The fact of the matter is that there is not one scripture that says, “The Sabbath is now Sunday.” After all, theTen Commandmentsare theONLYthing that God spoke in such incredible fiery majesty, thundering His voice from the mountain top as everyone below trembled in fear and then personal...
Differentversions go by different names, but, for the purposes of this essay, I will call thistextual tradition theGarbhāvakrānti-sūtra(“Descent of the Embryo Scripture”).The core of this tradition is an embryological narrative of human birth that evoc-atively describes the gestation of ...
Then it takes a sudden turn. It gets very dark. Everything changed in a heartbeat. This story always reminds me of how proud and risk aversive God’s people can be in times of uncertainty, when we need Him most. Leading without God’s divine direction is not only foolish, it’s pern...
To be capable of grasping this significance and of internalizing its relevance in our lives may be the task of a lifetime, but this twist, as it were on the biblical notion of God, must still deserve our obeisance and love and obedience, even though this God has no persona, no anger,...
” We also sangGod of Grace and God of Glory, where the fourth verse states “save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore.” I felt both the lyrics and the Scripture to be a glass of cold water in my face. God understands exactly where we are. He knows it sucks. And ...
{**Yonge's title, A Treatise on the Question Why Certain Names in the Holy Scripture Are Changed.} I. (1) "Abraham was ninety and nine years old; and the Lord appeared unto Abraham, and said unto him, I am thy God."{1}{#ge 17:1.} The number of nine, when added to the ...
{**Yonge's title, A Treatise on the Question Why Certain Names in the Holy Scripture Are Changed.} I. (1) "Abraham was ninety and nine years old; and the Lord appeared unto Abraham, and said unto him, I am thy God."{1}{#ge 17:1.} The number of nine, when added to the ...
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I can't imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity. That's just not part of my religious makeup. — Barack Obama 49 We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has ...
Nothing we do, nothing we say, can change a person’s heart. That is the work of the Holy Spirit. In order to change the world when the world doesn’t want to change, we have to stop trying to change the world. We have to get down on our knees and pray th...