Which leads me to the point of this article: identifying the real meaning ofAbba, which is the Aramaic word for Father. While I had studied this word before, it really hit home for me when I arrived in Israel in 2007 and heard the word with my own ears for the first time. It came...
My father was a preacher for the churches of Christ, and the churches of Christ claimed to be non-denominational. I am this day a preacher for the churches of Christ, and I maintain that I am preaching for the church authorized by the Lord and about which we read in the New Testament....
The Institutes of Biblical Lawhas as its purpose a reversal of the present trend. It is called "Institutes" in the older meaning of that word, i.e., fundamental principles, here of law, because it is intended as a beginning, as an instituting consideration of that law which must govern ...
1Ti 3:16The mystery of godliness is the pillar and ground of the truth, and without controversy a great thing: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified by the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory. (Wesley’s NT, 175...
e. in contiguous properties, as the rabbinical law explains it according to the meaning of the phrase שהת יחדיו in Ge 13:6; Ge 36:7, and elsewhere. If the brothers lived far away, or if the deceased had no brothers at all, it was an understood thing that it ...
Full of meaning as is the word, it nevertheless is not one easy to adapt to the idiom of our language, and thus in the Gospels it is usually translated "mighty works" (Mt 11:20-21,23, etc.), but miracles in Ac 2:22; Ac 8:13; Ac 19:11; 1Co 12:10,28, etc. Really it ...
–Interpretation: Emphasis on grammatical-historical exegesis, focusing on the original meaning of texts based on their historical and literary contexts². –Role of Preaching and Sacraments: Preaching and sacraments are viewed as means of grace, grounded in Scriptural commands and ordinances, administe...
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...
plan of salvationthrough Jesus (Yeshua, meaningGod saves) is revealed in the Holy Bible. This plan is so simple that even a child can repent and believe in Jesus, yet it is also so profound that nootherway is sufficient enough to obtain salvation from sin, death, and the wrath of God...
The symbolical meaning of Philo's Paraclete was elevated by the reference to the historical Christ as the only high-priest. Thus the Alexandrian ideas formed a bridge to Christianity. But we cannot regard the doctrine of a union of the Logos with humanity, in all the forms under which it ...