It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell[c] of fire. The Parable of the Lost Sheep 10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you
Audio Bible ContextHope for Israel and Judah…6My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. 7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘...
Even so it is not the will of your father which is in heaven This is the accommodation, or application of the parable of the lost sheep to the present purpose, and is the top of the climax or gradation here made use of. First, Christ observes, in order to deter any from despising ...
Are there atheists in the pulpit? More than you think. Some stay, some leave, some try to change what it means to believe, and some start atheist churches. How will this affect religion?
Living Bible 119Happy are all who perfectly follow the laws of God.2Happy are all who search for God and always do his will,3rejecting compromise with evil and walking only in his paths.4You have given us your laws to obey—5oh, how I want to follow them consistently.6Then I will ...
6"My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold. 7All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinn...
Both of these works are ancient, and they suggest that the idea of men turning into wolves has existed for about as long as human civilization has. On top of being old, the idea is widespread. For the most part, if wolves live or have lived in a particular region, that region's folk...
The church was donated to our community in 1866 after the Emancipation Proclamation by the daughter of the slave owner. It is “ours” only for as long as services are held there. Few young people have remained interested in the church, and so it...
be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” Christians need to regularly circle the wagons around and try to protect those at risk. Sometimes we’re the ones standing guard and other times we ourselves are the vulnerable sheep needing ...
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; ...