Editor’s note: This post is part of a series featuring outstanding excerpts from student papers at the BibleMesh Institute, which offers affordable online training for local churches, schools, and ministries. The author’s name has been withheld for privacy and security purposes. She is preparing to serve as a missionary overseas. The crucifixion has been discussed …
22 When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for …
Nothing in nature is more beautiful, nor more filled with meaning, than the human face.[1] For in a face, the dignity, and the unique identity and personality, of a human person is made manifest in the world. As the place where a person and their body most clearly intermesh, the face makes known the human soul …
The spoken word is vital to Christianity. Indeed, in many respects, Christianity is an oral religion. Of course, this is not to deny that the gospel transforms the entire life of a believer, nor is it to overlook the practical and liturgical components to the Christian faith, such as baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Yet, …
Gary Haugen is CEO of the International Justice Mission, an international organization committed to freeing victims from sexual exploitation, slavery, and violence. Haugen received a B. A. at Harvard and a J. D. at the University of Chicago and eventually worked for the U. S. Department of Justice. The Department detailed Haugen to the United Nation’s Center for …
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Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. I. Introduction In the clarion call of the Reformation, Luther writes, “man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body, in order to work on its account, but also for all men on earth; nay, he lives only …
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