Q&A: Honesty about Dependence

Someone recently asked me this question about my translation of the Greek pistis/eo (commonly translated as faith, belief, trust) as “honesty about dependence”. Question: Does the phrase “honesty about dependence” weigh the concept of faith toward the verb? Should “faith” not also hold the noun, as God’s gift? Answer: There is more to pistis/eo than can be … Continue reading Q&A: Honesty about Dependence

Q&A: How to consider current turmoil in the world

Question: What’s your outlook on the current events? Or better yet, the Green V outlook versus Red Pyramid? Answer: Let's start with the familiar: the Red Pyramid world.  When considering things from this worldview, most everyone is in this for him/herself, like drowning people all flailing about in different ways, all grasping at different things, … Continue reading Q&A: How to consider current turmoil in the world

Q&A: From negative to positive relationships?

Question: Through your Daily Bread Bible verse on May 8 (John 5:24), you commented, “We have passed through an existence burdened with negative relationships (death), into real, substantive, and limitless positive relationships with God and everyone else.” Can you explain this further? Answer:  In a one-dimensional world (physical only, time only) world, we are either dying … Continue reading Q&A: From negative to positive relationships?