Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them. 2 Timothy 3:15-17 You have been taught the Holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Jesus Christ. ...
By participating in recreational activities with an attitude of gratitude, stewardship, and reflection, Christians can transform these moments into acts of worship. Recreation becomes an opportunity to engage with God’s creation, foster relationships, express gratitude, and ultimately deepen one’s conne...
On top of that they had trouble getting the bleeding to stop and have had to put a pressure cuff on his groin which is pushing down and is very painful. While normally a person has to lay on still on their back for two to three hours, he lies all day – over six hours – not b...
Francis laid his hands on the child and it recovered: that child grew to be a man, and that man Bonaventura (q.v.) who proved his gratitude by becoming the biographer of Francis, carefully recording all the wonderful circumstances of his life and working them up into a beautiful fiction....
“faith” in a sense out of harmony with the Scriptures. Note carefully: “As indicated earlier, there is not enough evidence anywhere to absolutely prove God, but there is adequate evidence to justify the assumption or the faith that God exists.”“This choice or commitment is into the ...
memorizing scripture. I still haven’t memorized as much as I would like, but I’ve memorized some verses that have incredibly deep meaning to me. They feel like weapons I can recite over and over when I’m attacked in the night. I cling to these scriptures and keep them ready at all...
When they appear to conflict, it could be a problem in our understanding of science or of the Scriptures This is true. It is the very heart of the matter. It’s a shame that he did not spend more time elucidating his views here, but we can see from his arguments from whence his ...
Scriptures read; then, prayers being ended, they all sit down, and the father begins a discourse to them, which they hear with the profoundest silence and veneration. His words make a deep impression on them; their eyes overflow with tears. and the speaker's commendation is the weeping of...
Hope nourishes. Romans 15: 14 “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” When we recall and reflect on what the Bible says about who we are in Chr...
A while back I wrote a piece called “10 Biblical Reasons We Should Appreciate Wine.” What I attempted to prove in that article was, if we take our cues from the Scriptures, our attitude about wine should be that it is a blessing from God. As much as wine can be abused (and it ...