I.IT IS NOT OUR DUTY TO ATTEMPT TO PALLIATE THE CRIMES OF SCRIPTURE SAINTS. Some have laboured in their defence, as if our religion depended on their vindication, and, under their pleadings, that which is recorded as the grossest crime, has been made to appear as a very venial transgre...
The cost and privilege of having a Bible in our own hands. Most people didn’t until after the printing press was invented in 1440 AD. Even when it became widely used, books were too expensive for many people to have. When books became more widespread, brave men likeWilliam Tyndalelabored...
The Sumerian Gilgamesh, the brave king of Uruk, and his exploits are described in “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” Hormuzd Rassam unearthed this epic tale among the remains of Ashurbanipal’s library in Nineveh in 1853. This Akkadian version, composed in cuneiform on 12 clay tablets, was written...
to exalt their word, propagate their power, diffuse their lights, strengthen their hearts, elevate their banners, assist their hosts, brighten their stars, increase the abundance of the showers of mercy upon them, and enable the brave lions (teachers) to conquer. ...
After the arresting soldiers and brave officials arrived at their destination, Peter tried unsuccessfully to blend in with the crowd outside the place where a mock trial was being conducted. He stuck out like a sore thumb! When he was recognized, he denied being a follower of Christ. ...
Dr. Wai (Lee) and his good-natured, brave but dim-witted sidekick Pao (Kenishiro) globe trot all over the world searching for ancient Chinese artifacts. The film opens as a fellow archaeologist tries to commandeer a giant mechanical bull built Trojan horse style centuries ago, and Dr. Wai...
The boy grew, and so did his relationship with his father. The boy knew his Dad better than anyone else. He wanted to be like his brave and kind father. Jim went off to college. While there, he met some young men whose dads had also been to war. They remember the stories told to...
It was a brave thing to do; and it teaches a lesson which many people, who have made their way in the world, would be nobler and more esteemed if they learned. 3. The brother’s words to Pharaoh are another instance of that ignorant carrying out of the divine purposes which we have...
(which would have been, let’s say, difficult, on just my income), we found a family needing to rent a place for the short-term while their house was being renovated. Things worked out better than we could have hoped and we closed on our house on Valentine’s Day (maybe that was ...
Either Luke got his tenses wrong – and it would be a brave man who accused Luke of bad Greek! – or Mary’s statement here implies a habitual, and, by implication, permanent, state of affairs. jjR.C. May 4th, 2014 3:55 pm : Jason (plus whoever else wishes to chime in): Rega...