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 ...
but that a person must repent of their sins before they can believe in Jesus. When sharing the Gospel, they often tell people to repentandbelieve. Often they say something like, “Turn from your sins and turn to Jesus Christ.” One pastor holding this view writes “No message that elimin...
It is interesting when we survey the NT text, looking for the major themes; the one overarching theme is hope. Hope is the confident expectation of God’s promises and the assurance of His presence and power. Hope is not wishful thinking or blind optimism, but a solid conviction base...
He reasoned that “if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn’t be riding a donkey.” The private jet is his missions strategy. “All it’s gonna do is it’s going to touch people, it’s going to reach people, it’s going to change lives one soul at a time.” (Thi...
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. Isaiah 7:...
Daniel wrote of being “grieved in my spirit” due to visions he had been given (Daniel 7:15). As Jesus testified to His closest disciples that one of them was about to betray Him, “He was troubled in spirit” (John 13:21).
In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah spoke of a time when a Savior would save the world from its sins. It was a question not of if but when. In the New Testament, this promise was fulfilled through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of that Savior: Jesus Christ. Again, ...
In my experience, Jesus walking on the water has always been used to teach about doubt and faith. There they were, sitting in the boat, surrounded by the storm, and they see him – Jesus, walking on the water and coming their way. Let me repeat that. In the middle of a storm the...
How did Jesus care for the widows, the orphans, and the foreigners? Show produced by Dan Gummel. Powered and distributed by SimpleCast. Episode 2 Understanding the Law Part 1: The LAW In this episode, Tim and Jon go deeper into the themes introduced in our video, “The Law.” What ...
Is being Jewish passed along by the father or the mother? Has that ever changed? What made our ancestors Jewish? Where in the Torah does it say what makes a person Jewish? Did the Rabbis change this Law? Was King David Jewish?