Meekness combats the sin of anger in our lives. We know that Jesus was totally submissive to the will of the Father, and was never given tosinfulanger, as we see in the Scriptures. This is the kind of meekness that we need to aspire to. What is meekness? Meekness is a virtue that ...
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. Acts 17:11, NASB There is a lot [and growing!] amount of material on Free Bible Study Lessons. Some of it is...
Is Paul’s Gospel ‘his’, or is it God’s Gospel embraced by Paul? Are Paul’s writings (and the other apostolic writings in the New Covenant Scriptures) what Jesus alluded to in John 16? I was asked this question in an email recently: “Another question, some at hrm [Hebrew Roots...
Various passages in the Hebrew scriptures, or Old Testament, compare wine with blood. One such passage describes wine as the "blood of grapes" (Genesis 49:11). Blood was an important element in ancient Jewish religious sacrifices. It was offered in acceptance of covenants, or agreements, ...
We know we need to develop and grow and so many like me; search the scriptures for answers. There are no scriptures to tell you that it’s childish to get fussy about food, or to preach at everyone all the time or other than the famous Mary and Martha story; when we might be over...
Elsewhere the Scriptures affirm that God “made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts . . .and the host of heaven worships You” (Neh. 9:6).When were the angels created? In the absence of explicit testimony, a plausible conclusion would be that they were brought into ...
This curriculum is meant to span four-five years and covers: an overview of the New and Old Testaments; the authority of the scriptures; Christ’s church; salvation; and the gospels/life of Christ. He is very grateful for the Tanzanians and Americans who are helping this come together. On...
The following day I walked resolutely into the prayer room with Krishna. Together we carried everything out into the yard: idols, Hindu scriptures, and religious paraphernalia. We wanted to rid ourselves of every tie with the past and with the powers of darkness that had blinded and enslaved ...
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God. — Ramakrishna 113 ...
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. Acts 17:11, NASB There is a lot [and growing!] amount of material on Free Bible Study Lessons. Some of it is...