Perfect Love Casts out Everything Bad Part IV

Where else do we read "cast out" ἐκβάλλω in the New Testament?Jesus was summoned by the rule of the synagogue, seeking Jesus to heal his sick daughter. When Jesus arrived at the ruler's home, his daughter was already dead, and those in the home has...

Perfect Love Casts out Everything Bad Part III

As mentioned in the previous post, "cast out" is first mentioned in Genesis 21:10, in which Sarah, the mother of faith, tells her husband Abraham, the father of faith, to get rid of the reproachful boundwoman and her disrespectful son, both of which...

Perfect Love casts out Everthing Bad Part II

"Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease." (Proverbs 22:10)Solomon uses "cast out", which is also rendered ἔκβαλε in the Septuagint.Just as Sarah had Hagar and Ishmael expelled from the House of...

Perfect Love Casts out Everything Bad

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4:18)We have this perfect love in us through the Holy Spirit, of whom the first fruit is love! (cf Galatians...

If You are Bored, ask Him to Open Your Eyes

Most of us are bored with life or get run down because we are trying to get for ourselves.The Preacher diagnosed this problem in Ecclesiastes:"And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of...

Yemen: Fourth Regime Change from Arab Spring

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has sworn to step down from power for the fourth time. Whether he means it this time, only time will tell over the next thirty days.He has promised to transfer power to his vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in a deal hammered...