My hope this All Saints Sunday is that we would fully and faithfully engage in the realities of life and death, so that those who have gone before us will continue to inspire us to work towards love for those around us in the land of the living. By Mihee Kim-Kort October 28, 2024...
London: Association for Bahá'í Studies of English-Speaking Europe, 1997(1) Abstract: This paper attempts to trace the genres and styles of various parts of the corpus of Bahá'í scripture to antecedent models in Judeo-Christian and Islamic sacred texts, as well as in Persian and Arab ...
For to me, life is Christ and death is gain. (Philippians 1:21) For to you has been granted for the sake of Christ not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him. (Philippians 1:29) What about you? What are your favorites from Saint Paul? Posted on January 25, 2016Catego...
Regeneration & Renewal in the Death of Christ (Colossians 2:11, 2:15 & 3:9) Christ “put off” His body on the cross, in which God “put off” spiritual rulers and in which Christians have “put off” the old unregenerate self and its sinful deeds. ...
So let’s just stop right there. Nowhere in Scripture does the God of Life and Redeemer of the World minimize or compare suffering. Instead, Scripture presents us with invitations and affirmations, especially in the Passion and Death of Christ. ...
decisions. You know the type: those decisions that require wisdom. This kind of wisdom can only be found in Christ; wisdom we need to seek through His Word. However, Scripture is not a catalogue of “do’s and do nots” of all matters of life, but it is critical to rely on prayer...
the year before his death in 1966. Overshadowed throughout his life—and since then—by the towering figure of Karl Barth, Brunner was nonetheless a significant theologian in his own right. This little book reflects his deep concern to provide an accessible introduction to Christian faith for th...
11Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. 12“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their...
How can we be thankful for rulers who don’t rule well (speaking generally across a lifetime of elected officials), who oppose God’s moral law, who stand for things we’re against? Well, at the time Paul wrote this letter to Timothy, they were under the reign of Nero—not the most...
" The people who heard the Christians speaking that day were amazed that Galileans could speak other languages, the various heart languages of those who were visiting from other areas. ©2009 -Permission is granted for personal use small group Bible studies, on the condition that no charge ...