It faces the objections that the idea is inutile because it is too specifically Protestant and outdated because it rests on pre-modern presuppositions. Finally it draws some implications of this perspective for the role of the church, for the communication of the authority of Scripture in the ...
Don’t you know what Elijah says in the Scripture passage when he complains to God about Israel? He says, 3 “Lord, they’ve killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I’m the only one left, and they’re trying to take my life.” 4 But what was God’s reply? God said,...
14But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,15and how from infancyyou have known the Holy Scriptures,which are able to make you wisefor salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.16All Scripture is God-brea...
The last thing the CBT wanted was for people to misunderstand Scripture because their everyday language had shifted. For the coming edition, the CBT decided that where the Greek or Hebrew clearly referred to all people—male and female—the translation would have to find accurate contemporary Engl...
Acts 2:46: Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple , and breaking bread from house to house , they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart ,
Two videos of related interest are available: Infant Baptism Scripture and History and The Blessing of Little Children Ceremony. Ceremonies: Marriage, Funeral, Baptismal, and Laying on Hands Called 'sacraments' by some groups, what are the ceremonies in the Bible that Christians may be involved ...
and Orthodox will find more and more common ground on which we can work together to expand the Kingdom of God. My prayer is that God would continue to cause us to rethink, reform, and renew our faith traditions and in so doing help us refine them to reflect more clearly the face of ...
Unless I am properly reading scripture or giving a direct message from God, which I would normally identify as such, I can and do make mistakes. The prophets in the Bible spent relatively little time actually prophesying and were mainly involved in biblical teaching, unless they also had ...