1 For some the church has become too political, for others, not political enough. One group's passion--gay rights, global warming, the Immaculate Conception--is another group's heresy. Many can't find relevance in a Bible that gives us 104 verses on the cleansing of leprosy (see Lev. ...
we are basically going against the truth. If we do things to build church, fulfil one another, then we are going for the truth. We go for the truth by obeying the words of God. We go against the truth by being evasive or beating around the bush of the words of God...
4They tie on to people's backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet they aren't willing even to lift a finger to help them carry those loads. 5They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their ...
Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.Berean Literal BibleBut I tell you the truth, it is profitable for you that I should go away; for unless I go away the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him ...
Did you ever realise that in the entire Bible it doesn’t say anywhere “to go to church on Sunday?” But Jesus DID give some other very direct commandments that are kind of ignored by those who stress church attendance, like “GO into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creat...
I had decided to stay in this morning, I actually had full intentions of going to church. But for some reason I stayed in bed. I had to pick up and an antibiotic so left mid-morning to do so. Three blocks from home a woman ran up to me to me at a stop sign. She was frantic...
seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor...
@Pavka I’m want to be honest with you when Im in a Russian church I go beyond what is in the room for example I went to the Russian church earlier tonight and as the priest was speaking in Russian verses From the Bible beautiful as the small choir were singing I felt deeply moved ...
Verses 26-32. - Solemn warning as to the fearful consequences of apostasy. Verses 26, 27. - For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for (ἐκδοχὴ, used here ...
refuses to practice sinThe Greek word "ποιεῖ" (poiei) means to make or do, implying a continuous action. The phrase suggests a habitual lifestyle rather than isolated acts. In the historical context of the early church, this was a call to distinguish true believers from those who ...