Phil 4:11-13 (Phi) ...For I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances may be. I know now how to live when things are difficult and I know how to live when things are prosperous. In general and in particular I have learned the secret of eating well or going hungry--of...
, Analysis (content), Application (implications & application). • Build aims for the lesson while looking at Scripture considering its treatment to life. Ask what students need to do differently as an outcome of the Bible truths. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all...
Listen to the audio version of this content Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition or the Church’s magisterium (teaching...
From time to time as I grew up, interest arose in name meanings. My friends were always tickled to discover that my first name, Barbara, means “stranger.” I’d hear good-natured comments the speakers thought were witty, like, “Yeah, you’re the strangest friend I have.” When I w...
to our benefit. This inconsistency highlights the human tendency to be self-centered and myopic rather than God-focused and biblically wise. Scripture reminds us that we are all undeserving of God’s goodness, for “There is no one righteous, not even one... for all have sinned and fall ...
“Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you.” Now, refusing to be outdone by Peter, all the others join in to assert the same of themselves. Theyallinsist that they will not desert him, though as the narrative proceeds, they all do fall away. ...
Listen to the audio version of this content Click to enlarge Contents I. USE OF THE WORD II. NATURE OF SCRIPTURE III. COLLECTION OF SACRED BOOKS IV. DIVISION OF SCRIPTURE V. SCRIPTURE AND THE CHURCH VI. ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TOWARDS THE READING OF THE BIBLE IN THE VERNACULAR VII. OTHER...
But it doesn’t mean that living on a low income is easy. In the following I want to share my experience over the last few years, and highlight a few things that I have learned as a follower of Jesus. Thefirstchallengewe face is how to handle stress. When will the next casual job...
Al-sarru, if Al had been an Assyrian god. We may set down Alman as a possible reading, or even Alnis, but there seems no meaning to either. Now we have a similar name Alla-MAN, this can hardly be phonetic. I venture therefore to read Alla-sarru and Al-sarru, ‘Alla is king....
See all related content Star of Bethlehem,celestialphenomenon mentioned in theGospel According to Matthewas leading “wise men from the East” to the infantJesusinBethlehem. Natural events that might well have been considered important omens and described as stars include exploding stars (novaeandsuper...