who sprang from the lotus of your navel to create the worlds. We, the gods, worship you in our selves, we, the King of Heaven, the Sun, the Lord of Tears, the Indweller, the twin gods of agriculture, the Lord of Wind, the Offering, who all are your shapes while you are our Se...
The situations of the woman’s and Trump are completely different.We must notice that Jesus was quite serious about the adulterous woman’s sin. He never denied it. At the same time, after he dismissed her, he didn’t come out to say that she’s now serving as the paragon of purity....
John Wesley's Notes on the New Testament were largely indebted to the Gnomon of Bengel -- that great light of the Christian world (lately gone to his reward) Bengelius,' as he is called in the preface. It is a striking proof of Wesley's scholarship and shrewdness that he should have ...
purity, compassion, and grace of God, which leads to others seeing Him in our lives. And when we do that, all the things we really need will come along in the process. Dan Murphy “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, n...
Although Christ often reproached the scribes and Pharisees for their erroneous glosses on Scripture, he never said that they had in any way falsified the Scriptures.' Paul (Ro 3:2) reckons among their privileges that "to them were committed the oracles of God," without implying that they ...
But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and truth, and in all meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, forbearance, and purity; and may He bestow on you a lot...
I was unable to focus on a work project because of anxiety; I was afraid that my plans for it wouldn’t succeed. My anxiety came from pride. I believed my timeline and plans were best, so I wanted them to proceed unhindered. A question broke through my thoughts, however:Are your plans...
use the words of God to direct them into their self-serving channels. And only the members of the true Orthodox Church—the Orthodox Christians—protect it from all sides; because preserving and understanding the purity of the Holy Scriptures is equivalent to protecting the Orthodox faith itself....
purity, compassion, and grace of God, which leads to others seeing Him in our lives. And when we do that, all the things we really need will come along in the process. Dan Murphy “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ...
And how it highlights the need for each one to maintain spiritual and moral purity at all times!"Watchtower2002 May 1 pp.30-31 This 2002 article admits that the Great Crowd is innaos, the temple sanctuary, but gives no explanation as to how this can be on earth. They continued to stat...