John Piper in What Jesus Demands from the World says, “He did not die to make this life easy for us or prosperous. He died to remove every obstacle to our everlasting joy in making much of him. And he calls us to follow him in his sufferings because this life of joyful suffering fo...
There were not many words spoken by Jesus while he was on the cross. The words He did say are recorded specifically. His first words were “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”—-a prayer for pardon. His second proclamation made was a promise of peace. ...
Theologically, it echoes the broader biblical theme of the righteous suffering unjustly, a motif seen throughout the Psalms and in the life of Jesus Christ, who was also maligned and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3). How long will you love vanity and seek after lies?The "vanity" here ...
While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your authority? Why is it that you laid this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”Amplified BibleAs long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to...
JIM GRIFFIN: Mr. Murdoch, on June the 7th, did you believe that your financial house of cards was about to crumble? ALEX MURDAUGH: Absolutely not. During a six-hourcross-examinationover two days, Prosecutor Creighton Waters grills Murdaugh about his long history of lying to his financial ...
Once every hundred years Jesus of Nazareth meets Jesus of the Christian in a garden among the hills of Lebanon. And they talk long;and each time Jesus of Nazareth goes away saying to Jesus of the Christian,“My friend,I fear we shall never,never agree." May God feed the over abundant!
It just makes them a “whitewashed tomb.” There has been no heart change. And this is what God is after. A heart in love with Him and an embrace of “grace only” living because of all Jesus did for us. Better behavior can be a sham, and there is no person who would be most...
Luke 24: 46-47 – And He (Jesus) said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of His name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem:...
long forgotten about. I took many pages out of his unwritten book when thinking about how to have a long career too. I would always say to myself: keep things cool and classy, as that is something I always thought about him. I will forever ask myself: what would the lovely Weatherall...
And Jesus's bidding that anyone who wants to follow him should take up their cross (Lk. 9:23, Mk. 8:34, Mt. 10:38) is modified to conform to the prevailing gender ideology. Spreng de- mands that a woman should help her husband carry the cross. Woman as man's helper—a ...