The Eusebeian Way

Welcome to a new zone of the "Christian blogosphere". Our aim at Eusebeia is to discuss issues pertaining to godliness and correct Christian conduct as suggested in our description, while also providing a networking hub for many other sites that are concerned with the gap between (post)modern-day and Biblical Christianity.

Remarkably the word godliness appears in the KJV Bible within only the pastoral epistles of Paul and second epistle of Peter. But the first time eusebeia appears in the New Testament it is translated "holiness" (Acts 3:12). When Peter and John saw a miracle in the man at the Gate Beautiful, Peter said "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why do you look so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?"

From this verse we can get both a sense that we need God to be holy/godly at all and that our own virtue does not give us superhuman abilities. Even our Lord Jesus made a point of doing miracles in the name of the Father and speaking only what He heard from Heaven.

But godliness, while not the source of miracles, is nevertheless important in our relationship with God and our brothers/sisters/neighbours. Over the next few weeks to set up our foundations, I hope to look at the fourteen "godliness" verses and what insight and advice they give to living the Christian life.

Don't go away!