Twitter Google Share on Facebook scripture (redirected fromThe Scriptures) Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia scrip·ture (skrĭp′chər) n. 1. a.A sacred writing or book. b.A passage from such a writing or book. 2.oftenScriptureorScripturesThe writings collected as the Bible. ...
“Sons of Thunder” in Mark 3:17, perhaps because of their characteristic fiery zeal (Mark 9:38 and Luke 9:54). With SaintsPeterandAndrew, James and John were among the first four disciples whom Jesus called (Mark 1:16–19). That same foursome asked Jesus on theMount of Olivesfor ...
If you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, He loves you and values you and wants to welcome you, broken and sinful, into His family through His gift of salvation. God Values the Lives of Others, and So Should Believers But that person has different political belie...
message of each book. Students will understand the Big picture history of the Old Testament people of God and the overall message of the Old Testament and its relevance to life and ministry. And students will understand how the Old Testament prepares for the climactic revelation of Jesus Christ...
“The elders fell down and worshiped.” And our lives begin to look like these elders. They see that their position, their status, is not about them. It’s all about Jesus the Lamb, about God who is on the throne. From the perspective of heaven, we succeed when we see our lives ...
It’s about connecting with the One of whom the Bible speaks – Jesus Christ.” Any reading of the Bible that short changes Christ as the center ends up distorting and/or lessening the impact the Scripture will have on our lives. How is Jesus revealed? The most important question we can...
New on the Blog The Open Bible What Does the Bible Say About Advent? December 10, 2024 The season of advent is a time when we prepare our hearts and our minds to celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world. "Jesus is God's gift to us. He was sent to us to free us from the....
How could God, when once the Daystar of the beauty of Jesus had disappeared from the sight of His people, and ascended unto the fourth heaven, cause His holy Book, His most great testimony amongst His creatures, to disappear also? What would be left to that people to cling to from the...
On the other hand, there is the inner experience through which our moral conscience shows us the divine Law written down in our self (Rom. 2,15), while the dynamism of our Self in search of the absolute appears like the real sign of our subordination to ...
The Last Day on This Earth So, what will the last day be like before the Lord returns? If we are to believe Jesus, It will be a day just like every other one: “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flo...