As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
We are taught about Elijah’s miracles (7 to 9, depending upon how we interpret the drought) in I Kings 17 through 2 Kings 2.
We read about Elisha in 2 Kings 2-13. Elisha worked approximately twice as many miracles as Elisha (14 if you count the miracle worked when a dead men had contact with his bones). He also had a “double portion” of the Spirit (or spirit, depending upon how you interpret his granted request).
On “Theology Thursday,” we feature short excerpts on various areas of systematic theology, from a wide variety of colorful (and drab) characters and institutions. We hope these short readings are a stimulus for personal reflection, a challenge to theological complacency, and an impetus for apologetic zeal “to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints,” (Jude 3).
“So what’s left for me to do at this point is close up shop. The content here has been and always will be under Phil’s purview, and if he would keep it as-is, I trust his judgment. I’ll be archiving all the other blogs under my name and closing them in the next 60 days.” The End.
On “Theology Thursday,” we feature short excerpts on various areas of systematic theology, from a wide variety of colorful (and drab) characters and institutions. We hope these short readings are a stimulus for personal reflection, a challenge to theological complacency, and an impetus for apologetic zeal “to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (Jude 3).
On “Theology Thursday,” we feature short excerpts on various areas of systematic theology, from a wide variety of colorful (and drab) characters and institutions. We hope these short readings are a stimulus for personal reflection, a challenge to theological complacency, and an impetus for apologetic zeal “to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (Jude 3).
(From the Epistle of Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria, c. A.D. 318)
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