His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, ...
The elementary school here was also the one time in my life that I’ve ever said the n-word. During a 4th grade discussion of a book we’d read for class which took place in the rural south shortly after the Civil War, I wanted to know the meaning of the one word I hadn’t und...
Many scholars have devoted their works to uncovering the hidden meaning of these symbols. Here are a few of the symbols you might look for to give you clues to the story behind the story in Biblical tapestries and paintings. Tudor Rose The Tudor Rose is a five-petaled in red and white....
The meaning hereof is, that Moses received not only the written law from God, but also certain rules for its construction and application; and that even in the most corrupt times of Israel's history there were always some pure and holy men, who kept up the study of this tradition, and ...
The principal scriptural authority for the papacy relied upon by the Roman Catholic Church isMt 16:18-19. Without entering into a discussion of the meaning of this famous passage, we may here quote from Abbott'sCommentaryon the New Testament a statement of the Roman Catholic interpretation, and...
Christ is the Lord of the sabbath. The simple, clear and obvious meaning of this is that He who is the Christ of God instituted the church, fulfilled the sabbath, dispensed with the sabbath, and abrogated the sabbath, in exactly the same way and to exactly the same degree as he did al...
Hedonism is an evil moral ethic. “Without hedonism, there would be no point or meaning to our moral decisions” (Joe Barnhart inThe Warren-Barnhart Debate on Christian Ethics versus Utilitarian Ethics, November 5, 1980, Denton, Texas). ...
Unfortunately, the love talked about was exemplified by the misuse of real love in society. The word love itself had lost its meaning. Was it just a statement against war (the actual subtext of the lyrics) or a call to get along no matter what? Did it talk about the love for my spou...
As I have stated at the top of this article, we have run into quite a few well-meaning Christians who simply did not have the basic 101 knowledge on this subject and as a result, they fell into some very heavy and dangerous dark side demonic waters. ...
We ask at this stage of the subject, what was the meaning of pagan offerings? As they understood their religious rites, the unbloody were expressions of gratitude and acknowledgment for protection. Whatever the form of offering was, the god was conceived of as being pleased with them. How ...