For centuries, the most common image of Jesus Christ, at least in Western cultures, has been that of a bearded, fair-skinned man with long, wavy, light brown or blond hair and (often) blue eyes. But the Bible doesn’t describe Jesus physically, and all the evidence we do have indicate...
deny them or, ideally, embrace them. Stand in front of the American people and say, “If fucking a couch is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Also, people without kids should pay more in taxes, people with kids should have additional voting power, and death to ‘childless cat ladies...
Did Jesus have a last name? When Jesus was born, no last name was given. He was simply known as Jesus but not of Joseph, even though he recognized Joseph as his earthly father, he knew a greater father from which he was his loin. But since he was of his mother's womb, he could...
novice looking in, I’d be totally baffled by all the cognitive disconnect involved and mystified as to what Baby Jesus has to do with singing mice in Christmas hats, and other flights of fancy. I would also be troubled by how militant Jesus appears to have become while I wasn’t ...
"Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). 3. As a life-giving Spirit. Jesus is what he is to man, in virtue of his possession of the holy, life-giving Spirit - the personal Holy Ghost - by whom he dwells in the hearts of his ...
The Picture Gallery (Zwinger) the Sistine Madonna (Madonna di San Sisto) Raphael is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen, much finer than I expected. “The Chile Jesus in the Temple” Heinrich Hoffmann 1824 also very beautiful. The gardens of the Zwinger are very pretty, roses and ...
He is a door open for passage and communication. Here are plain directions how to come into the fold; we must come in by Jesus Christ as the Door. By faith in him as the great Mediator between God and man. Also, we have precious promises to those that observe this direction. Christ ...
“God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” Eccl. 7:29 “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and ...
Another reason Martin Luther may not have been able to accommodate this Revelation of Jesus Christ is because he clearly violated this warning, For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that...
“‘Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.’ (Now this man acquired a field with the price ...