A crucial portion of identity in Christ is a living hope guaranteed by His resurrection. As Peter writes, “He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
The Headstrong Historian, the last story in the collection treats a number of themes ranging from a condemnation of practice of inheritance in precolonial times, to critique of the way women are treated in traditional Igbo society, to the early contacts between Igbo society and the Christian miss...
It highlights the sufficiency of Christ and the believer's identity and inheritance in Him. Persons / Places / Events1. PaulThe apostle who wrote the letter to the Philippians. He was in prison at the time of writing and was expressing gratitude for the Philippians' support.2. PhilippiansThe...
IN ONE SENSE, MY SCHOLARLY INTEREST IN ANCIENT Judaism is a product of my struggles to formulate an adult identity. I come from what is a typical Conservative Jewish home, first in Baltimore, Maryland, later in Silver Spr...
When we recognize that we are the embodiment of their prayers and persistence, we realize that our own lives are part of a much greater story. The decisions we make today—how we love, how we lead, how we fight for justice—become the inheritance of future generations. ...
I could stand before the very throne of God almighty himself and proclaim my spiritual inheritance, and it wasn’t an arrogant proclamation. It was an absolute and profound statement of faith. I realize the term “born again” Christian has been used to the point of becoming cliché, and I...
Our central identity and incredible inheritance we have in Jesus Christ seems to have been bottle-fed to us as a mere one-dimensional, legalistic application using scripture out of context with little regard for the deeper truths. For example—and I am only using this one subject, not as a...
Think it through for a minute. Suppose people did rise from the dead. Now someone comes along and says “Jesus has risen.” Yeah, so, what? So did my uncle Charlie. We had to give him back our inheritance. Do you see how silly that is? It is the very miraculous nature of the cl...
A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self.——Marian Sandmaier一个人的手足可能是其本身的守护者,唯有他们能见到此人无拘无束的本身自我。——玛丽安·山德迈尔The father said, you are always with me, and every...
In a patriarchal society, a father’s inheritance would be divided among his male heirs at his death, with a larger share going to the first-born son. The younger son could have stayed in his father’s household and eventually inherited an appropriate portion, but he was impatient, like ...