Look then what is in the Holy Scriptures, and you shall find it but a letter of death and ministration of condemnation while it is separated from him. Christ is the very life and spirit of the scriptures by whose virtue they quicken our souls. If you consider the perfect rule of righte...
For many people, the Bible is a source of inspiration and strength because it tells of God's love for humanity, particularly as it is expressed in the life of Christ Jesus. The Bible also gives us guidelines for living--such as the Ten Commandments, which are found in Exodus (see 20:...
For the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'" (When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.) W...
I am not a Christian, but find the history and stories of Christianity (particularly the life of Jesus Christ) very colorful and interesting. The following information on Christian religion is from the Catholic Encyclopedia, which I have edited. Although it is supposedly an 'encyclopedic' entry, ...
Conformity to Christ Abstract Following Paul’s experience on the Damascus Road, his life was drastically changed. Although he continued to maintain his loyalty to Israel’s God and the Scriptures, he now believed himself to be commissioned to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. At the heart of...
The Scriptures make it clear that the mother of our Lord was a Jewess, and that He became incarnate in the midst of a Jewish environment. If it were proved that this environment was also Essene, Christian theology would lose nothing and the uniqueness of Jesus would be no more disproved ...
The past months have been God’s time of teaching me interesting things about the End Times. Actually, maybe this will surprise you, but not only will our generation would witness the coming Tribulation and Jesus Christ’s Second Coming, but also that the Tribulation begins in 2021. So, Jes...
CLR Resolution on Abortion (Memorial 2011-01U) Adopted by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod – July 28, 2011 WHEREAS 1) the Holy Scriptures clearly testify to a reverence for the life of the mother and the life of her unborn child as both being equal in value, each being accountable...
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Piety turns away with horror from so fearful an act of desecration, and strong in the impregnable self-evidence of its faith, pronounces that, let an audacious criticism attempt what it will, all which the Scriptures declare, and the Church believes of Christ, will still subsist as eternal ...