The "sun and immortal bird gold ornament" was found here, at what experts believe was a sacrificial site. The nine square holes were probably part of the foundations of an altar, where the supporting pillars stood. The burial pits were filled with elephants' tusks, deer's antlers and boars...
Positive Thinking Psychology is based on the overwhelming and unrelenting power of God's love and its ability to change lives. Psychology in general suffers from a power deficiency. Secular psychology worships at the altar of insight. People believe if they get insight into their problems, somehow...
Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefi...
14Those who swear bybthe Guilt of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’ and, ‘Ascthe Way ofdBeersheba lives,’ they shall fall, and never rise again.” The Destruction of Israel 9I saw the Lord standing beside1the altar, and he said: ...
KI-TEK (CONT’D) One must reach into the heavens. Up. KI-WOO Yes, Father. Ki-Woo raises the phone high as he heads into the -- BATHROOM The bathroom is long and narrow and has a raised ‘altar’ at the far end where the toilet sits. The odd placement is necessitated by ...
Eternal life is God’s free gift, and therefore everything that leads us towards it-even the very beginnings of faith-is a free gift from him. But grace ac...
A lifetime of participation in Orthodox liturgy as a child, altar server, choir director, and deacon has shaped my perspective. I am convinced that the greatest gift of Orthodox Liturgy is inexplicable. It evades the finest homilists and eludes theologians. This gift can be sensed, experienced...
“This is what the Lord GOD says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you are to take a young, unblemished bull and purify the...
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When you go up to the altar rail and you are handed that piece of essentially ordinary bread and you hear those words, what does that mean? Part of it is a reminder of Jesus’ death, the body—the literal body—that was given out of love for us. But if that’s all it was, this...