In the Gospel of John, Jesus was demonstrating mercy following His resurrection and appeared to the apostles, "showing them His wounds, [saying] to them twice, ‘Peace be with you,’" said Farbaniec. "This is the moment when He establishes the Sacrament of Reconciliation," she also said...
so as to avoid evil and embrace the good. And a king is a shepherd, one who governs and uses his authority so that others may be brought to the fullness of their potential. The gift of authority, in the Church, is only properly ...
There was not yet an answer to the question why “the secular foundation detaches itself from itself and establishes itself in the clouds as an independent realm” (K. Marx, in K. Marx and F. Engels, ibid., vol. 3, p. 2). Marxism, which is based on a materialist understanding of...
Stanley Jones told (repeatedly) was about the little girl who came to church with a broken doll in her hands… She was crying because her doll was broken. She asked the pastor perhaps the most meaningful question anyone could ever ask: ‘Is this the place where they heal broken hearts? R...
The phrase "of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" establishes the dual authority under which James writes. The conjunction "and" (Greek: "kai") links God and Jesus Christ, affirming the divinity of Christ and the unity of the Father and the Son. This is a profound theological statement,...
Live and pray and serve in His seal. Love as we have first been loved. Seek this Lent His forgiveness and mercy with fervency.”21And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us,22and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts...
In reference to my new God-given name, Zion, in reference to Psalms 87:5, whom God 'establishes', as according to the word of my testimony, in reference to I Thessalonian 1:4-10, specifically verse 5, and Romans 16:25-27, whom God 'establishes', please note the definition 'establi...
capital city of Macedonia. And like CPC, this church had a great beginning. At the start of his first letter to them, Paul praises them for their“work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ”(1:3). This was an impressive and influential church....
21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 23 Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. 24 Not that we [h]...
Christ’s death, then, we say, establishes the love of God. But how does this come to pass? How does the death of one prove the love of another? If–to use a very simple illustration–I am in danger of drowning, and another man, at the cost of his own life, saves mine, his ...