6、The description of the early Chinese-translated Buddhistscriptureis embodied as the view of the surrealistic narrative spatiotemporal.───东汉三国汉译佛经对时空的描述体现为超现实的叙事时空观。 7、What does Scripture suggest about those who make sacrifices for others?───圣经中有那些经文是关于...
JOB: You and my comforters. That’s what they kept saying to me over and over again: “God has a plan”; “There are good reasons for your pain that you don’t understand” ; “God cannot be unjust.” ABRAHAM: And they were right, weren’t they? God did bless you. JOB: Yes,...
I was struck recently by a quote from G. K. Chesterton inWinter Fire: Christmas with G.K. Chesterton: “The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.” Though he wasn’t talking about the Bible there, I felt what he said was true of the Bible as ...
He created man as a personal being, that is as a being that does not simply develop of itself into that for which God created it, but rather as a being who achieves his destiny only by saying his ‘yes’ to it (51). Persons achieve or realise their ‘true’ humanity as they hear ...
I just finished a post on James 2:12-13, under the “Let me Tell You a Story” series and while I was trying to unpack James’ intended message (that I think I finally understand), I was about to refer to our verse in Proverbs under consideration this morning. I understood it would...
5 But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are they whose lawless deeds...
about them when we meet God in heaven. Now the apostle tells us we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now we know in part; but then we shall know even as we are known (1 Cor 13:12). Yes our mortal vision is limited, but at the core of the Gospel is the ...
“The elders fell down and worshiped.” And our lives begin to look like these elders. They see that their position, their status, is not about them. It’s all about Jesus the Lamb, about God who is on the throne. From the perspective of heaven, we succeed when we see our lives ...
First, almost all the responses above are about what God has done for us, or will do for us. There is very little about what the cross demands. For example, Matthew, Mark and Luke all talk about cross-bearing. Then he [Jesus] said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple mu...
Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, Andhonor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” ...