but rather if obedience is even necessary. The context is the Protestant Reformation, and the common—but mistaken—view held by some Protestants that “Jesus did it all on the cross; we only have to accept His perfect obedience to
and he and his disciples helped them set up in a more reverent location. Then he had to correct them again, and he warned them that the third time he would have to be more forceful. And so he was. Since the Gospels do not contain most of what Jesus did and said,...
Many Puritans immigrated to the New World in the 17th century. Once there, they sought to fabricate a Holy Commonwealth in the New England region.
on this part of the Creed, and it says that Jesus descended into Hell as a saviour to preach the good news to those who had died and gone before Him. You also find this echoed, by the way, in the letter of 1 Peter, that Jesus preached the good news to the spirits in prison ...
Da Vinci's painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him. Thescene during Friday's ceremonyon the Debilly Bridge featured DJ and producer Barbara Butch — an LGBTQ+ icon who calls herself a "love activist." Butch was wearing a silver he...
In Matthew 12, some scribes and Pharisees request a sign from Jesus, but he tells them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale...
Jews were crucified by the Romans, but only one rose from the dead.” That would make clear to the average viewer that Jews, just like Jesus, were victims of the same vicious regime. But so far, that message does not appear. It would detract from the theme that runs throughout the ...
Many rulers believed in Jesus. However, they wouldn't admit it publicly because the Pharisees would have thrown them out of the synagogue.Good News TranslationEven then, many Jewish authorities believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees they did not talk about it openly, so as not to...
“Let’s get one thing straight: There is nigh universal consensus among biblical scholars — the authentic ones, anyway — that Jesus was, in fact, a real guy,” Moss and Baden wrote. “They argue over the details, of course, as scholars are wont to do, but they’re pretty much all...
the former as expressed by the word Father; the latter by that of Servant - or rather the combination of the two ideas: Son-Servant.' This was already implied in the so-called Protevangel; [749] and in this sense also the words of Jesus hold true: Before Abraham came into being, I...