6 We shall call to the witness stand several statements made by our Lord, but in particular I want to give attention to Matthew 5:17-18. A careful examination of this text reveals two basic truths concerning Jesus' view of the Bible.Akin, Daniel L...
Isiah was a prophet in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and in the Torah, the Hebrew Bible. Isiah was the son of Amoz and lived in the 8th Century BCE a few hundred years after the rule of King David and 700 years before Christ was born. Isiah's ministry was to be a the...
The phrase "love your enemies" is a well-known teaching of Jesus found in the New Testament of the Bible. It is specifically found in the Gospel of Matthew, in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5:44 (NIV), where Jesus says: "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for thos...
In the Bible, where was Paul when he wrote 1 Thessalonians? In the Bible, why did Paul write Philemon? In the Bible, why did St. Paul write letters? Why did Paul write Romans? In the Bible, why did Paul go to Rome? In what specific ways concerning Jesus' return does II Thessalonian...
The word forbookin the Greek isbiblos. However, in theological thought today,biblosusually refers to theBible, not to theSeptuagint(LXX), the version from which Jesus likely quoted. There is no question that theSeptuagintwas the most important early Greek translation of the Old Testament, there...
None of the writers and historians of his time wrote even a single word about him. There are no artifacts attesting to his existence—as a carpenter, he must have built or made something, and surely this would have been preserved by his followers. According to the story, Jesus "was ...
Two thousand years later, this penniless preacher has turned the world upside down. So it might surprise you to even question whether or not Jesus of Nazareth existed—yet some skeptics are seriously making this claim. For instance, Christopher Hitchens wrote of the “highly questionable existence...
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.
Often when Jesus mentioned “justice” he was not referring to punishment. He spoke of justice in terms of meeting people’s needs, of acting justly toward those without food, clothing, shelter. The prophet Micah wrote: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD re...
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.