Tom Riello interviews Tom Brown on his recent article on the issue of the canon of scripture. How do we know which books belong in the Bible? Who has the authority to answer such a question? These issues are addressed in this podcast episode. [podcast]https://www.calledtocommunion.com/me...
In undertaking the study of a Bible word, or of a truth of the Christian life, it is a great help to take a survey of the place it takes in Scripture. As we see where, and how often, and in what connections it is found, its relative importance may be apprehended as well as its ...
Scripture was fundamental to the religious culture of the Polish Brethren or Socinians; for them, the Christian religion can only be known from the scriptures. It is the scriptures which provide the crucial inspiration and encouragement to the believer and Socinian piety is focused on reading and...
the greatest Fathers of the Church labored to the point of blood. They were unbending in the battle for this truth. They did not yield a single inch to their adversaries, literarily not even a singleiota,which in the Greek language differentiateshomoiousion,“of similar essence,” fromhomoous...
By immersing ourselves in the Bible, we gain a clearer understanding of God’s will and are better equipped to live according to His standards. Cultivate a Prayerful Life: Prayer is a vital means of maintaining communion with God. Through prayer, we seek God’s guidance, confess our sins,...
You will notice that I give credit to Mr. Petersen’s creative interpretation but not to his revised explanation of the verses. And that is because, God is still (and always will be) the author and finisher of His Holy Word! The initial genius of the Message Bible in the New Testament...
Bible they had to understand Him. Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” At the center of the Bible is the person of Jesus ...
1845, p. 37 sq.) distinctly quotes and defends the Hebrew Canon on the authority of the Greek fathers, and repeats the judgment of Athanasius on the usefulness of the apocryphal books as a preparatory study in the Bible; and there can be no doubt that the current of Greek opinion, in ...
Gen. to Rev. – Protestants must admit that knowing what books belong in the Bible is necessary for our salvation. However, because the Bible has no “inspired contents page,” you must look outside the Bible to see how its books were selected. This destroys the sola Scriptura theory. Th...
Holy Bible,the Bible scripture词源中文解释 14世纪初,“圣经的神圣文献,旧约和新约的书籍”(在这个意义上通常大写); 来自中世纪拉丁语和晚期拉丁语 scriptura “圣经中包含的文献,来自圣经的一段文字”,在古典拉丁语中是“一种写作,字符,铭文”,来自 scribere 的过去分词 scriptus “写”(来自 PIE 根 *skribh...