A couple of other thoughts that help me with this: there’s probably more than 20 percent about me that others have to “put up with,” yet they graciously do. My husband and friends don’t constantly find fault and criticize or insist I do things their way. I can extend that grace ...
Thank you for already knowing that this season would take place. Thank you that no matter what we face or are going to face, you are already there. Father, thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for being committed to loving us and caring for us, even when we do not deserve anythi...
The Jewish canon, known to Christians as the Old Testament, was fixed by a synod of rabbis held at Yavneh, Palestine, about 90 ce. The semisacred books that were excluded were labeled by Christians the Apocrypha (Greek: “Hidden Away”). Roman Catholicism later included them in its canon....
The Most Great Law hath been revealed in this Spot, this scene of transcendent splendour. Every hidden thing hath been brought to light by virtue of the Will of the Supreme Ordainer, He Who hath ushered in the Last Hour, through Whom the Moon hath been cleft, and every irrevocable decree...
Our perception, the filter through which we “see” everything has a tremendous effect on our lives. I often tell people in counseling that we are affected much more by what we think about what happens to us than what actually happens to us. So how do you view the events of your life...
Knowing this first; either, principally and above other things, as being most worthy to be known; or, knowing this as the first principle of faith, or the first thing to be believed. That no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation: the Greek word here used may be rend...
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works ...
We must be willing to submit to the idea that some liars in the group have a hidden agenda for their followers. There is truth, and there is error. We will talk a little about absolute truth later. Perhaps only one is telling the truth. But keep in mind the law of non-contradiction...
And after 200 years people wrote down the Bible by their own hands, and they said, "Holy Spirit revealed to us!" That is why we have so many different Bibles, and there are 167 different churches in US alone. Therefore, the true Bible is hidden in somewhere!
Finally, it’s a text that touches upon “the will of God,” a variously understood topic. Whatever one may say about this topic in general, this text teaches us that as we are transformed by the renewal of our mind (informed by Scripture and illuminated by the Spirit), we will be be...