8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. ...
, and God seems silent? I encountered this when I was in high school in my church’s youth group. I distinctly remember one of the seniors wrestling with the decision about which college to go to. They had multiple excellent options, and they didn’t know how to decide. So they prayed...
Being a good testimony through our tests doesn’t mean putting up a smiling front or keeping a stiff upper lip. The psalmists poured out their confusion, frustration, and fears to God. It helps to read that others have wrestled with the same questions and feelings we do. That’s part o...
a time for searching and a time for losing, a time for keeping and a time for throwing away, a time for tearing and a time for repairing, a time for keeping silent and a time for speaking, a time for loving and a time for hating, a time for war and a time for peace." — Ecc...
Peter also followed suit and is considered the ‘silent partner’ in the record most feel was written by Mark. And even later Paul had second thoughts and admitted the young man who’d deserted the mission earlier was a worthy follower of Christ....
The idea is not so much that you do things there, but that things happen to you while there – silent, unseen, transforming things. The desert purifies you, almost against your will, through God’s efforts. In the desert, what really occurs is a cosmic confrontation between God and the ...
and is only an excuse. Additionally, there are attempts to show that the disciples changed the holiness of the Sabbath to the first day of the week by honoring the resurrection which occurred on the first day of the week.But the Bible is silent about such a transfer by letter or example...
Peter then explained his vision to them. At the end, Peter asks a serious question about the lesson he learned about prejudice and acceptance, “….who was I that I could withstand God?” When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has als...
Chrysostom, is wholly silent on the subject, and so are the two Cyrils; equally silent are the Latins, Hilary, Pacian, Zeno, Lucifer, Sulpicius, and St. Ambrose.St. Augustine has written more on the Church, its unity and authority, than all the other Fathers put together. Yet, from ...
Basil: It will not lead me to give less importance to the creation of the universe, that the servant of God, Moses, is silent as to shapes; he has not said that the earth is a hundred and eighty thousand furlongs in circumference; he has not measured into what extent of air its sha...