she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be ...
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”Psalm 8:3-4When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— / what is ...
Again, reason emphatically leads to this conclusion, but Scripture and tradition also support it, though with language ambiguous enough to allow others to reach different conclusions and present objections to this thesis of universal restoration. I now want to address some of those objections head-...
All things were created through Him and for Him. Treasury of Scripture All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you. All thy Psalm 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork....
The Beauty and Power of the Written Word of God “Greater works than these….” What did Jesus mean by this statement? Prayer: how to approach God using examples from scripture Evangelizing the Florida Keys: A mission trip to the southernmost region of the USA ...
Yet they are also profoundly emotional, poetic, and spiritual in nature, giving voice to our deepest longings and highest aspirations as believers. The roots of Christian hymnody can be traced back to the Book of Psalms and other poetic passages in Scripture known as canticles. These divinely ...
We know from Scripture (the Old Testament included) that this enemy of Jesus is Lucifer, who became Satan, the devil. Historically, we can see thisspiritin Biblical characters. Satan is working behind the scenes, deceiving and lying, to set up his plan to deface the image of God and to...
At our home we spend the evening talking about the truths we find in the Reformation writings. They wrote that we live and learn by “Scripture Alone” apart from traditions of men, personal preferences, or anything else. We are saved by “Faith Alone” apart from works and ourselves. Salv...
Scripture says that the person of faith actually becomes the very righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21)! Through a living faith (the means of salvation), we become united to Christ (the source of salvation), and we are saved from God's judgment as well as from the futile way of life ...
[messenger] as Holy Scripture calls him rather than a mortal man. St. John differs from all other prophets especially in that he had that privilege of being able, with his hand, to show the world Him about Whom he prophesied. It is said that every year on the feast of the saint, ...