One day Peter asks Jesus, “Rabbi, clear this up for me…. How many times must I forgive a brother or sister who’s offended me? Seven times?” The vignette is insightful as it tells us something about Peter. It is evident that old Peter has a conflict that’s chewing on his soul....
I talk with God about this, and I plan ask him when I meet him. But for now, I choose not to interpret those verses as broadly as other Christians do. I’m going to live in the tension. Itissomething obedient Christians can disagree about So sometimes I choose to be what others woul...
A Deeper Look at Who At What the Bible Says About Who God is The Names of God in the Bible: Verses and Meaning Throughout the Bible, there God is referred to by many names. Sometimes these names of God were given in response to something God had done, other times they were to descr...
And when we read passages in the Bible that talk about “in the world but not of the world” or “those who have ears should hear” or “He was in the world but the world did not know Him” we should also think about this meaning. As Christians, it’s not us versus them. Just ...
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, many have spent months or years, even a lifetime, trying to prove the Bible is not true. It becomes an obsession for some; yet, no one has ever succeeded. I know, because I was one. Some have even resorted to telling lies about the Bible, hoping to...
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, many have spent months or years, even a lifetime, trying to prove the Bible is not true. It becomes an obsession for some; yet, no one has ever succeeded. I know, because I was one. Some have even resorted to telling lies about the Bible, hoping to...
stand still and see this salvation of the Lord, and admire his power, that he could thus save a drowning man, and his pity, that he would thus save one that was running from him and had offended him. It was of the Lord’s mercies that Jonah was not now consumed. The fish ...
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, many have spent months or years, even a lifetime, trying to prove the Bible is not true. It becomes an obsession for some; yet, no one has ever succeeded. I know, because I was one. Some have even resorted to telling lies about the Bible, hoping to...
Two things concerning the above: First, in these specific verses, Paul is not talking about a believer who is in Christ, but rather a believer who is trying to do the will of God in his flesh; and second, each time that katergazomai is used, it is indicating a power or force within...
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, many have spent months or years, even a lifetime, trying to prove the Bible is not true. It becomes an obsession for some; yet, no one has ever succeeded. I know, because I was one. Some have even resorted to telling lies about the Bible, hoping to...