Israel's government refers to the West Bank by its biblical name, Judea and Samaria, and considers it the historical heartland of the Jewish people. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to Palestinian statehood andhas pledged to eventually annex the W...
In this episode ofThinking Christian, James and Nate discuss some of the ways the Bible and other theological concepts and theologians are pressed into the service of political agendas. They urge listeners not to encourage falsehood, but to hold accountable those who seek to apply biblical language...
they remain in their strongholds.Their strength is exhausted; they have become weaklings.Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.31 One courier follows another and messenger follows messengerto announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,32 the riv...
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 ...
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,bringing every thought into ca...
This reflects the biblical principle of divine justice, where God holds His people accountable for their actions. The phrase underscores the moral and spiritual corruption of Jerusalem, necessitating divine intervention. “there is nothing but oppression in her midst.”The word "oppression" (Hebrew: ...
and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.” 9 And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. 10 And when one's relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to...
It is also Biblical to repent on behalf of your nation (people group) and country (place where you live) (Daniel 9:3-19). Pray for deliverance from strongholds (entrenched ways of thinking) that influence many of us without our knowledge. Pray for freedom from the world’s ways of thin...
52 “That is why the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will punish their idols, and those who are wounded will moan everywhere in the land.53 The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. But destroyers will still come from me against them...
52“That is why the days are coming,” declares theLord, “when I will punish their idols, and those who are wounded will moan everywhere in the land. 53The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. ...