(ἵνα),that one should lay down his life for his friends. Meyer and Lange endeavor to maintain even here the telic force ofἵνα, "The love to you is of so consummate a character, that its object and purpose is seen in my laying down my life for my friends;" and ...
I suppose, that is as much as to say, realise them in your life. Religion is for use, fuel is for fire, wood cut down is to be used, bricks are to build, cloth is for clothes, religion is for life. If you have any religion, use it. Some years ago there was a sect of ...
“And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed” Luke 22:41 Today’s lesson from observing the life of Christ is that prayer is a sacred, life-giving connection, more than communication. In that sense it’s subjective, not objective. The reason our prayer...
14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place(KE) and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”(KF) 15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin(KG) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel....
I made it home after dark, unloaded my truck, put things away, took the trash cans to the street, and still had enough energy to jot down these thoughts. I feel rested and ready to get back to work tomorrow creating ways to build an evangelizing culture in our parish. ...
and it would have veered the conversation back on topic in my opinion. White’s concern that God is delimited is only a concern if God was not the originator of that limitation. In other words, I thought Craig missed an opportunity to throw White a bone while also doubling down on middle...
life of an individual or family, sometimes even led to the end of the physical life. The line is paradox. It is wise for us to ever remember the line that repeats through out scripture “be not afraid”. Both illness and death have a way of making people afraid in our real lived ...
The type of world we now live in suggests two things about effective ministry in the 21st century–ministry must be swift and decisive.Two words define the first part of the 21st century – speed and flexibility. The top down, command and control, committee structure of the last 50 years ...
So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. / And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” / And with the stones, ...
For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. American Standard VersionFor other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.Contemporary English Versionbecause Christ is the only foundation. English Revised ...