“continuous face,” which at the outset signifies the sheer humanity of man. The meaning of the feminine will thus become clear against the background of a human essence, theIshafrom theIsh. The feminine does not derive from the masculine; rather the division into feminine and masculine—the...
But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant. But it doesn’t have to feel this way. In this bible study podcast, past...
Hidden in Christ But there is a way to avoid God’s judgment on sinful humanity. That is to be hidden in Christ (Col. 3.3) because, as the book of Romans tells us, we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.Rom. 3: 9What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not ...
Computational methods can be used to uncover important statistical patterns and tendencies, some of which previously unnoticed, but we need the close reading to verify their existence and interpretation. 6 Method II: Close reading of computationally selected texts In this section the methodology of ...
The church strips the members of their humanity by asking them to call each other ‘Brother Smith,’ or ‘Sister West.’ In my opinion, the sisters are worse off by this practice because they’re not addressed by their own name at all, but their husband’s name. They’re in effect de...
Predictably, their Mesopotamian skyscraper drew the ire of God, who punished humanity’s arrogance by causing people who spoke just one language to suddenly speak many. Because humans could no longer communicate, the Tower of Babel—named for the Hebrew verb balal, which means “to confuse”—...
Here, the reconciliation is between humanity and God, achieved through Christ. This reflects the biblical narrative of God’s redemptive plan, where despite human rebellion, God initiates the process of restoring fellowship with His creation. through the death of His SonThis phrase emphasizes the ...
These beings may be humans who have evolved their souls beyond the birth-death-reincarnation cycle, thus offering a glimpse of humanity's future as high-order spiritual beings. Sometimes, an NDE can even offer a literal view into the future, like apocalypse prophecy NDEs. Religious Theories For...
I was engaged in a three-day prayer meetings several years ago. A newly married young lady came to the meeting and prayed among us. The host pastor asked the young sister to fast the first day and asked her to come back to pray the second day. So the sister did what the pastor told...
I could go on for days about these texts and their sharp insight about the nature of the Cross for humanity. But I will spare the reader and offer one hard-hitting challenge. Years ago, I designed a t-shirt for my youth ministry that said on the back, “His Pain…Our Gain.” I ha...