JESUS said to the Twelve, "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and ones ...
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread,...
Put your sword back in its sheath!This command from Jesus to Peter occurs during the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The garden, located on the Mount of Olives, was a place Jesus often visited with His disciples. Peter's impulsive action of drawing his sword and striking the...
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother,a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—36 a man’s enemies will be the...
He asked, “What charges do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered, “He is a criminal. That is why we brought him to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” They answered, “But we are not allowed to put anyone to death....
If you speak of the virtues of democracy, more and more you’ll hear people bring up the quip that “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” And don’t be surprised to have someone mansplain & correct you about how we’re ACTUALLY a Constitutional Republ...
Isaiah 42:1 BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shal...
There need be no insuperable difficulty if we believe that in the very nature of things Christ's resurrection must be unique, and, since the life and work of Jesus Christ transcend our experience (as they certainly should do), we must not expect to bring them within the limitations of ...
Simply the best history of the battle of Midway that’s ever been written. It pairs quite well with Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully’s scholarly volumeShattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. This is probably my favorite book of the year. ...
He will bring an end to all the injustice, the oppression, the wars, the crime, the terrorism that dominate our newspapers and television screens today. But before that time comes, the four horsemen are going to vent their storm of fury across the pages of history. For the Christian ...