by Thomas WatsonQ3: What do the Scriptures principally teach?A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God
Namesis more than just a song; it is a declaration of who God is, His visible and invisible attributes that each of His names describes. The names that God takes for Himself and those that others give Him are scattered throughout the Scriptures, often as different elements and attributes of...
While the Creed does not replace the intricate weaving of letters, history and poetry that the scriptures hold, it is a basic guide to the substance of the Biblical story. In the early days of the church, and today in many places where the church is only beginning to emerge, illiterate b...
We should expect God to speak to us through visions and prophetic dreams, so the barefoot dream can suggest biblically that we need to embrace change and not cover up problems in order to stay on the straight path of life. More than 50 Scriptures have references to God sending visions or ...
on Holy Scriptures, the Divine Liturgy, and Holy Tradition. However, in modern times we notice that no more does the life of a Christian revolve around the teachings of the Church Fathers, Holy Scriptures, the Divine Liturgy and Holy Tradition. However, these things have become very important...
on antiretroviral medication. South Africa has a significant number of people who are HIV+, and for whom access to antiretroviral medication is a matter of life or death. As pastors, we know them as members of our congregations and communities. As followers of the God of life, and of ...
The prophecy in question, though not one of those recorded in the canonical Hebrew Scriptures, seems to have been familiar enough to the readers to make it a natural and pertinent thing to quote it. So Paul cites heathen authors or common popular sayings in support of his statements. ...
on high. Speaking in tongues wasn't theprevalentresult of this fulfilled promise, but asubsequentresult. And was for a very specific purpose. So that the people who were gathered there could "...HEAR them speak in [their] tongues (glóssa,dialektos) the wonderful works of God." Acts 2:...
In our present discussion we are delving into hard-to-accept statements of the scriptures and into deeper areas in the spiritual realm.Some of the words and statements in the Bible may be hard to accept, but they are God’s Words. And God knows why He chose those words to make such st...
That the people of Acts 2 had faith is certain because the scriptures say the message "pricked their heart." They would not have asked Peter what to do if they did not believe the message. They had the essential quality of faith that every person wanting to be saved must have (John 8...