“On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom tho...
As a child, I held the unofficial title of the world’s most curious snoop. Whenever my parents retreated to their room for a private conversation, I’d press my ear against the door, eager to catch every word. My parents, while amused by my inquisitiveness, recognized it as a flaw tha...
Scripture Lessons Come to Life in Olney As Religious Stories Take a Dramatic TurnHamil R. Harris
As theologians contemplated the teaching of Scripture and of the Tradition of the Church, they realized that generationism is incompatible with it. Thomas Aquinas went so far as to condemn generationism as heretical (Summa TheologiaeI:118:2). ...
42In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45...
While Pharaoh was perhaps unmoved, remaining stubborn and proud as the rest of the land suffered under God’s hand, when God struck down his firstborn son, the hardness of his heart was broken through. How tragic that it took the death of Pharaoh’s own child to bring him to the place...
Furthermore, there is another major problem with this Christian proof-text. There is a huge difference between a scripture passage that serves as aproof, and one that serves as arequirementof the Messiah. A proof must be something so specific, so exclusive that onlyoneindividual can represent ...
Scripture to ponder: Song of Songs 2:1-4 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit ...
“Haven't you ever read this scripture? ‘You have trained children and babies to offer perfect praise.’” 17Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night. Jesus Curses the Fig Tree (Mk 11.12–14, 20–24) 18On his way back to the city early next...
For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. / Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Treasury of Scripture Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years ...