And how important it is to rediscover, even in the Christian West, the sense of the primacy of God, the value of mystagogy, of incessant intercession, of penance, of fasting, of weeping for one’s own sins and those of all humanity (penthos), so typical of Eastern spiritualities!” “...
as pedestrians, we may get sprayed with dirty water on our beautiful clothes. When an accidental stain occurs, we are intentional about washing it off immediately before it leaves a permanent mark. Likewise, as we read God’s Word, fellowship with believers...
Israel, here, from the context, must mean the Jewish people, andall Israel, the whole nation. The Jews, as a people, are now rejected; as a people they are to be restored. As their rejection, although national, did not include the rejection of every individual; so their restoration, al...
And how important it is to rediscover, even in the Christian West, the sense of the primacy of God, the value of mystagogy, of incessant intercession, of penance, of fasting, of weeping for one’s own sins and those of all humanity (penthos), so typical of Eastern spiritualities!” “...
God proclaims children as a blessing (Genesis 1:28), meaning that we should view them as something valuable to desire. In this passage, God blesses Adam and Eve and commands them to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it." This command is often interpreted as a ...
led me to see this in a different way. It became obvious to me that I did not judge her as hopelessly lost. If I did, I would not pray daily for her healing. To judge her so would be to deny God’s own all-powerful, all-merciful love for us – for her as well as for me....
Also, man is at his weakest as a small child. He depends solely on others for his nourishment and well-being. Oedipus was the child of Jocasta and King Laius who was taken to the mountain by a Shepard to be killed so the omen of the god Apollo that Laius' son would kill him and...
God Allows People to Obey and Disobey Him, So Christians Must Allow This Too Perhaps a better, more biblical thing to say to our children is that we should all be able to try and be whatever we want. There is a big difference between having equal opportunity versus having an equal outcom...
“Well, Acts 5 probably shouldn’t have been in the Bible because it’s wrong. It turns out, if it’s of men, if it’s of apostasy, it’s just as likely to last as if it’s of God.” Now hopefully that’s setting off some theological alarm bells because it’s clearly untrue...
... Rev. John Wise was writing in 1710 ... ‘Every man must be acknowledged equal to every man.’ Again, ‘The end of all good government is to cultivate humanity and promote the happiness of all and the good of every man ...