The Bible begins with the creation of the world.As a consequence,in traditional Western thought the world is assumed to have been created by God.The Earth is associated with whatever is impermanent,imperfect,bodily and sinful.Heaven is the sphere of the permanent,perfect,spiritual and holy.Tradit...
The so-called American Dream means that almost anyone can be born into or come to the country with nothing, work hard, gather a loan payment or three, and die with enough to leave to children.And this “verse” (which may go back all the way to Aesop of fable fame) fits nicely with...
1890 Darby Bible34 And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my ...
This is a piano arrangement of the hymn “Medley – Amazing Grace-Marvelous Grace 组曲 – 奇异恩典-恩典大过我罪” arranged by Glenn & Jan Christianson, taken from the book “Playing Piano Praises Volume 2 – Piano Arrangements by Glenn & Jan Christianson”, published by Bible Truth Music. Ly...
“It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men’s lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible[9].” —Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth U.S. president ...
This reading plan is provided by Brian Hardin from Daily Audio Bible.Duration: 731 daysNew English Translation (NET) Numbers 32:1-33:39 The Petition of the Reubenites and Gadites 32 [a] Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the ...
The Bible was originally written in the ancient languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek over a period of many centuries. Although sometimes referred to as “dead” languages (because they are not commonly spoken in the same format today), all three of these languages are very much alive. ...
Yes, the way we run after security in the modern world keeps us running hard after the “good things” in life. But this isn’t new. The Bible says that we tend to look in the same places for security that our forefathers did. Like the Israelites of old, the first people who heard...
When God spoke to Abraham (Genesis 17:4) he declared that he would bless him and make him a father of many nations. This is exactly what we see throughout the Bible and history. God's promise here is called the Abrahamic Covenant and is prophecy of the coming Messiah through the bloodl...
Mom was surprised when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you,” I said. “Just the two of us.” “I would like that a lot,” she said. ...