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D.you stopped to admire the roses by the roadside【2】What can we learn from the studies mentioned in the passageA.Thinking back to the past weakens our sense of meaning.B.Enjoying small things can influence our attitude toward life.C.Proper stress management is the key to living a ...
Then, in my freshman year of college, all this changed. The curtain was pulled back. For the first time in my life, someone showed me in the Bible – a book I'd always thought was full of a lot of smoke – who God really was. He was not angry or mean – just the opposite. H...
its people oppressed. Although the sun still shines, the haze of living strain saps it of its enlivening power. A sense of dread overruns every scene, robbing water of its ability to refresh, food of its flavor, and companionship of its comfort. But a hint of hope persists in a mystery...
Because a disciple of Jesus doesn’t just accept his sacrifice and resurrection; a disciple becomes like the teacher. For us, this includes praying the way Jesus prayed. He prayedAbbaas a word of intimacy and obedience. Abbadoesn’t have to be reserved for our desperate-need times of prayer...
Noah built an altar and offered a sacrifice to Yahweh. God smelled the aroma and found it pleasing. He responded to Noah's action by declaring that he would never again destroy all living things through a flood. In the patriarchal period, altars were markers of place, commemorating an ...
So, no, child-sacrifice through fire is not very far removed from the core principles of Biblical theology. Modern (i.e. medieval) Jewish sages observed that hell was created by God along with Paradise, at the final moments of creation, and that God reckoned both among the "very good" ...
Philippians 4:12-13–“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me ...
Moloch was the horrifying deity of theAmmonites, whose worship entailed the sacrifice by fire of living children. This was obviously forbidden by theLawofYHWH, the Lord of Life (Leviticus 18:21) but the Israelites did it anyway. No one less than kingSolomonbuilt a center of worship for Mol...
"Each year during the sacred seasons of Advent and Christmastide, our Christian communities throughout the Holy Land take great delight in their preparations for the commemoration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," the patriarchs wrote in their letter. "In a...