Yet More Wisdom from this Saying This line about “those who have much will be given more” can yield wisdom about other things too. InOutliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell writes about how this line describes the lives of hockey players. He describes how all-star hockey players...
is the transcript or the image of God upon the heart, framed and fashioned according to the similitude of it, 2 Cor. iii.3, Heb. viii.10. So then, there needs be no more question about the divine authority of the scriptures among those who have their senses exercised to discern between...
If the central feature of the Scriptures is their idea of God, and if the climax of the biblical revelation is Christ, the greatest fact about Christ from the point of view of the Bible is his cross. We say _fact_ advisedly, for we are not dealing with the theories that have sprung...
Messengers from John the Baptist 11 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one...
Behind all this there was, of course, an intimate knowledge of the Greek Testament. John Wesley was Greek Lecturer at Lincoln College, and that did not mean that he had to do with Hellenic studies (as some who have written about it have assumed), but that he lectured on the Greek Test...
” It’s also used in verse 6 as a pronouncement about God: “He will be . . . a rich store ofsalvation.” In his commentaryIsaiah: God Saves Sinners,Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. summarizes the book’s message with these words: “God is announcing to us through Isaiah:The Lord,for all ...
6 ... Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they ...
Tragically, it was too late for him to tell them or anyone about Jesus. Living in the last days gives us time to lead others to Christ before it’s too late. It offers us the opportunity to focus on the eternal destiny of our friends, family, and neighbors. God calls us to reach ...
on the Birth of Christ, Part 2 2024/12/24 更多 Continuing our study of Old Testament prophecies about the birth of Christ, we will see how the prophets clearly foretold not only the birth of a human Messiah, but something much more extraordinary: that the Messiah would also be God ...
God providentially rewards sacrificial loyalty When did the exiles begin to return? When did they rebuild the Temple? in 538 bce issued an order allowing exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. Pre-exilic previous to the exile of the Jews to Babylon in about 600 b.c. ...