God works through our suffering. He doesn’t waste any of it. For those who are open to seeing the horizon of love embedded in it, there is a future, nay, an eternity, for each of us to manifest our own unique brand of unconditional love within the symphony of love, which is God’...
” the Lord says through Samuel to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:22. To obey God is better than offering a sacrifice. To obey God, to “heed” the Lord and listen to His words, is better than “the fat of rams.” What God is saying is that, even if you give rams and their fat (the ...
He’s conflating the ascension, which is what Jesus did where he goes into heaven by his own power and the assumption where Mary is taken up by the power of Christ into heaven. When we talk about our resurrection the last day, when we will God willing be body and soul with Jesus in...
Mark had a different focus. While he did understand Jesus as the Son of God, he typically made sure that people understood his humanity as being a part of the unique personhood of Jesus. Jesus is not half human and half God. The human part was as important as the God part. For...
So aside from it being the place where God’s presence dwelt, it was also the place of annual sacrifice for the atonement of the people. Photo credit: Unsplash/Aaron Burden Presence of God or Good Luck Charm? The reason the Ark was so important to the Israelites was because...
Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There is another reason which is often overlooked. Satan tried to use God's perfect righteousness as a reason why God should not save sinners. Satan accused God of being a self-serving Judge, saving man for God's own benefit. Thus it...
There are a number of different ways God could have allowed the Messiah, Christ Jesus, to die physically – stabbing, beheading, etc. – and still deliver us from our bondage to sin and death. So why did God want it to happen on a cross? Was God speaking something more to mankind thr...
See also:Evidence for Jesus,Did Jesus Exist?[2][3],Why I am not a Christian(a must read), theChristological Argument, Hitchens –Core of the Jesus mythandChristianity is Immoral(both must watch). “Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you...
for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. GodisSpirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ (The King)). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to he...
If having a family was so critical, why did both Jesus and Paul embrace the single life? Jesus himself noted that few will be able to accept a calling to singleness: Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from...