Your Own Emotions Have Cut You Off from Us
Most, if not all creeds, mark a clear point when a group, large or small, separated into its own group/division. Comparing one creed to the creed before it, on the same branch, we can see what the points of contention were between different believing groups.
Two Evils: Forsaking God & Trusting Our Work
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. The first and greatest evil in this verse, and really in general, is turning away from God’s life giving Spirit. Being turned from God is death, not because God is punishing us, but that God is life. His Spirit has always been, and […]
Revelation 2:1 Through 3:22 – Imperatives to the Seven Churches
Until you know the meaning of a terms, hearing one can cause you to loose attention. I did not know what pesher was when I first heard it but pesher is used in the Church today, day to day, week to week. Pesher focuses the reader/hearer on considering how to apply scripture to our lives today. Toward the beginning […]
The Kingdom of Heaven – ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν (is like)
οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ (n) ouranos, heaven, dwelling of gods and spirits, independent of earth, vault as sky, universe
βασιλεία, ας, ἡ (n) basileia, kingdom, royal rule, sovereignty