No apostle (or non-apostle) gave the Holy Spirit or a miraculous spiritual gift. Only Jesus could give the Spirit (Matt.s3:11). Only the Spirit could give a miraculous gift (1 Cor. 12:11). Hands had their purposes, and the early church was taught as foundation doctrine the purposes ...
Man is a complete stranger to glory and cannot obtain even the smallest part of it unless God, in His mercy, chooses to bestow it on us. But, praise God, in the resurrection this is exactly what happens to these redeemed vessels of mercy, that “in a moment, in the twinkling of an...
1896 in their entirety as photos, so they can be read by zooming in. I have also transcribed them for easier reading. We will then proceed with the letters, to examine which of the two views, is supported by scripture. It is noteworthy that within a few years Byrum himself reverted to ...
A second major feature of this shift, closely related to the first, is the strong concentration on this earthly and temporal life. The hereafter is a blank entry on the theological balance-sheet. Christians should indeed strive for a different world, but they must not look for it above or ...
the Sept., and the Hebrew, we gather the following conclusions: Propitiation, giving prominence to the secondary meaning of כָּפִר, kaphar, and the primary meaning of ἐξιλάσκομαι, is an act prompting to the exercise of mercy, and providing for its exercise ...
5. It is utterly inflexible, and knows no mercy. 6. Its righteousness is perfect obedience to the things which are written." The writer "does not claim for this analysis that it is exhaustive, or that the points are so well put as they might have been." It would be easy, we think...
It has been suggested that we should just go ahead with our services as usual and let the sick stay at home from services as has been our normal policy. Furthermore, the idea has been presented that we should not cancel services because spiritual welfare is more important than physical welfa...
"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ"(Galatians 6:2). "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as ...
(p. 124); that in her is all hope of life and virtue, all grace of the Way and Truth (p. 125); that in her we find eternal salvation (p. 125); that no one can enter heaven except by her (p. 127); that all graces of the spiritual life are transmitted by Mary (p. 127);...
The spiritual riches of the prophet are seen in the variety of his style, which always befits the subject. When he rebukes and threatens it is like a storm, and when he comforts his language is as tender and mild as (to use his own words) that of a mother comforting her son. With...