For example, Christian scripture proclaims that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his death in an event known as the Resurrection. The disciples came to believe in Jesus' resurrection after they found his tomb empty and later encountered a living being, on several different ...
how infinite and inexpressible a blessing it is that the knowledge of God, and of the doctrine of salvation by Christ Jesus, is so plainly laid down in the Word of God, so easy to be received and understood, that, as the bare reading the Scripture made me capable of understanding enough...
On the other hand, as regards easing the implementation of the Law, he alleviates the ritual aspects that were not intended by God, Mark 2:27 "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." This applies for example to healing on the Sabbath and lack of concern for ritual ...
Pat Robertson, I know, thinks that this will happen at the final Return of Christ (at the end of the 7 years of the Tribulation period) and, by his own understanding of Scripture, will not occur as a separate event preceding the prophesied 7-years-long period of tribulation. I also ...
By those ancient stories we can see that the historical figures in theOld Testamentas such come to bear witness to the one who would come after them. In Scripture, all things are directed towards him in whom people should come to have faith. First we saw the connection with Eve and her...
Another example, of dino-human coexistence, is his Tower of Babel description. Ham states. “As people dispersed (across the world) they likely took some of their favorite animals with them. Perhaps some took dinosaurs.” Suggesting that humans had animals in some fashion captive. (p. 43) ...
privilege/perspective and our reading of Scripture a different path begin with prayer God’s got it knowing one’s weaknesses (and acting accordingly) “assurance of God’s protection” Blogroll Anabaptist Persuasion: Reading the Bible as if Jesus Matters- Gerald J. Mast ...
For example, Paul quoted from Luke’s Gospel and acknowledged it as “scripture” (1 Timothy 5:18); similarly, Peter recognized Paul’s writings as “scripture” (2 Peter 3:15-16), even though he and his fellow-apostle had clashed over the matter of Gentile fellowship (cf. Galatians 2...
a fact which is borne out by two particular occasions: the first when He questioned the doctors of the law in the Temple at the age of twelve and regarded this as His Father’s business, and the second when He cleansed the Temple of unworthy elements by appealing to what Scripture said ...
was required if we were to have our sins forgiven. That is the plain sense of Scripture. Like it or not, this is what the Scripture teaches us throughout the New Testament. I concluded finally that there is no other explanation that has support in the Bible. That's what his crucifixion...