The rock from which rose the highest and mightiest faith is the revelation contained in the very first words of the Bible: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. To the saints who found themselves in the darkest pits of suffering, what that single truth taught them about...
So while I do not deny that instant miracles can occur even today, I also choose to see that there are some other very interesting recorded events in the Bible that need to be balanced with the knowledge of these instant types of miracles and that is my goal today in what I teach you....
Mark Twain Corrects the Bible: Fiction, Biblical Literalism, and Abolition (1865-1875)Travers Parker, ElizabethMark Twain Journal
17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the disciplineof the Almighty.[a] 18For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. 19From six calamities he will rescueyou; in seven no harm will touch you. ...
Note the context of Mark 12:24 was Jesus being questioned by the Sadducees regarding the resurrection. Their belief was that there was no resurrection of the dead. Jesus corrects their error by pointing out their two fundamental flaws – they do not know the Word of God and they do not kn...
partly reconstructed from the references to it in the Colossian prologue. We can see that it had a statement that the Laodiceans belonged to Asia Minor, that they had been under the influence of false apostles, and had never been visited by Paul, who corrects their error by an epistle ....
7 Whoever corrects[zf] a mocker is asking for[zg] insult;[zh]whoever reproves a wicked person receives[zi] abuse.8 Do not reprove[zj] a mocker or[zk] he will hate you;reprove a wise person and he will love you.9 Give instruction[zl] to a wise person,[zm] and he ...
M. L. Strauss, "Literal Meaning" Fallacy 1 Form, Function, and the "Literal Meaning" Fallacy in Bible Translation Mark L. Strauss Bethel Seminary San Diego Introduction: The Rise of Meaning-Based Bible Translation The 1980s and ‟90s may rightly be called the heyday of functional ...
James Jordan: “Nothing in the Bible says that Adam was supposed to earn glory. He was, rather, called to remain faithful and mature ... My thesis is that what Adam was supposed to provide, and what Jesus has provided for us, is maturity. That is to say, the new status that Jesus...
“asking,” enough. Reading the Bible, though, is real fellowship with the Lord for me. I feel close to him and taught by him. I have to push myself to intercessory prayer, but I think my spiritual gift of teaching makes my time in the Scriptures a time in the presence of God. I...