(Note: This is a portion of an article on Image of God that is presented within The Biblical Story Course under ERA 1: Creation, lesson 2). Statement of the Doctrine Among all the creatures of the earth, only human beings are made in God’s own image and likeness. The Creator established a unique relationship with […]
Humans Are Made in God’s Image. What Does That Mean? Read Post »
Like the fellow who thought he’d be crossing visible longitude lines on his ocean voyage to Europe, some may think that the chapter and verse divisions were on the sheet when apostles such as John (or psalmists such as David) wrote down Scripture. But no, they wrote letters and poetry and Gospels and other history
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(Note: This is a portion of an article on The Trinity that is presented within The Biblical Story Course under ERA 6: Jesus, lesson 27). Statement of Doctrine The Bible affirms that God is one but that He is not alone. Instead, the one God exists as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, three persons in an eternal
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Any seasoned attendee of Bible studies knows the scene all too well. The group reads a Scripture passage. Then the leader asks, “What does this passage mean to you?” only to receive a collection of answers that are varied, whacky, and even contradictory. Finally, the leader brings discussion to a polite conclusion by saying something
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Matthew’s Gospel tells us that when King Herod learned about the birth of the Messiah, he tried to trick the wise men into serving as spies to help him murder Jesus. When that didn’t work, he killed all the male children in Bethlehem under two years old in a murderous effort to exterminate God’s anointed
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The signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence took pains to say they were not rebelling against Britain on a whim or petulantly, but that their break came after a “long train of abuses and usurpations,” of which they list over two dozen. Furthermore, they had “petitioned for redress in the most humble terms,” but
So Who Was Caesar? Read Post »
