I have to share with you since I read this about 6 mos ago, how it has impacted me… this post was the thread that started unraveling Hebr 13:17 for me as I felt like this verse had been used over the years as a weapon to beat me into submission to leaders to s...
and is likely a part of the problem).But this content is aimed for all faithful Christians to grow in Biblical literacyin order to know and serve Christ more skillfully, wisely, and fruitfully in any life situation. And it can serve Christian leaders as a review and a way to sharpen your...
Jesus Christ is fully God (Colossians 2:9), and since the Scriptures are the unified Grand Story of God’s redeeming the world, Scripture is about Christ, the Mediator of God’s redemption (1 Timothy 2:5). Jesus Himself pointed out to the Jewish leaders in John 5:39-40 the truth tha...
Well, at the time Paul wrote this letter to Timothy, they were under the reign of Nero—not the most moral of leaders, and certainly not friendly to Christians. Even the worst rulers keep some sort of order. Without them, we’d have total anarchy or mob rule, neither of which is goo...
Again in another instance, He saith: “Woe unto those who, with their own hands, transcribe the Book corruptly, and then say: ‘This is from God,’ that they may sell it for some mean price.” This verse was revealed with reference to the divines and leaders of the Jewish Faith. Thes...
"Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. (Matt 23:8-12)Matthew Henry says of this passage,It is repeated twice; Be...
In short … it is highly likely that theshepherdswho where keeping watch over theirflockswere simply priesthood leaders who were doing their priesthood duties of watching over the souls of those for whom they had been entrusted. OK … so there is the part about it being “by night.” That...
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:16-18) * The Holy Spirit is a gift. Jesus said, "I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper…." (John 14:16). Peter, defending his ministry to Gentiles in Joppa to the Jewish Christian leaders in ...
Collected in English translation in The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh to the kings and leaders of the world (Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1972). A. Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1967) 652-8. For ...
Through our life we have been fed information about religion by those so called religious people, because we have been following them blindly. That is why these so called religious leaders have millions of followers. You can hardly find individuals who researched on religion by themselves. Yet we...