By this method, God uses ordinary things that don't change so all humankind can understand His truth. Language and word associations historically change dramatically throughout the course of time, which can destabilize the meaning of a word or portion of ancient text in its translation. However,...
It’s found in verse 30, and to me it’s one of the most significant phrases in all of Scripture, in all of faith. “But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened.” The previous verse talks about his walking on water and coming toward Jesus. He was doing fine when h...
"Truth—Fine Lip-Salve: Use daily for our lips this precious dye, They'll redden, and breathe sweet melody." This bit of verse is surrounded by recipes that constitute "real" beauty tips—recipes for hair dye and facial milks—making it read, to this modern viewer, a bit flip, like,...
And so I had songs of war on my mind for most of the day. This is just how my mind works most of the time. I can distract myself so easily with this stuff and I just love it when I do. But in truth I don’t have many records that could be considered songs of war, in fac...
Bible John 14:6"Jesus said to him: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father exceptthrough me."" John 17:3"This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ." ...
When it comes to promiscuous sex, a person is dealing with a person who is not considering God in his daily life, so what obligation would he feel for telling the truth? Monogamous sexual intercourse is bad enough, but the sex-education classes do not stop there. The teacher asks, "At ...
As Bill Cooper would say: “The Truth Doesn’t Matter. What the people with the money and power over you believe is what matters, because it is going to affect your life.” So you might as well familiarize yourself with some of these concepts. If you live through this in continued haug...
The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. —Wes Moore 25 I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts. Never saw one. —Ruskin Bond ...
Lucy Hale may have been a pretty little liar, but she claims she's telling the truth when she says there's a ghost in her house. The actress dished toHollywood Teen’Zinein 2010 that her paranormal roommate has turned her coffee maker on in the middle of the night and randomly closed ...
There is no kingdom of God come to Earth without our King Jesus being physically present to rule. The only 7 mountains the Bible speaks of is in Revelation 17:9: “The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.” The description in this passage is about the “harlot”...