had not yet been driven out of Jerusalem; that they still held that stronghold; while in 2 Samuel v. 6, 7, we are told of the expulsion of the Jebusites by David, who made the place his capital from that time. The tradition that Samuel wrote the book rests on no adequate ...
The Jewish Talmud says Ezra wrote the book of 1 & 2 Chronicles (yes, they’re really two parts of the same book), and the book of Ezra. If this is the case, it makes Ezra the second-most prolific author of the Bible. Not bad for a guy you never hear about, right?
The apostle Paul claimed to have seen Jesus after His death and resurrection and professed that his teaching came directly from Him (Galatians 1:11-12; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 15:8). The human writers of the Bible Even though it is really God who wrote the Bible, He used hum...
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,...
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart andWITH MANY TEARS, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. (2 Cor. 2:4) For, as I have often told you before and now say againEVEN WITH TEARS,many live asenemies of the crossof Christ....
The Roman Catholic Church leads the way in conferring sainthood on people, and some pretty rascally characters have been canonized.
Christians have access to power, revelation, and wisdom from the Holy Spirit, just as the Apostle Paul wrote to believers in Ephesus, “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him ...
Umberto Eco once wrote of Casablanca that it was as if all the clichés got together and staged a joyous reunion. That statement has been applied to Harry Potter and is also true of this book, the first in a trilogy, which is sort of the platonic ideal of what an epic fantasy can and...
Jesus used this word when he said in Matthew 16:18, "upon this rock I will build my ekklesia." William Tyndale's 1535 Bible translates the verse: "upon this rock I will build my congregation." W.D. Ross wrote inAristotle(L...
Pete wrote “Can’t Explain” as a single. He wrote “My Generation” as a single. But he’s never really been one for writing singles. He doesn’t like to sit down and write a single. He likes to write a project . . . and an LP is viewed as a project, a group proje...