What does the Bible mean when it says we are created “in God’s image” (Genesis 1:27)? I know the Bible says we’re made in God’s image. But since we live in a fallen world, do we still have the image of God — or was it lost when Adam and Eve sinned and ate the forb...
Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus and follow his moral teachings. Common Curiosities What is the primary text in Christianity? The Bible, composed of the Old and New Testaments, is the primary sacred text in Christianity. 13 What distinguishes the liturgical practices of Orthodox Christian...
Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him. —Ellen G. White 58 God is looking for ...
What is Faith?Daily Bible Quotes
When did this debate begin? Why do some Christians believe that the Bible can contain errors? And ultimately, what does this do to our ability to understand anything about God? What Starts Well Doesn’t Always End Well To those of us born into this controversy, it can feel as though the...
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex. —Scarlett Johansson 52 To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an...
How does the Watchtower justify such needless suffering? Rather than apologize they claim it was Jehovah that allowed it! "Feelings of Having Suffered Needlessly. In the past, some Witnesses have suffered for refusing to share in an activity that their conscience now might permit. For example, ...
brought before it; while on the other hand, there is an involuntary silence, a hesitation of the eye, a cessation of all gestures, by which it is indicated that a soul FEELS the nearness of what is worthiest of respect. The way in which, on the whole, the reverence for the BIBLE ...
with the word "hamartia." The error of hamartia does not necessarily need to be the result of an inherent flaw in the character, however. Hamartia is theactionthat brings about the downfall, while a tragic flaw, like hubris, is apersonality traitor a part of the character’s moral makeup...
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR per G.G., CHIEF OF ORDNANCE —Mark Twain ...