Ben Hind - writer of 'The Ethereal Muse'

First off, I think it would be a good idea to let everyone know why I'm writing this. I have long been a-questing to determine what Paul's attitude was toward the role of the Jewish Law, the Torah. The issue is hugely significant to understanding what Paul is trying to say in a lot of his letters, especially Romans and Galatians. However, after much reading ('much' for a first year anyway) on Paul's attitude toward the role of the Torah, I have concluded that I have no definite idea what to thin… Continue

Exodus 6:2-3
God also spoke to Moses and said to him: 'I am YHWH. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by my name "YHWH" I did not make myself known to them.

One of the most common names for 'god' in the Old Testament is the word 'El' and it's many combinations ('El Shaddai' being an example). 'El' is said to be the god that is worshipped by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, before the name 'YHWH' for god was revealed to Moses at the 'burning-bush-inci… Continue

Hey guys!

I just recently did a bible study on Romans 5-8 and had a pretty long introductory chat about some interesting words Paul uses. If you want to understand what Paul is trying to say in Romans, it's usually a good idea to understand what his words mean. So, I thought I'd share with you what I talked about then... and as always, feel free to disagree and discuss things with me!

The law
Whenever Paul uses the term ‘law’, he is usually talking about what is known to Jews as the ‘To… Continue

Introduction

After writing this post, it seems I have under-estimated how long and complicated forming a theology of communion from the New Testament would be! So, it looks like I'm just going to concentrate on forming of theology of the Last Supper in this post, and deal with the 'real presence' of Jesus at communion in the next one or two. It should be important first to consider the events of the last supper, as this is where the sacrament of communion finds its roots. Studying this i… Continue

Hey guys,

I know it's been ages since I posted anything here or even stopped by, I do apologize. Unfortunately for you, I have been away studying at Seminary for the past 4 months and haven't had any free time to write anything for the blog or get involved in some good theological discussion. However, I am currently back from studies and have a ridiculous amount of free time with nothing to do. Hmmmm..... sounds like another excuse to get back into blogging!

I do have some revision to do over… Continue