Things were going badly among the Christians in Corinth, and in an attempt to get them on track, Paul made a quick, unplanned visit that only seemed to make things worse (the “sorrowful visit” mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2:1). After the failure of this visit, Paul decided not to ...
not of God himself, who is incomprehensible by finite minds, and is not to be found out to perfection; see ( Job 11:7-9 ) but either of the great mystery of salvation, particularly the mystery of the calling of the Gentiles mentioned in the beginning of the chapter; or of the spiritu...
3 Indeed, fornication and impurity of any kind, as well as greed, should not even be mentioned among you. Such talk is not fitting for saints. 4 You should never engage in any obscene or foolish or suggestive conversation. All this is completely out of place. Instead, you should rather ...
in the early days of the Christian religion, often endure death as a result of their testimony. The term therefore rapidly came to signify those who had been put to death for their faith. In the Reformation era, the idea of martyrdom became an important identity marker for Catholicism. Marty...
At school one day, I mentioned that I had been at one of these events. Some of my non-Christian friends were astounded that church groups could actually gather for fun. I am not sure what they thought we did when we got together—beat each other with whips?
(3) As it is mentioned in immediate connection with the teaching of Barnabas and Paul, it is not unreasonable to infer that those holy men instructed the disciples at Antioch not only to believe in Christ, but also to adopt His name. ...
then the mention of the word "son" in the formula becomes somehow senseless and even ridiculous. We know that the name "the Son of Man" - or "Barnasha" - is mentioned eighty-three times in the discourses of Jesus. The Qur'an never calls Jesus "the son of man" but always "the son...
It hasn’t been easy. Far from it. We haven’t left the congregation I mentioned here. We have been more absent, if you want to call it that. In truth, we have not been attending worship much at all. I could easily blame it on my health. I have had my struggles there, and the...
faith as never before, truly turning to God. Once, she shared in the church that her faith used to be shallow, and she often did not understand what others or the pastor said. But now she comprehends a significant portion. G mentioned that she now desires to serve the church whole...
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