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Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Who Are the Nephilim and Did They Escape the Flood? Giant Problems in Genesis 6 and Numbers 13
Last updated on: November 22, 2023 at 12:49 am By B. J. Oropeza
In the Bible we read about the Nephilim who lived during the time of Noah before the Great Flood (Genesis 6:1-4). They are also mentioned again many years after the Flood in Numbers 13:33. Did they escape the Flood? Depending on your translation, they are also called “giants” along with the Rephaim and the Anakim. Who are they? The word Nephilim first appears in Genesis 6:4, where the texts states that such beings were on the earth during the days... Read more
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2023-06-05T19:40:09-07:00
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Top 14 Blog Posts You Should Read
Last updated on: June 5, 2023 at 7:40 pm By B. J. Oropeza
Here are the top 14 blog posts you need to read from the Patheos column, “In Christ.” These are essential reading, especially if you are new to this blog. I selected them not only because of their importance, but also because they are fan favorites based on the amount of views they receive. Some of them, as you will notice, have historical value since I (B. J. Oropeza) wrote them during the Covid years (2020–2021). To view them just click... Read more
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2023-05-26T23:50:16-07:00
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The Best of Patheos “In Christ” Posts (2022)
Last updated on: May 26, 2023 at 11:50 pm By B. J. Oropeza
Hollywood and film enthusiasts alike anticipate the Academy Awards every year at this time. So I decided to create my own secret awards — the best of the Patheos “In Christ” blog posts for 2022. There are a total of 13 categories this year. Without further delay, here they are: Paul, Then and Now: Best “Short Documentary” In film documentaries, directors often interview various experts in their given fields. I decided to use my own interviews for this category. In 2022,... Read more
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2023-02-28T18:34:48-07:00
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5 Things You Should Know about the Work of the Holy Spirit in a Revival
Last updated on: February 28, 2023 at 6:34 pm By B. J. Oropeza
The spiritual awakening at Asbury University prompts many to ask questions about what authenticates the work of the Holy Spirit in a revival. Here are 5 things you should know about the work of the Spirit in revivalism based on the work of Jonathan Edwards, Princeton University president and leader of the Great Awakening in the 1730’s. According to Edwards, of far greater importance than any bodily effects that happen at revivals are the positive moral and spiritual effects. This... Read more
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2023-02-19T14:21:57-07:00
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The Word of the Cross: Reading Paul with Jonathan Linebaugh
Last updated on: February 19, 2023 at 2:21 pm By B. J. Oropeza
Jonathan Linebaugh’s recent book, The Word of the Cross: Reading Paul (Eerdmans) is the subject of this interview. Dr. Linebaugh is the Anglican Chair of Divinity and professor of New Testament at the Beeson Divinity School of Samford University. He was also an associate professor of New Testament theology at the University of Cambridge. He has authored works such as God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Brill), God’s Two Words: Law and... Read more
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2023-02-22T05:22:20-07:00
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The Current Revival at Asbury University: Sensing the Presence of God and 4 Principles from the Past
Last updated on: February 22, 2023 at 5:22 am By B. J. Oropeza
Students are worshipping God, praying for one another, reading Scripture, and confessing sins at this event. This is quickly turning into what some are calling the Asbury Revival, and visitors around the globe are presently coming into chapels at Asbury to experience it. On Wednesday, February 8, a routine chapel service at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky continued for hours and hours, and it continues on now, non-stop, more than a week later. Both the university and seminary chapels are... Read more
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2023-02-19T13:52:18-07:00
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An Intertextual Commentary on Romans: In Conversation with Channing Crisler
Last updated on: February 19, 2023 at 1:52 pm By B. J. Oropeza
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Channing Crisler on his current multi-volume work, An Intertextual Commentary on Romans (Pickwick Publications). Dr. Channing has written three volumes thus far—the first on Romans 1:1–4:25, the second on Romans 5:1–8:39, and third on Romans 9:1–11:36. This post will cover his first volume. Dr. Channing L. Crisler is Associate Professor of New Testament at Anderson University, South Carolina. He has authored Reading Romans as Lament (Pickwick); Echoes of Lament in the Christology of... Read more
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2023-03-07T00:14:00-07:00
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Who are the sons of God in Genesis 6? Sethians, Rulers, or Fallen Angels?
Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 12:14 am By B. J. Oropeza
We read in Genesis 6 that when the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of man were, they took (for sexual union) whichever ones they decided. This happened in the days before the Flood of Noah, when wickedness increased on the earth. In those days also, the Nephilim were on the earth, an obscure term that some versions translate as “giants” (KJV, NKJV, GNB, AMP, LXX, etc.). The text may suggest that these “giants” were the offspring of... Read more
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2023-01-25T10:51:22-07:00
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Entertaining Angels? Abraham’s Hospitality
Last updated on: January 25, 2023 at 10:51 am By B. J. Oropeza
The exhortation in Hebrews 13:2 reads, “Do not neglect hospitality; by showing this, some have entertained angels without knowing it.” The verb for entertain is xenizô, which here means to welcome or have as one’s guest. My previous blog on hospitality showed that in Greco-Roman traditions, sometimes hospitable guests received strangers that happened to be gods, and they were rewarded accordingly. Jewish traditions have similar stories, and Hebrews 13:2, inter alia, probably alludes to Genesis 18-19. The Hospitality of Abraham... Read more
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2023-01-29T22:53:43-07:00
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Hospitality in the Bible: Romans 12
Last updated on: January 29, 2023 at 10:53 pm By B. J. Oropeza
Hospitality means philoxenia (φιλοξενία) in Romans 12:13. This combines two words, philos (“friend,” “dear,” “loving”) and xenos (“strange,” “foreign,” “alien,” “stranger”). The idea of a friend of strangers may help capture the sense of the word—the host treats the stranger like a friend. In an earlier blog I brought out a prime example of ancient hospitality through the story of the hunter from the orator, Dio Chrysostom. In this piece we focus on this word in relation to Greco-Roman protocols... Read more
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