Energeia: What It Means and Proper Uses In and Out of Scripture with Frederica Mathewes-Green

Overtly Orthodox

I am really pleased to bring back to the program, Frederica Matthewes-Green. Frederica is an Orthodox Christian scholar, and just a very sweet spirit, extremely generous with her time.

Frederica is the author of Two Views of the Cross: Orthodoxy and the West. And when I wrote her asking if she might know someone who knows someone about the Greek word Energeia, it turns out she herself knows quite a bit. She has a whole outline of listings of the use of the word and similar words throughout the Bible.

I will have that that list of Greek words that are used in the New Testament to describe divine energy at the show notes, which can be found at https://overtlyorthodox.com/frederica2.

It was a lovely conversation again, as can be expected with Frederica, and we even brought in my wife, Sana who shares a few "miracle" stories from her youth!

In this discussion with Frederica, you'll discover:

-How the "map of reality" as it pertains to the truth of Scripture alters with various translations...06:53

-An obfuscated understanding of God's truth opens the door to heresy, oppression and tyranny...13:12

-Why it's important to understand the true meaning of the Greek energeia vs. its Latin counterpart operatio...17:24

-Energeia refers to divine energy, both positive and negative...23:36

-Miraculous encounters start happening; you start seeing mysterious coincidences...29:41

-A defeated Enemy is not a convert; he's just an angrier enemy...37:30

-If you don't win, you're the first loser - and other heresies of our time...41:09

-James shares two miracle stories during travels across the U.S....43:22

-A bus driver with a lead foot miraculously saves James' wife Sana's life...48:05

-And Much More!

Resources Mentioned:

Frederica's website

Two Views of the Cross: Orthodoxy and the West by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Men and Marriage by George Gilder

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