ACCORDING TO the first part of Mark Dowd's series Children of Abraham, the "interfaith superstar" was sent to us by God with a message to heal the divisions of mankind. It was the least God could do, since He'd caused the divisions in the first place, after a fit of divine ...
By Joerg Rieger.The Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire. By Elisabeth Schüssler Fi... Augsburg Fortress is no stranger to imperial contexts; the publication house and its imprints have been producing works in imperial and social-scientific s... MF Lowe - 《Literature & ...
I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to ...
As I read about this new “saint” from the perspective of a protestant, I wondered a couple of things. First, what are the requirements to become a saint? Secondly, who has the authority to declare someone a saint and create, as it were, a cult-like following? The Catholic church has...
The Biblical Commission’s study notes at its beginning that the Bible does speak directly about “the erotic inclination of a person towards the same sex, but only of homosexual acts.” It examines the Old Testament stories of Sodom in Genesis 19 and of Gibeah in Judges 19,...
Matthew 5 is entitled The Beatitudes by most translations. “One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,” (Matthew 5:1 NLT) Where did we leave off? “News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon...
Col. 4:16 – this verse shows that a prior letter written to Laodicea is equally authoritative but not part of the New Testament canon. Paul once again appeals to a source outside of the Bible to teach about the Word of God. 1 Thess. 2:13 – Paul says, “when you received the wo...
If I ever had any creeping doubt about the permanence of my salvation, His word waxed mighty and prevailed. I got the message, and it couldn’t be any clearer. Our salvation has NOTHING to do with our righteousness, our obedience. It’s all about faith in HIS work on the cross. HIS...
30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God ...
But, that’s not what I want to say in this reflection based on the given piece of Scripture. I want to talk about those ways in which people think that they will come across their “one true love”, whether by chance or fate. A young, single woman’s car will break down late at...