It’s not just a modern-day Jewish thing, though, as I mentioned. The meaning I’m promoting here is exactly what we see in the New Testament when the Aramaic word is transliterated into Greek asAbba. It is used only three times in the New Testament—Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, and ...
Play nice, respect a woman by default, be supportive of her self-image and ambitions to the sacrifice of your own, don’t judge her and do your utmost to identify with the feminine, was the call to action that, deductively, should make a man more attractive to a woman.” So basically...
We are living in a world of violence, murder rape, theft, you name it. Society is on a moral decline and if we continue the way progressives are dictating us to go, the moral decline of our nation and the world will grow worse. The progressive movement is not a step forward, but a...
This does not mean that if a man’s wife is divorcing him or other bad things are happening that it automatically means he is not living with his wife according to knowledge or not honoring her as the weaker vessel and as a fellow sister in Christ. We must remember that wife’s can a...
The whole population, men, women, and children, repair to their family tombs, carrying a tray containing the sacrifice, and libations for offering, and the candles, paper, and incense for burning, and there go through a variety of ceremonies and prayers. The grave is also carefully repaired ...
Freeman(Principles of Divine Service,2:325) insists that in its origin the litany is distinctly a "eucharistic feature," a series of intercessions closely associated with the eucharistic sacrifice. So we find in the East, and so it was originally in the West also, one most notable feature...
–Clarity and Sufficiency: Scripture is clear and sufficient for understanding salvation and proper Christian living. The Holy Spirit helps believers understand and apply Scripture correctly². –Interpretation: Emphasis on grammatical-historical exegesis, focusing on the original meaning of texts based on...
Recognizing our personal need and sinfulness, realizing that Jesus paid for it all by His sacrifice on the cross and receiving His forgiveness and grace in believing faith…that is the path for eternal peace. The spiritual disciplines of prayer and Bible reading, studying, meditating on and obey...
‘The convictions we need to rally around should be about life giving, community, transformation, holistic personal growth, sacrifice, beauty, blessing and world renewal. Who wouldn’t want to be part of a people committed to something that brings personal meaning and makes the world a better ...
(Here Derek shows that he is using “objectively certain” as a reference to “objective truth” or “objective fact,” and these do not have the same meaning as “objective certainty” MD). But as any epistemological externalist would say that does not mean I must have subjective certainty...