What is the meaning of wearing ashes and where do they come from? The ashes used on Ash Wednesday typically come from the burning of palm branches from the previous year'sPalm Sundaycelebrations. After Palm Sunday, the palm branches are collected, dried, and burned to create the ashes used...
But if there is a God, then there may be some higher purpose, some ultimate destiny, some true meaning for your life. Maybe your actions do matter. If there is a God, then perhaps God has left a record for us to understand what is expected. We in theContinuingChurch of GodBible: Su...
The word for Spirit in Hebrew isruach, also meaning wind. “Ruach Elohim” refers to the Spirit of God, and it is mentioned inGenesis 1:2as there, in the beginning, hovering over the waters as God created the heavens and the earth from the empty, formless darkness (Genesis 1:1-...
Comfort, Comfort My People: The Meaning of Isaiah 40:1 Jeremiah's 70-Year Prophecy For further reading: What Does it Mean That Our Sins Are Swept Away? How Has the Freedom in Christ Set Us Free? What Does the Imagery of ‘My Cup Runneth Over’ Mean in Psalm 23:5?
saved the Baby Jesus until last and rotated each year who got to place the Baby in the manger. Our tradition did not take long, but it was fun and a big deal for the kids. This kicked off the Christmas season with a focus on the meaning of Christmas and the message of the ...
(Isaiah 40:8)FACT #4. A basic tenant in Mormonism today is that Jesus Christ is the brother of Satan. Milton R. Hunter explains it like this: "The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer, … this ...
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are...
Nothing under the sun is truly new.English Standard VersionWhat has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.Berean Standard BibleWhat has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is ...
What does it mean when Paul writes that “love never fails”? The love spoken about in 1 Corinthians 13 will never fail because God never fails. He is eternal, and so his love will last for eternity (Isaiah 40:28). What about the times we find ourselves on the receiving end of di...
“What in the world[aa]are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?”[ab] 11This is what theLordsays, the Holy One of Israel,[ac]the one who formed him, concerning things to come:[ad] ...