A Technical Companion on Image, Taxis, and Repentance Acts 17 at Athens: Misrecognition and the Call to Reorientation A Technical Companion on Image, Taxis, and Repentance Purpose of this companion Paul’s speech at Athens (Acts 17:22–31) is often read as an example of contextual apologetics or philosophical engagement. While it is clearly adapted to a…
A Technical Companion on Image, Taxis, and Energies Romans 1: Suppressing Reality A Technical Companion on Image, Taxis, and Energies Purpose of this companion Romans 1 is frequently read as a catalogue of sins or a polemical text directed at particular behaviours. Read that way, the passage is flattened and misused. Paul’s concern, however, lies…
Genesis 3 and Paul: From Misalignment to Restoration A Technical Companion on Image, Taxis, and Energies Purpose of this companion This essay makes explicit a structural pattern that is assumed but not foregrounded in the baseline articles. Scripture consistently describes human life as ordered across multiple levels, and it portrays both distortion and restoration as…
Genesis 3: Disorder, Distortion, and Life Outside Reality Genesis 3 does not describe the collapse of creation or the loss of what God has made. It describes what happens when human life moves out of alignment with reality. The world remains God’s world, humanity remains human, and creation remains ordered — but that order is…
Creation Groaning, Creation Restored – Romans 8 and the Shape of Resurrection Paul’s theology of salvation is never detached from creation. When he speaks of redemption, glory, or resurrection, he does not imagine a new world replacing the old one. He describes the healing and completion of a world that already has a given structure…
This article sets out the Christological foundation that underlies Paul’s creational reasoning across his letters. Colossians 1: Christ, Creation, and the Coherence of Reality Paul’s theology does not begin with human behaviour, social arrangements, or ethical instruction. It begins with Christ. In Colossians 1, Paul locates Christ not merely at the centre of Christian devotion,…
This article develops the theological assumptions about reality, identity, and order that underlie the Genesis and Pauline studies elsewhere on this site. Living in Reality: Image, Order, and the Nature of Idolatry Christian obedience is often discussed as a matter of behaviour, motivation, or moral effort. Scripture, however, begins elsewhere. It begins with reality itself….
Ephesians 5: Christ, the Church, and the Shape of Ordered Love Ephesians 5 is one of the most discussed and disputed passages in the New Testament. It is often approached with strong assumptions about authority, power, equality, or control, and as a result it is frequently read as either oppressive or defensive. But many of…
Genesis 2: One-Out-of-the-Other and the Grammar of Relation Origin, Direction, and the Meaning of Human Distinction 1. Why Genesis 2 Must Be Read Slowly Genesis 2 is often read too quickly. It is commonly approached as a text about marriage, gender roles, or human companionship, and therefore treated as either self-evident or immediately controversial. When…
1 Corinthians 11: Creation, Glory, and Relational Order Why Paul Appeals to Genesis in Christian Worship 1. Why 1 Corinthians 11 Is So Contested Few passages in Paul’s letters have generated as much confusion as 1 Corinthians 11:2–16. Questions about head coverings, cultural custom, gender, authority, and propriety in worship have turned this text into…