Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power a...
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased”(Luke 3:21...
“Then Philip opened his mouth and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus” (vs. 35) and baptized the eunuch in some nearby water. This conversion story of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:26-39 shows that eunuchs are welcome in God’s kingdom through faith ...
Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When he said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. Christ spoke, in the Greek account, Ἐγώ εἰμι… I AM” and they fell down. One would imagine that soldiers...
(Rev. 20:12-15), and it is coming. I have a friend who says he was baptized many years ago, but his lifestyle is nothing like a subject of the Lord, Jesus Christ. He uses God’s name in profanity, he gets drunk, he watches R- and X-rated movies, and his lifestyle is not ...
“What helped me was faith: Jesus will take care of me! [If I had made a different decision], I wouldn’t have the family, the children I have today. I would not be in this beautiful country, helping people. All of that wouldn’t have happened [if I had said yes to that married...
EMPIRE BAPTIZED: HOW THE CHURCH EMBRACED WHAT JESUS REJECTED, 2nd‐5th CENTURIES.WesHoward‐Brook.Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016. 320 pages.doi:10.1111/dial.12382Jonathan SchwiebertLenoir‐Rhyne UniversityJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdDialog
When Jesus was baptized by John (Mark 1:9-11), immediately He underwent the most titanic struggle ever, in His temptation by the devil (verses 12-13;Matt. 4:1-11). Jesus had come to qualify to replace Satan — to restore the Government of God on earth, and bring back WORLD PEACE!
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Jesus would not contradict Himself or the ...
We’ve just come out of the month of the Sacred Heart and entered the month of the Precious Blood, but the message of mercy is the same. If I can quote again from my favorite Preface in the Roman Rite, we pray to the Father that the Heart of Jesus, “manifest as the shrine of ...