The Great White Throne Judgment is for unbelievers only and concerns their eternal condemnation based on their deeds. It results in their final separation from God in the lake of fire. No unbeliever will be at the Great White Throne Judgment. The Judgment Seat of Christ, on the other hand,...
Only by loving may we participate in God's way of being and moving among us. The Boy Who Loved No story has captured the contemporary imagination like J. K. Rowling's seven-book masterpiece, Harry Potter. I confess that I am on my fifth read-through, and I am incapable of hiding ...
The Torah or the Old Testament was revealed through Prophet Moses, in Hebrew language, when he was summoned by our Creator for 40 nights, while Torah was being written for him during those 40 nights. Then later on from that fully detailed scripture containing the lights from our Creator, the...
“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes … and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor, educator and philosopher (1906-1945). When he wrote GOD IN ...
10 Bible Verses About God’s Promises–Check out these powerful Bible verses on the promises of God. Resources: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version “Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry ...
Scripture Memory I Old Testament Memory Verses For the "Memory Challenged" Eight Lessons Bible Study Course "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." II Timothy 2:15 A BRIEF NOTE ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY...
Muslims regard the Quran as the word of God, revealed to the prophet Muhammad, the primary source for determining the beliefs and practices of Islam. The text of the Quran is used in the teaching of Arabic and is the focus of Islamic learning. It is regarded as interceding on behalf of...
will invite abuses of power which bring about large-scale suffering on a global scale. The kind of life that God lives, and therefore the kind of life that all inhabitants of the heavenly realm live, is a life devoid of any hiding. In God’s society, all things are good, and all pe...
I am not preaching this weekend, but if interested, here is the text of a homily I delivered back in 2016 on this same readings we have today: While studying scripture during my deacon formation, three important things were emphasized. First, scripture is the divinely inspired word of God....
In effect, Satan wants to replace God. He does it through surrogates: This has been Satan’s motive from the start…to oppose God, but to do it indirectly by replacing God with someone else. This is the spirit of the Antichrist. Paul seems to be drawing on this passage in Isaiah, ...