“Well, I think many. I mean, you know, when we get into the Bible, I think many. So many,” he responded. “And some people—look, an eye for an eye, you can almost say that. That’s not a particularly nice thing. But you know, if you look at what’s happening ...
The New Testament seems to prescribe pacifism, while the Old Testament seems to endorse war, genocide, slavery, etc. This is a complete misreading of the overall point of the Bible. It is also a convenient myth for those who want to dismiss the Bible entirely:...
Indeed, as Christians we might strive less for niceness and more for loving rightly. One of my husband’s finer moments in parenting came one day when, after he had uttered an unwelcome word of correction to a disgruntled child, he leaned down, looked her in the eye, and said, “Honey...
There are few whom I can open up to with a straight stream of consciousness and I must say that there are only a few. It has never been a normal pattern for me to open up and write to another direct. I believe that it was Dirk who had the good intentions for the good of this p...
The passage that he most drew from was Joshua 1:7-9. That fairly famous and almost cliche coffee mug or Christian t-shirt verse: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. DO not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go....
What is a favorite Bible passage of yours and why? Alan Ehler:My life verse is2 Timothy 1:7— “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline” (NIV). It describes the ways the Holy Spirit works in our lives and removes any caus...
The Qurʾān is markedly shorter than even theNew Testament, let alone theHebrew Bible. It is subdivided into 114 chapterlike units called “sūrahs,” a word used within the Qurʾān to designate revelatory passages of an unspecific length (e.g., 9:64). With the exception of the sh...
If philosophical poets are like painters who paint the people in front of them, “right poets” are like painters who use their imagination to paint in colors “fittest for the eye to see.” Hence a good painter does not paint the Roman heroine Lucretia, whom the painter never saw, but ...
Though we’re given few specifics about the afterlife in the Bible, we know that both Jesus and the New Testament authors fully believed that some part of us would be in the presence of God awaiting the new creation after we die. Video: This episode is designed to acco...
I must point my eye toward the One who can help me. I seek for help and I know where that help comes from; I must recognize that this Help will keep me safe when I abide in Him; and lastly, my Help preserves my soul – which cannot be said of any other help this world has to...