This paper is dedicated to the edification of the church by means of a concept-by-concept comparison of the foundational precepts of Christian Hedonism with specific verses of scripture.Since John Piper is the one who coined the expression, it is his works which have been chosen to represent t...
The only distinct precepts regarding the use of the censer are found in Nu 4:14, where among the vessels of the golden altar, i.e. of incense, censers" are reckoned; and in Le 16:12, where we find that the high-priest was to carry it (here also it is "the," not "a censer,...
The Bible is predominantly written in the Hebrew and Greek languages. The Biblical word used in the Greek New Testament and Septuagint translation of the Old Testament is the wordethnos.1This word is related to our English wordethnicityand denotes those of a common lineage. This definition is a...
whereby they begin to allow the fullness of Messiah-in-them — by allowing Him-in-us to keep His Father’s Commandments and Precepts in our bodies today, just as He did 2,000 years
Sin is a riddle, a mystery, a reality that eludes definition and comprehension. Perhaps we most often think of sin as wrongdoing or transgression of God's law. Sin includes a failure to do what is right. But sin also offends people; it is violence and lovelessness toward other people,...
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 ...
However, entries into the United Stares described in this statue are illegal acts by any definition that “We the People” would use to describe any other act punishable by fines and or imprisonment. People who enter the United States in violation of this statute are “illegal aliens” where ...
The answer is found in the definition of 'love', and that the fact that Biblical love is NOT a warm, gooey feeling inside, meaning that our feelings can align with true love, but it is not the foundation of it. Based on the above definitions of love, it is obvious that the Lord Go...
Let it be emphasized that, if there is really such a thing as a law of science, these two principles meet that definition. There is no other scientific law supported more fully and certainly by more numerous and meaningful lines of evidence than are these two laws. All physical processes (...
If there is an overly simplistic definition of therapy it is to help you feel better: The first goal of psychotherapy is to get you to feel better. This is clinically called response –and is defined as an improvement from the onset of your illness after psychotherapy begins. Response is ...