In other words, I don’t think Jesus’ time in the wilderness was a speedy chess match in which Jesus quickly bested the devil. I think it was a protracted time (forty days in the bible simply means “a really long time,” after all) when Jesus struggled with his own shadow in all...
It is a silent world, and, nevertheless, in respect to the highest principle of art—the interpenetration of content and form, the perfect fusion of mode and meaning—it even surpasses music. In a sense, it is a static world, but so, too, are the worlds of the sculptor and the ...
John’s Gospel is about true origin, and meaning, and the purpose in God’s grand act of creation. Before there was anything at all, God’s Word was. God’s primeval Word was before and behind the bang, was its reason, its “why.” The Word, John says, was the ground of all th...
The young children/little one have angels looking out for them, guardian angels in heaven, in the literal meaning. The Koran, written 500 years after the bible, is said to have an enforced mutilation punishment for theft. Such a punishment is not in accordance with the law of Moses (an ...
What does 'the beyond' (or transcendence in general) mean in a so–called post–modern world? What do these concepts mean for such a world? The concept of transcendence or the beyond shows up in myriads of perspectives and experiences, but what is its effective meaning? This also includes...
汤姆.汉克斯诡秘地回答她:“它就是我们男人的圣经,那里面包含了所有的智慧。” Is what lets the men so be infatuated with "Godfather"?”"Electronic Love letter" in Meg. The auspicious graciousness has doubts asked relentlessly.Tom. Hanks replies her surreptitiously: “It is our man's Holy Bible,...
Revelation 1:14 tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive. Revelation 1:15 tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, chalkolibanō), which appears nowhere else in Greek literature outside ...
Not speaking the truth is never an option, but so many well-meaning Christians forget to listen first. 2. CHECK IN ON THEM. Life moves so fast that sometimes we think that the suffering others endure is in the past and that it’s not an issue anymore. But friends of mine who ...
possessed.” I honestly don’t know if Ivan Ilyin is correct. The strongest evil that I have been exposed to (but only second hand and third hand) has to do with the MK-Ultra program, and related atrocities committed by Tavistock in its search for micro-control of the human individual....
A Ray of Hope in the Midst of Anguish - I am the man who has experienced affliction under the rod of his fury. He drove me off and brought me into