and our lives fall short of the biblical ideals? Before I wrap up, I want to link meditating to ‘renewing our minds’. Our minds are like a computer, and our habits, thoughts and memories make up the software and input. When we are baptized into Christ the power of demons is broken ...
There is so much more to Biblical meditation than mindlessly repeating Scripture over and over again. Don Whitney’s book Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life has many insightful suggestions on how to meditate on the Bible. They include: ...
Those words remain inspired, so the copies are also inspired. Through history, believers took the position of the inspiration of both the autographa and the apographa. This is the historic and biblical position of the church. Repeat this to yourself. Memorize it. “The inspiration of the ...
Matthew Henry argues that theMatthew 7:12passage indicates not only that we should treat people fairly, but, read alongside other Bible passages,it shows that blessings and righteous living and spiritual disciplines go hand in hand: "...Therefore,lay this down for your principle, to do as you...
Deuteronomy 1:1 tn Heb“These are the words.” Deuteronomy 1:1 tn Heb“on the other side of the Jordan.” This would appear to favor authorship by someone living on the west side of the Jordan, that is, in Canaan, whereas the biblical tradition locates Moses on the east side (cf. ...
it’s hard to get our minds around the fact that it really is such a good thing. It’s a good thing to experience discipline and to practice it. The Bible says that if we are not disciplined by God, then we aren’t his children, because a loving parent disciplines the children he ...
This is far younger than Biblical young-earth creationism—it’s the creation of humans 1.3 millennia ago! Some advocates of MM say that the mythological/spiritual part of MM can also be interpreted literally tocomportwith science, for example, the single ...
does describe ancient techniques and spiritual disciplines for Scripture centered spirituality that are working in sports, business and all parts of life to the glory of Father God by Jesus Christ our Lord. OK, God, Now What? is so rich with scripture that the entire book is a powerful devot...
Jointly, the computational methods and the close readings indicate that different areas of the embeddings or synonyms map (and their section of anthropomorphism usages) are strongly associated with specific subsets of topics (and their corresponding themes and disciplines). We have exemplified these conn...
An analogy is a comparison between two things for clarification, while a parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.