There are, of course, a thousand possible answers to this question. Maybe God’s apparent delay had something to do with God’s perfect timing. Maybe God did immediately answer our prayer request, but Satan temporarily stopped us from receiving God’s answer (cf. Daniel 10:12-13). Maybe ...
God chose the male place of gender as the part of the body to impart His Covenant because from there begins the process of bringing down a soul from Heaven and creating a new generation. The most obvious connotation of the mitzvah of Milah is of removing something unwanted. It seems as ...
“We suffered beyond anything you can imagine and many died of exposure and starvation, but every one of us came through with the absolute knowledge that God lives, for we became acquainted with Him in our extremities . . . Was I sorry that I chose to come by handcart? No. Neither then...
“No one understands; no one knows.” No human being, perhaps, knows. But the Son of God perfectly knows and understands, for He felt and bore our burdens before we ever did. And because He paid the ultimate price and bore that burden, He has perfect empathy and can extend to us ...
Why was Abraham's story mentioned again in the New Testament? Why is pork forbidden in the Old Testament? How were the books of the New Testament chosen? Why did God allow divorce in the Old Testament? Who is the New Testament about?
We all have sinned, and the consequence is death. We are all headed for judgment, condemnation, and eternal death until God himself intervened. He sent His Son Jesus into this world. Before Jesus willingly chose to take our place on the cross, He proclaimed,“I am the Way, and the trut...
To chose to be a ‘disciple of Christ Jesus’ ENTAILS placing oneself under the DISCIPLINE of mulling over, considering and then accepting His Divine Teachings – and that DISCIPLINE then extends into putting His Teachings into real-life, real-time PRACTICE. “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord...
We all have sinned, and the consequence is death. We are all headed for judgment, condemnation, and eternal death until God himself intervened. He sent His Son Jesus into this world. Before Jesus willingly chose to take our place on the cross, He proclaimed,“I am the Way, and the trut...
And it’s interesting what you said, Maurine, about how the reason God wants us to. Or worship anything else is because nothing else will save us. This takes us all the way back to the idea of the Abrahamic sacrifice. I believe the reason Abraham had to go through ...
Did I misremember? Self-defense, expressed in the Federalist Papers is usually about defense of the nation, but these may not be indicative of the thoughts of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. The quote I'm looking for was from someone close in the game, but meanwhile... ...