Nevertheless, the penitential system and the ascetic movement, together with the eremitical monasticism which was firmly established in Egypt under the leadership of Anthony in the opening years of the 4th century, played an important part in maintaining the high, sacrificial demands of the Christian...
哥尼流蒙主指示 - 在恺撒利亚有一个人名叫哥尼流,是“意大利营”的百夫长。 他是个虔诚人,他和全家都敬畏神,多多周济百姓,常常祷告神。 有一天,约在申初,他在异象中明明看见神的一个使者进去,到他那里,说:“哥尼流!”
Masses do not even know the difference between a Holy Bible and the many profane bibles. Masses of good people thinking they are saved by His grace, are TOTALLY BOUND in a form of godliness which denies the power thereof. Still others are bound up in religious traditions of works righteousne...
At the heart of the Gospel is sacrificial self-giving (John 3:16). That’s why when the Apostle Paul wanted to encourage the Corinthians to give more, he pointed them to the person and work of Christ. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He...
183), Macatangay argues that the complete assimilation of sacrificial imagery to the ethical realm seen here is a distinct feature of Tobit (op.cit. p. 235). On the generally strong case for Tobit allusions across Luke-Acts, cf. Docherty (2013). 13 Flessen (2011, pp. 105–9). 14 ...