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SCRIPTURE AND PLAIN REASONHome Blog Contact About SubscribeA Conscience Captive to the Word of God Blogger: Brian Fuller Thoughts on Christ, the Church, & CultureBRIAN FULLER My Story I have enjoyed God's unmerited, sovereign grace lavished upon my life for 48 years. I grew up in a home ...
The next few verses help us to understand why this “sin offering” is more about purification than atonement. The blood is not just shed (although it is) and not just applied to the altar (although it is), but look at the specific instructions that are given so that the Tabernacle and...
As we ask what it means to love in the face of such loss, Hannah appears with her tears, words, and song to teach us lessons about loss and love. Hannah reminds us to think twice (or thrice) before speaking too soon. ByJohn Boopalan ...
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. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ...
However, the sexual abstinence allowed the priest to reckon David and his men as Levites. The hinge of this story is that they were sexually continent and this made if “okay” for them to eat the sacred bread. Your point about Uriah the Hittite stands. However, it also proves the ...
Likewise, if we read about loving our neighbor, we might take them a plate of cookies or shovel snow from their sidewalk and think, “There! I’ve loved my neighbor today.” But then we forget about the need to love our neighbor when he forgets to return a tool or plays loud music ...
Pray 1 x Hail Mary on each of the beads, and after the third “Hail Mary” recite:“Most Merciful Mother, remind us always about the Sorrows of your Son, Jesus.”The beginning of each century (the “Our Father” bead) has its own mystery that is said prior to reciting the following...
I believe it’s important to think about that. The Jews were no more the reason for Jesus’ death than I am. No more than you are. Their “sins” were no more, and no less, sinful than mine. Or yours. The truth of the matter is that He died for all of us because all of us...
Read this book. ’Tis a very interesting speculation about the family of Joseph, James and Jesus as the Jewish foundation to the Catholic faith. —Ralph Wasche White City, OR “…a book of history, and, yes, entertainment. Even though we all know how it will end, I can’t put it ...