self-reflection: “Surely, not I?” They are confronted with the possibility thattheycould be the one who betrays Jesus. Each in turn, the disciples question how it could be them, insisting that it is not. Yet they do not know what Jesus knows and are shocked and grieved by the idea....
or even where we land with different interpretations. It’s fundamentally about how we approach the words of God, even before we get to the interpretation part. It’s about how we look when we’re looking at Scripture. The question is:What is the church doing when it’s...
No, with the utmost exertion of her theological strength, the Christian Church has defended as the greatest religious truth that Christ is the Only-begotten Son of God, One in essence with God the Father, Who became incarnate on earth. For that truth, the greatest Fathers of the Church labo...
In this approach there are two different ways of defining the male-female relationship. Either the male-female relationship is hierarchical or it isegalitarian. In the hierarchical view there is hierarchy in creation, marriage, the family and the church. Leadership is male but this does not ...
And then in these comments, by implication, he is challenging evangelicals to consider that they have no legitimate reasons to remain in what he calls “schism” with the Church of Rome:Professor Trueman’s reasoning would serve as a catalyst for reorienting my sense of whether the Catholic ...
Yet the words of promise remain: “He is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him…” No matter what we feel, we’re called to step toward Galilee – where Jesus taught discipleship. As we respond, stepping toward discipleship, we will see the resurrected Jesus. It’s a pro...
In Paul’s view, the fact that David is a man after God’s own is the defining characteristic of David. But did David ever talk about his own heart? In the account of David’s life, as told by 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st Kings chapters 1 and 2, the author rarely reveals David’...
“faith” churches that idolized strength and bravery, I can tell you that there is a tremendous amount of bullying and judgment that happens there. It may be a lack of understanding, but for the most part, they, too, are submitting to peer pressure while ignoring what the Word of God ...
Part 2:Defining Prophecy. Part 4:Enabling the Gift of Prophecy. Part 5:Spiritual Manifestation of Prophecy. Part 6:Prophecy Presentation and Style of Delivery. Part 7:Content While Delivering a Prophecy. Part 8:Being Efficient and Precise While Prophecying. ...
andartifactsthat have been handed down from generation to generation since Jesus first became the object of faith. Christianity is thus both a living tradition of faith and the culture that the faith leaves behind. The agent of Christianity is thechurch, thecommunityof people who make up the bo...