm including an image of a letter I penned to myself. This letter was a means of self-comfort during a challenging time. The letter addresses one of my personal setbacks. I've ensured its confidentiality by sealing it.

#Regency #jane austen #epistles #LetterWriting #dark academia #cottagecore

[recursive360]

[ A letter for everyone to think about.]

#sinead o'connor #reading #letters #essays #literature #gloria steinem #women's rights #critical thinking #thinking allowed #critical thought #epistles #epistle #Epistolography #letter writing #human rights #good morning #Tuesday #tuesday thoughts #retro #flashback #throwback #Youtube

[agungrichardelvonscestmavie]

_"Jadilah sebuah surat dari Kristus, diketahui dan dibaca semua orang."_ ~ Charles Spurgeon

#charles spurgeon #epistles #christ #known #read