Robert Simon

He has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire - 2 Pe 1:4 As the famous formula of the Church Fathers goes, God incarnated so that man might be divinized. This language pushes the boundaries of the theological comfort zones of most Western Christians, but it is indeed the language of the Ancient Church. It is also the language of the...

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith... - Hebrews 12:2 The two key words (author and perfecter) in this section of Hebrews 12:2 are translated a variety of ways in English translations. The first is the Greek archégos. The second is teleiótés. Archégos comes from the root word arché, which we find in the familiar John 1:1 - "In the beginning (arché) was the Word." Archégos has a wide range of meanings all centered around being, one who originates or starts...

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ - Acts 26:14 These were the words that met Saul's ears at the moment of his conversion experience. First, it is notable that Jesus says that Saul is persecuting Him, even though Jesus Himself had already ascended into heaven several years prior. This gives deeper meaning to the idea of Christians being "the Body...