The Bible is a 66-book collection of documents considered sacred by the Christian religion. It has been translated into more languages than any other text, particularly the New Testament, which is the last quarter of the text. The first three-fourths of the text are called the Old Testament...
Here, we take a bit of the mystery out of miracles by answering four common questions asked by Bible readers. 1. How Can You Tell If a Miracle Is of God? There are at least three biblical tests for recognizing a legitimate miracle: a. The miracle glorifies God. Miracles declare that ...
The Priests Ask By What Authority He Does This. From Where Was John’s Authority? 20 And it came about on one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and announcing-the-good-news, that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders stood-near. 2 And they spok...
Ok, I say The bible has scripture on marriages. But it has changed completely since then. So unless we are going by the litteral translation of what is acceptable in the bible rather than understanding that times change and so does customs, practices, even LAWS. 21 Rehoboam loved Maakah da...
I.A.1 - What does “anarchy” mean? The word“anarchy”is from the Greek, prefixan(ora), meaning“not,”“the want of,”“the absence of,”or“the lack of”, plusarchos, meaning“a ruler,”“chief,”“person in charge,”or“authority.”Or, as Peter Kropotkin put it, Anarchy come...
What does it mean to say God is sovereign? Sovereignty of God is the Christian teaching that God is the supreme authority and all things are under His control. ... Easton's Bible Dictionary defines God's Sovereignty as His "absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasu...
“By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?” Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question.
You are not going to find the term “personal boundaries” in the Bible. However, the Bible does talk about personal boundaries in principle. A personal boundary, as most people use the term, is a defining line that separates individuals from one another
The Bible says that God does not change, that He is the same today as He was yesterday. If God the Father is telling us that homosexuality and anything to do with the occult are abominations in His sight back in the Old Testament, then He is not going to be changing His mind just ...
By “authority,” we don’t mean his personal or academic credentials. We mean his authority to claim he can rightly interpret the Bible. The missionary (unless he is a Mormon, of course, in which case his authority is the Book of Mormon) will always claim to fall back on the authority...