Faith is the essence of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. When those of us with serious and chronic illness, have no faith in a Hope, we are dead persons walking. Had my endocrinologist not been
NOW faith is the realizing confidence of the things hoped for, and the demonstration of things unseen:Mace New TestamentNow faith is the foundation of our hopes of happiness, and the persuasion we have about things not evident to our senses.Weymouth New TestamentNow faith is a well-grounded ...
The root meaning of the word is hypo, "under" + stasis, "stand," or "that which stands under." The word has been used twice before in Hebrews, in two different senses:Objective "Substance, real essence" "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his ...
(as it is written, “A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. Hebrews 11:1 Verse Concepts Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the convi...
almost 50 years but it is only within the past three to four years that the concept of Gracelets has resurfaced; this time in an even more powerful, meaningful way. I now see Gracelets as ordinary people who, in critical moments, do extraordinary things that change people’s lives ...
needs of another. Once he interacts with the un-named woman, he returns to his original task to complete it – even though circumstances have changed and the case appears to be hopeless. In this way, Mark expresses so much more about Jesus’ essence than his words convey. He tells us ...
Under the vast expanse of Saint Peter’s Square, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re delivered the Church’s farewell to Pope Francis. His words transcended mourning, delving into the essence of Christian faith where death is a passage, and love endures eternally. Cardinal Re portrayed Pope Francis not...
it lies much more as to its essence in the little things than in the great ones. Few dare rush into great crimes, and yet they will indulge in secret rebellion, for their heart is not right with God. Hence so many mar what they call obedience by forgetting that they serve a heart-se...
The prayer Jesus taught us begins with that God-first emphasis when Jesus instructs us to begin by asking God that His name, the essence of Who and what He is, might be honored and reverenced because we are offering our prayer(s) to our heavenly Father God… Prayer is not a matter ...
Such a stance counter intuitively also suggests that Sin and Forgiveness have little to do with the Essence of Life. Where Sin is merely ‘breaking the Law’, as opposed to rupturing the ties that hold all things together in Love, forgiveness of sins is inessential to Life in its fullness...