David often compares his enemies to wild beasts (Psalm 22:21, etc.). When his jailor informed Agrippa of the death of Tiberius, he did so in the words, "The lion is dead." St. Ignatius writes of the ten soldiers who were conducting him to Rome as "ten leopards." Epimenides, in...
Paul states much the same thing inEphesians 1:5 when he writes about predestination. He says that God “predestined us to adoption as sons.” Predestination is about God’s goals for His people; “not the selection of who will become His people.”[2] Predestination is about the benefits,...
“Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 18:3-4 NLT Please pass ...
they had a king, but Saul did not put them above himself. David would be the one with the skills to bring them together as a nation and defeat most of their neighboring enemies. Plus, David had developed the survival skills God knew he would need to live in the wilderness and hang out...
There have been some streams of Judaism and Christianity which believed that prior to the event described in Genesis 3:21, humans did not have “skin” the way we see it today, but existed in some other form. They believed that we were “clothed in light” like God (Psalm 104:2) and...
The Lord told me to take a pen and write down what he wanted to tell me. Then He said: “Femi, there are two kingdoms, the kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. Everybody you are ever going to meet will come from one of these two kingdoms. It is your responsibility to de...
Did you do any of these things and live to tell the tale? While I did make my children wear bicycle helmets, and never took them on the highway in the back of a pick-up, many of the things on this list were not just allowed; they were encouraged. Before someone pipes up with out...