“Scripture is like a river, broad and deep, shallow enough here for the lamb to go wading, but deep enough there for the elephant to swim.” Your challenge this week is to try this form of prayer and report back. I’d love to hear about it!
Show off your stylish Shields of Strength items with our Christian backpack attachments! Order one of our antique finished keychain clips for purses today.
Scripture Tattoos refer to some quotes or phrases from the scriptures such as the Bible, Quran or other religious books or publications. Tattoo art is not a new form of art and people have been inking their skins for centuries now. As a matter of fact, tattoos go so far back that they ...
The purpose of this site is explained by the motto: Training for Biblical Literacy This site is a modest attempt to contribute to the solution of the greatest problem in our society. I believe that all of the ills in our society can be traced back to the underlying problem of Biblical ill...
for their religious-philosophical systems; the Gnostics of the beginning of the nineteenth century set a goal of giving the “natural history of the great prophet from Nazareth.” They reasoned thus: Christ and the Apostles spoke in the language of the simple Galilean peasants. All the traits ...
And we “cast all our anxiety on Him, because He cares for us” (1 Pet 5:7), and we are “anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let our requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard...
The Return of the Evil Spirit (Lk 11.24–26) 43“When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, 44it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean...
I have thoroughly enjoyed the engagement and thank you once again for giving me the space to share my views on perspicuity. To finally sum up: In the final analysis, perspicuity in Luther’s evangelical catholic understanding (overagainst scholasticism, Catholic and Protestant) is intimately ...
For sinning brethren (I John 5:16) In thanksgiving (I Thessalonians 5:18) Some remarkable prayers in scripture Luke 18:13– short but effective Numbers 6:24-26– scripted by God II Kings 20:3– Asks God to remember his thoughts and deeds ...
Out of the thoughts you have as you read, you turn to God in worship, confession, thanksgiving, and petition for yourself and others. Your Bible reading becomes a conversation with God, a cycle of reading and prayer. Another way of praying the Bible is to pray along the lines of a ...