THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. There is great danger of losing sight of the Church in the endeavor to emphasize the idea of the Kingdom of Heaven or Christendom. We are prone to think it a small thing to speak of the Church; the Kingdom and Christendom seem so large in comparison. We a...
That’s first for me because I feel like with that I can’t go wrong, and standing firm in who I am in my faith. FromLos Angeles Times Striking that balance requires a different kind of faith and sound judgment that Bible-thumping Trump loyalists lack. ...
that purpose. The train had just succeeded in transferring its passengers to the ferry boat "International" and was starting back westward empty, when the Fenians put in their appearance. The plucky engineer, seeing the danger, pulled thethrottleof his engine wide open and saved the train from...
saved, but the best thing for them is the same as the best thing for an unbeliever: to know Him, to know Christ more fully. To know the riches of His love and the knowledge of His will. A goal and desire for Christians is to be like Christ: to walk in a manner worthy of their...
The young pastor was bound by no vow of celibacy, but he knew that his life must be brief, and he gladly surrounded himself with children in the guise of pupils, and when he died he left a Bible to his church, a small sum for ...— From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 • George ...
“Look unto me, and be ye saved.” Is. xlv. 22. – To look up, to search for or find out by looking; as, to look up the items of an account. – To look up to, to respect; to regard with deference. Look, Verb. T. 1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward. 2...
Christianity is a major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth in the 1st century CE. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused.
(Bible)the FloodOld Testamentthe flood extending over all the earth from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark. (Genesis 7–8); the Deluge Flood (flʌd) n (Biography)Henry. 1732–91, Anglo-Irish politician: leader of the parliamentary opposition to English rule ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Sheol Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Sheol:Gehenna She·ol (shē′ōl′, shē-ōl′) n. The abode of the dead in the Bible. [Hebrewšə'ôl.] ...
4. a cause of distress, disturbance, or pain; problem: what is the trouble?. 5. effort or exertion taken to do something: he took a lot of trouble over this design. 6. liability to suffer punishment or misfortune (esp in the phrase be in trouble): he's in trouble with the poli...