The word gargoyle derives from the French gargouille, meaning "throat." This would appear to take its inspiration from the statues' water-siphoning gullets, but in fact the name comes from the French legend of "
What is the Tarot? A Brief Overview of Tarot Reading What is the Tarot? The Tarot is a symbolic map of consciousness that encompasses our journey through life, both spiritually and practically. Tarot reading is the practice of divining wisdom and guidance through a specific spread (or layout)...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’"Here, we need to make a distinction. The act of baptism itself does not save someone. It's merely symbolic to represent the death to self (being put in the water) and being resurrected in Christ (being pulled ...
God declares that before the end of the age, if the modern descendants of ancient Israel don’t make a real return to Him, He will chastise them for their sins. The peoples of these nations largely represent those to whom He previously gave His laws and statutes, and God wanted them to...
An energetic barrier that does not allow free movement in and out of the space surrounding earth has us spiritually bottled up here, endlessly repeating cycles of death and birth and sometimes very interesting but always short lives. We are forced to lead our lives of “three score and ten”...
(2) In the various stages of development which the struggle of the working class against the bourgeoisie has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole. The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand practically, the most advanced and resol...
Thus, since all idols and icons do NOT represent the truth about God, He does not want them used by His true followers (cf. John 4:24).2nd Century Church Writers on Idols and Images After John died, his disciple, Polycarp of Smyrna became perhaps the most well-known Christian leader ...