Immediately Jesus looked at me, and I looked back–and it was really Him!! Jesus immediately focused on me, He asked me to come close; He wanted me to touch Him, to inspect and see for myself that He was as real as you or I. He asked me to come and see the nail prints in H...
Jesus is held in high regard within the Muslim worldview. According to a legend, when Muhammad eliminated all the images of others gods in the Ka’bah, he refused to destroy the statue of Mary and the infant Christ. Jesus remains in a position of respect and reverence within Islam. When ...
Where was the promised Holy Spirit in the disciples' apostatizing of each other??The Romans had to fake his crucifixion due to Passover issues: [1]Also, was Peter inspired by the Holy Spirit when he told Jesus that GOD was not going to allow Jesus to die die on the cross? Was Jesus...
But then Jesus commands them not to tell anyone of the things they had seen. I would imagine that would have been one of the most difficult mandates they ever received from their Lord. They had just witnessed a glimpse of heaven. They had seen Moses, and they had seen Elijah. Like anci...
They declared, as many evangelicals believe, that we are all guilty of the crucifixion. The idea of “corporate guilt” for Christ’s death is unknown to Scripture. While we “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), we have not all crucified Jesus. Such ...
He proclaims that these two tribes have now come to represent the Israel of God, contending that the Jews currently residing in Israel do not constitute God’s people but rather are descendants of the synagogue of Satan, responsible for the crucifixion and murder of Jesus. ...
After all Judas Iscariot witnessed, it’s hard to imagine that hecouldn’tbelieve Jesus was the Messiah. He may have genuinely thought that by creating conflict, he’d be tipping Jesus hand and accelerating his movement. The Bible doesn’t tell us that, but when Jesus is eventually handed ...
The likely setting of this prayer, part of Jesus' farewell discourse before His crucifixion.5. The MessageThe Gospel message that the disciples will spread, leading others to believe in Jesus. Teaching PointsIntercessory PrayerJesus models the importance of praying for others, including those who ...
Finding the Heart of Jesus in Sickness and Infirmity [Paperback] Through many years of hospital ministry to those who suffer from physical, emotional, and spiritual illness, or the sorrow of losing a loved one, Fr. Ronald Leinen again and again witnessed a healing balm in the loving heart of...
Jesus had to face the darkness from his earliest days. “Oh, you were born in Bethlehem? When was that? Really?! How did you escape Herod’s henchmen?” I imagine Jesus must have had what today we call survivor’s guilt. He would have thought to himself, “It should have been me....