But Thomas, one of the twelve, called “Didymus”, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the L-rd!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His Hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nai...
In my experience, the Christ is of every racial type, and of Female and Male. The Christ is the essence of all human life, of every human being, and expresses as every age, from baby to death, so it is with us at every part of our journey through life. In the west we have been...
While I support para-church planting efforts, I believe the most natural and effective church planting is done from within the church, done by churches who plant other churches. The men and women sent to plant are then known by the church, loved by the church, and supported by the church....
They close with accounts of his empty tomb, discovered on the “third day,” and of his later appearances to Mary and Mary Magdalene and to the circle of his disciples as risen from the dead. The Christian calendar revolves around the life of Jesus; important feasts include (in the ...
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. The Gospel According to John 20:6-7(ESV) ...
“So let’s connect the dots now. When Mary saw the stone had been removed from the tomb, this is simply another way of saying that Jesus Himself had been removed from the tomb, as in resurrected from the dead! The stone or rock removed from the tomb ultimately refers to Jesus taken ...
Today is the quiet day. In the church historic, the art for today portrays the Harrowing of Hell, Jesus making proclamation to the “spirits in prison” (1 Peter 3:18-22), trampling the devil, destroying the gates of Hades, and leading Adam and the dead patriarchs from the tomb. ...
Jesus in a tomb, dark and cold. On the third day, He awakens, sits up pushing aside His shroud and somehow that stone is rolled away and He emerges victoriously: Life. New Life! All things are made new and nothing will ever be the same. How tenacious the Love of God, how resolute...
been backing the Palestinian cause and financially supporting Hamas since the 1979 revolution. They have been also trying to downplay the importance of Cyrus and the glorious history of Iran (Persia). Last October, they arrested some youth who were celebrating the birth of Cyrus at his tomb. ...
al-Ma'mun (r. 813-33), Bishr may have played a major role in inducing that ruler to accept the doctrine that the Qur'an had been created. Other teachings of Bishr resembled those of Dirar, such as his denial of the ''torment of the tomb'', a pre-resurrection punishment for sinners...