Greg Louganis, a name synonymous with excellence in the world of diving, emerged as one of the most extraordinary athletes of his time. Born in El Cajon, California, in 1960, Louganis was adopted at nine months old by a Greek-Serbian couple who recognized his athletic talents early on and...
As a Pharisee, before his conversion to Christianity, Paul saw Christians (who were predominantly Jewish at the time) as a scourge against Judaism. From Paul’s perspective, these people were blaspheming about God and leading his people astray. He believed that Jesus was a mere man, and was...
Who was Paul? 【 保罗说,我原是犹太人,生在基利家的大数,长在这城里,在迦玛列门下,按着我们祖宗严紧的律法受教,热心事奉GOD,像你们众人今日一样。 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught ...
American magazine publisher, as well as the founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. Frank Sinatra (1915-1998). American singer and film actor. Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) - Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated ...
When And Where: Born around 1840, Lozen was the sister of Victorio, the chief of the Chihenne Apache tribe. The name Lozen means "dexterous horse thief," denoting some skill with horses, but Lozen was also trained as a medicine woman. She fought alongside her brother, Victorio, w...
Cocamama is Mother Coca, also referred to as Mother Earth. Cocamama became the Goddess of Health and Happiness, as the ancient Peruvians believed that chewing coca leaves was extremely good for you. Comus(Roman god) In Greek mythology Comus is the god of revelry, the son of Circe and Bac...
In the New Testament, the Greek word ecclesia is commonly translated “church.” Ecclesia means “called-out ones.” Although salvation was originally offered to Abraham’s seed, God extended that invitation to all who would believe. During the book of Acts, we see that God’s call was ...
Christians now point to more symbolic reasons, which the wise men may or may not have originally intended. Gold is a symbol of divinity, pointing to Christ’s identity as the Son of God. Fragrant frankincense was often burnt as an offering to God. This could symbolize the fact...
In fact, by 473 BCE, after the death of his chief rival Phrynichus, Aeschylus was winning first prize in nearly every competition at the Dionysia. He was an adherent of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a mystical, secretive cult dedicated to the Earth-mother goddess Demeter, which was based in ...
“….and be found in him not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.”What Is It?IMPUTATION The act of reckoning a legal debit or credit to an account. The term was used...