Protestant churches as in the Roman Church in the time of Luther. There was the same worldliness and spiritual stupor, a similar reverence for the opinions of men, and substitution of human theories for the teachings of God’s word. The wide circulation of the Bible in the early part of ...
He was assiduous in the study of the Sacred Scriptures and writings of the holy Fathers, especially the Epistles of St. Paul. It was from these that he drew his deep and triumphant eloquence. When he treated of the deformity of vice, the beauty of virtue, the necessity of penance, the ...
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.“Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lour God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORDour God.” ...
Once assured that they could be taught to read, the printed word lost its intimidation factor and became a source of joy. As an Indigenous missionary recounted of a group that received hymnbooks and scriptures, “they became very anxious to have us read and sing the hymns and to read the...
David writes that not only does the evening sky prove that God exists, it also shows that He is glorious (Psalm 19:1). There are truths about astronomy and astrophysics found in the scriptures that are made long before later scientists discovered them. It’s not that the writers of the ...
When you grieve on Father’s Day or any other day, I have found that taking the time to remember the person provides comfort. Scripture and prayer have also been helpful. Remember Matthew 5:4 (NIV): “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Scriptures About Grief and...
Every once in a while, my Grandmother would stick her head in the kitchen and admonish us to “keep it down” and then retreat back to the dining room and the civilized conversation. We wouldn’t have traded the dining room for the piggy table any day! Oh, by the way, the food was...