As we’ve studied in ourhomeschooling world historycourse, Abraham lived in Ur, which was patterned after that mighty city of Babylon and founded by the Chaldeans.Josephuswrites that Abraham was a learned scholar who angered the Babylonians when he gave credit to YHWH God as creator rather t...
The use of "Father" here is deeply relational and intimate. The Greek word "Πατήρ" (Pater) reflects Jesus' unique relationship with God, emphasizing His divine sonship and trust in the Father's will. This invocation of "Father" is consistent with Jesus' teachings throughout the ...
But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Contemporary English Version The Scriptures also say, "If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them someth...
and their commander-in-chief may be AWOL, but God bless the American soldier. Now a group of retired veterans known as the Pineapple Express are doing what our government refuses to do, go in
I believe in the sun even when it is not shining; I believe in love even when feeling it not; I believe in God even when he is silent. — An inscription on the wall of a cellar in Cologne where a number of Jews hid themselves for the entire duration of the war. ...
judged by it. Let us be only brought to feel that we are labouring under a sickness which none but God can heal. Let us be fully persuaded of this, and then the Scriptures will be no longer a source of pain, but a comfort to us. For if they wound, they also have power to ...