Pray. Psalm 119:18 is an apt prayer: “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” When we’re dull in spirit, we can appropriate another of the psalmist’s prayer: “I am greatly afflicted; Renewandrevive me [giving me life], O LORD, according to Your wor...
23May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Read ChapterAll Versions James 3:18 18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. ...
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The whole episode has the sense of the prophetic, of divine control, of Jesus being assured and in control of the unfolding events. It may be, of course, that he knew the owner of the house and the owner knew him as ‘the Teacher.’ And perhaps too he knew the habits of the servan...
This last category does not have a strong Islamic prototype - indeed, it appeals more to the spirit of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and Immanuel Kant's 1795 tractate Perpetual Peace: a Philosophical Sketch (Zum ewigen Frieden: Ein philosophischer Entwurf) than to Islamic tradition. However, it...
This is why at Faith Church we feature a Fruit of the Spirit each month. Our Fruit of the Spirit for the month of January 2025 is love. Can you imagine the impact Christians would have in the world if we were known primarily for how our love is like Jesus’ love. And when I say ...
Then, when we take in account what the Bible obviously states to be a connection between Adam and Christ: 'The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam a life-giving Spirit' (1 Corinthians 15:45) we find a beautiful self-similar pattern connecting Genesis 2:7 with Acts 2...
” One prophet saw Himas a premortal spirit, and another sawHis mortal ministryin a vision. One stood on a wall to proclaimthe signs of His birth and His death, and anotherknelt before His resurrected body, touching the wounds in His hands, feet, and side. All of them knew this ...
Soul and Body Destroyed This brings us to the final fact concerning the fate of the wicked. After the unsaved are punished according to their sins, they will be wiped out of existence, both body and soul. Jesus states it very simply, ...
… when my husband and I experience the synergy ofthe whole is greater than the sum of the parts… when I havethat momentwith one of my kids. These are the times my heart was burning within me; these are the times Christ’s presence was intimately known in the depths of my soul....