Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy and Legal Institutionsdoi:10.1111/rsr.12254_4LAW & the Bible: Justice, Mercy & Legal Institutions (Book)COCHRAN, Robert F.VANDRUNEN, DavidBIBLE & lawETHICS in the BibleNONFICTIONMueller, PaulReligious Studies Review...
Mercy and grace, as paraphrased from Willmington’s Guide to the Bible, can be differentiated as follows: mercy is the act of withholding deserved punishment, while grace is the act of endowing unmerited favor. In His mercy, God does not give us the punishment we deserve, namely hell, ...
Or if, on the other hand, we translated where we retain it, and always spoke of "The Holy Book," instead of "Holy Bible," it might come into more heads than it does at present that the Word of God, by which the heavens were, of old, and by which they are now kept in store ...
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Israel and the nations.The Bible traces all human beings back to one couple, teaching that there is at bottom only one race, namely the human race. “[God] made from one man every nation of humankind…” (Acts 17:26)[2]. While sin continually divides the human race into warring, mutu...
And the Bible is opposed to all governments.But the Bible is also against the violent overthrow of sinful, idolatrous, murderous, pagan governments. Jesus said "Resist not evil" (Matthew 5:39). The Apostle Paul told his readers to "be subject" to "the powers that be" (Romans 13)....
I doubt that the Miṣr mentioned in the Bible and the Qur’an is present-day Egypt, as most of us commonly believe. There is substantial evidence to doubt the common belief but not enough evidence to establish its location definitively. However, Miṣr is suspected to be somewhere on ...
The Bible Made Accessible and ApplicableSkip to content What is Devotionary? Who’s behind it?The Marvelous Mystery of Spiritual Maturity February 15, 2025 / Leave a comment 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s ...
Jacob, the Lord's Brother, a text that is of great importance and influence on liturgical prayers in all of Christianity. Two very prominent and important topics of the Anaphora are God's mercy, shown in different contexts, and the unity among human beings as well as between God and ...
As a late teen, Isaac complained often to his father about the tiresome, chanted hymns of the church. How was a person supposed to sing them withjoyas the Bible-psalms often urged, when the music droned in a minor key? From a 1600’s hymnal ...