The reason I chose to hang the verses on their door is because it reminded me of the Jewish tradition of the Mezuzah, which means doorpost. In Deuteronomy, it says the following: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.You shall love the Lord your God with all your he...
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”–Colossians 3:15 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things th...
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep on crying with a loud voice, saying: "Salvation [...
"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish on...
Members of these traditions simply have to follow their living leaders in reading various passages literally, metaphorically, or not at all. As soon as we start trying to interpret the living authorities “figuratively”, however, is exactly when Mormons and Catholics both abandon their own ...
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, members of underground churches are struggling to practice their faith. The Christian community is largely Assyrian, with some Armenians. About one-third of all Christians fled Iraq in the 1990s. Kuwait
Welcome We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding to lead a life worthy of the Lord, f
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32 This is a profound mystery-but I am talking about Christ and the church. (Ephesians ...
We glide across it in a boat or on skis. Children run through water sprinklers in hot weather, and children of all ages enjoy a variety of water-inspired activities at water parks across the nation. How interesting that God should choose something as common and vital as water to bring ...
complacent about their own moral perfections on the one hand, or harassed with self-reproaches on the other. They were advancing toward the realization of an ideal in companionship with One who not only in himself realized the human ideal, but who taught them that all the forces of the ...