gods but above men, and had some local agency in human affairs, it may be said that great but not infinite power and knowledge, ability to answer prayer, special functions and agencies in providence, with immortality, entered generally into the conception or definition of a god or divine ...
For me, it started with a childhood amidst alcoholism and violence that built a faulty definition of normal, and led to a lifetime of misconceptions about life in general and my worth in particular. Jesus whispered my name and I fell at His feet in my 20s, but I went on to spend dec...
Ah, but in God’s holy Word and in the beauty and power of the Lord Jesus Christ there are all of these things and so many more. “For as many as are the promises of God, in Him (Christ) they are yes” (2 Cor. 1:20). Since we have all the glorious promises of God to pro...
אֵל מוֹעֵד, or assembly of God; Aramaic בי כנשתא, כנשתא), in the Jewish place of worship in post-Biblical and modern times. However obscure the origin of these establishments, they eventually became so important and characteristic as ...
Before referencing his article, let me give a definition of “restoration.” This is the word used in your New Testament in Acts 3:21. The Greek word is apokathistami, and it means “to restore to its former state;…to be in its former state….” (Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of...
The Meaning of the Imago Dei (Gen 1:26-27) in Genesis 1-11. The purpose of this article is to define the image of God in Gen 1:26-27 in light of Gen 1-11. Does Gen 1-11 define or imply a definition of the image and likeness of God? The biblical-theological (or canonical-ch...
In general, he offers intriguing examples of play for the respective areas, but much of his discussion is rooted in his definition of what constitutes play and how to identify play (as he discusses in chapters 1 and 2). Thus, I would have liked a more thoughtful, philosophically rooted ...
On page one, humans are set apart from all other creatures as the image of God. Jon: Yeah. God’s representatives who rule the world by his definition of good and evil. Tim: And this identity, it’s the bedrock of the Bible’s view of justice: all humans are equal before God ...
This is the very definition of an extreme example. But this kind of parenting is growing in popularity and although it appears kind, gentle and patient it is actually really bad news. If David’s men had followed his orders then Absalom could have ended up in charge of God’s people. ...
Sanctification, by definition, means to set something apart for a holy purpose: I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy (Leviticus 11:44). God makes us holy because of His holiness. Humans cannot make themselves holy due to their sin nature; only ...