When we come to the New Testament, the Jews are still celebrating those feasts and Acts 2:1 tells us that it was on the feast day of Pentecost that the Holy Spirit came to live in the believers in Jesus Christ. That is the day we celebrate as the Birthday of the Church. The timing...
on whichsacrificeswere offered. Frequently a large, naturally flat, rock would be used. AtMystery Hill, in Salem, New Hampshire, an altar rock may be seen that has a deep groove worked into it, running around the periphery of the stone. This has been referred to as a "blood groove," ...
That’s where we’ve been as a Church for far too long. In the West, at least, we’ve been focusing inward, trying (halfheartedly, in most cases) to take care of our own. But when a missionary Church locks itself in an upper room, nobody gets fed. This year on the Vigil of ...
the prayer wheel 2 having a cylindrical body made of granite which is rotatably provided in a square hole of the stone pillar 1, a bell tower 3 made of granite which is mounted on the upper end of the stone pillar 1, and a bell 4 hung down from the ceiling of the bell tower 3....
Testamentbut particularly in theLetter of Paul to the Philippians, in which the Incarnation is presented as the emptying of Christ Jesus, who was by nature God and equal to God (i.e., the Father) but who took on the nature of a slave (i.e., a human) and was later glorified by ...
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men(*). You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light...
Father. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1). When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we become God’s children. Fathers instruct, guide, and discipline their children, but they also love to...
Indeed, they are central figures in the history, spread, and development of early Christianity, and, as the traditional authors of the New Testament Gospels and several of the epistles, had a direct legacy on Christian theology. Read on to learn more about the men Jesus handpicked, as ...
Revelation 20:1-3 (KJV)And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, andbound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless...
“Blessed ar the poor in spirit.” It doesn’t tell you how to become poor in spirit; it just says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Having had the self-esteem beaten out of me as a child, being poor in spirit takes on a whole new meaning for me. Sure, there are those who...