for very soon after Jesus began his ministry, many of the Jews reverted back to their old ways of living, and ended up rejecting Christ as the Messiah, and this led them deeper and deeper into sin, until in A.D. 70 they did experience the negative consequences of sin, and the nation ...
In many places, the Bible reveals that God has a body—despite what the world’s philosophers have speculated. We read that “there is a spiritual body” (1 Corinthians 15:44). Jesus Christ was resurrected with such a body. The disciples saw Jesus bodily after His resurrection (John 20:...
Even the New King James Version changes it to, “He breathed his last.” Why is it important for the KJV to use “gave up the ghost”? First, we can look into the text of Luke 23:46 to give a hint. What words did Jesus say before dying? Jesus said nothing randomly, nor did ...
Sermon on the Mount E32 – In his fourth teaching on relationships and conflict in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages his listeners to ask God for what they need. Because the three previous teachings don't directly tell us how to respond in specific situations, Jesus emphasizes that ...
But to initially receive the gift of eternal salvation from God the Father is simply done by having faith and belief in Jesus Christ and what He personally did for you with His death on the cross. Here are the verses: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of...
” And I wince, because really, I can very much be that clanging gong in 1 Corinthians 13 who goes through the acts of service without the purity of love in my heart. And every day, I must ask Jesus to make my heart a receptacle into which He pours His love. I am a needful ...
Christianity to a minimal and supplementary reinterpretation of existing cultures, but Christianity will only grow stronger by the challenge. This does not involve throwing out 2,000 years of Christian culture, but testing it against its core, as Jesus did the Jewish law and institutions of his ...
In Isaiah 40:1-11 we read how the Lord God of Israel wants to deliver His people. The Lord does not give up on us because of repeated sinning, but is always
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. But Jesus responded and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine — where are they...
What If...: Directed by Dallas Jenkins. With Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, John Ratzenberger, Debby Ryan. Ben Walker is allowed to see how different his life would be if he had followed his heart.