We also, in the context of the home or the church, as we submit to God-ordained male authority, we reflect Christ’s submission to His heavenly Father. The submission of Christ to His Father, that is a fascinating thing to study in the Scripture. It’s a humbling thing to study. Beca...
How does a boy become “bar mitzvahed” and a girl “bat mitzvahed?” What ceremony is needed? What does the term mean? What is the history of it? What’s the purpose of it? The right and wrong ways to do it. The Jewish Wedding ...
Nor does the fact that an inspired author of scripture that never explicitly claimed inspiration deny that he was speaking God's words to man. Furthermore, it is not true that the Quran contains nothing but the words of God since there are several places where it is clearly not God who ...
The first principles and ordinances of the gospel are faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth. The priesthood authority of God exists in His Church today, just as it did in the original...
They affirm the authority of Scripture as God’s Word. But they add the parallel authority of tradition, especially as embodied in the creeds and historic teachings of the church, and in the bishops who guard and pass on this tradition. I believe that Christian tradition ought to be taken ...
“He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ ...
We are so persuaded of our position, and so confident in the Scriptural evidence presented on this site, that we honestly do not believe that anyone who shares our faith in the final authority of Scripture will be able to cling to endless torment after reading this entire site and the links...
Treasury of Scripture Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame. hastily Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with....
need some kind of view of what is a man that is not merely a man, is one who needs to be nice by stepping back or not exerting authority or power in any sense so that women can take their place and do anything that maybe traditionally has been relegated to or delegated to the man...
The question is what are those dogmas and who has the authority to determine them? For example, what makes someone a Christian? The Bible doesn’t explicitly say what are the essential beliefs of Christianity and Protestants don’t agree on what those essential doctrines are. CS Lewis wrote ...