Explore the history of the word, "gospel," how modern Western Christians often use the word different than the biblical authors. What is the gospel? The answer is far more exciting and complex than we've been led to believe. What Does the Word "Gospel" Mean?
Have you ever complained about a difficulty, only to be told, “Offer it up!”? What does this phrase mean? As we approach Good Friday and remember Jesus’ offering of himself on the cross, it’s a good time to ponder the notion of sacrifice. ...
Romans 7:12 says, “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” Though we are incapable of keeping God’s law, it does not mean that we should not long to keep it. Here we are prone to ruin holiness with another abuse. Legalism The flip side of ...
Did God create disorder and chaos? What does it actually mean to be evil? And how do you tell your kids that in the Bible dragons are actually the ?bad guys?? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from the first half of the Chaos Dragon
master orator is revealed in Apology, as he convincingly uses the Socratic Method to come to an understanding of wisdom. Socrates is accused of being ""a doer of evil, and corrupter of the youth, and he does not believe in the gods of the state, and has other new divinities of his ...
Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same...
” This idea is in the book of Ezekiel quite frequently also. Ezekiel 3 talks about telling people of their sin so that we may save their life. This does not mean their eternal life, but their physical, temporal life here on this earth. The exact same idea is in Ezekiel 18. Look ...
admiration,and plenty of romance. The long skirts, the quiet and unpretentious looks, thecurledlong hair, the calmness, the shy glance—theseare all so frequently remindful of a bygone era. An age when the distancebetween the sexes somehow managed to helppreservethe...
However, some Christians believe one can attain this holiness in life. One could easily swap out the words “positional sanctification” with the singular word “justification.” This refers to the one-time event the Holy Spirit brings sinners out of darkness into wonderful light (Ephesians 2:5...
According to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the mantra should be recited with a focused concentration on its actual meaning.Each of the six syllables carries significant meaning and when we focus on the meaning while using the mantra, we are better able to slip into a deep state of dha...