My cousin, who doesn't truly agree with Christianity, told me a little quote she uses: "All you Christian folks are just a bunch of Bible Humpers." ... Various individuals may live in a Christian family, causing anger because they, themselves, do not believe in Christianity. ...
Common Themes of the Old Testament Prophets Amongst the Holy Bible, themes constantly and consistently stream throughout. There are themes of love, hate, covenants, days that will come, justices that need to be brought about, and many more. This is apparent in the Old Testament when studying the ...
Here are some wonderful quotes about faith: "Faith makes things possible, not easy," "Prayer is taking our troubles to God, faith is leaving them there," "Sorrow looks back. ... (Grace Upon Grace Christian Poetry) These quotes are all so wonderful and true! ... By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. ...
Klassen provides an example of this thirst for vengeance when he quotes Agamemnon stating, "No; we are not going to leave a single one of them alive, down to the babies in their mothers" wombs- not even they must live. ... Klassen also provides a quote from the Odyssey stating, "The disgrace of it will echo down the generations should we fail to punish the murderer of our sons and kindred (Odyssey XXIV. 433-34)." ... Klassen states that this reiterates the position of Isocrates: "Do not do to others that which angers you when they do it to you." ... The Old Testament is also r...
Matthew 1:23: "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," quotes from Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. ... Early Christians would have been free to cross-reference Matthew with Isaiah and other Scripture quoted in Matthew, and likely found discrepancies like the one I have stated above. ... Herod is angered by the deception of the wise men and begins to kill all the children under two in and around Bethlehem. ...
Through history there were many kingdoms and empires with great kings and rulers. Each one of them had their own vision and conception of reigning. Different values, commandments, precepts and other differences could be found between them. Scripture shows another kingdom, namely the kingdom o...
No parable of Jesus has been used or quoted more than that of "The Prodigal Son-. The impact and the effect that this story has had on the lives of people who have heard it are tremendous. J.E. Compton says, "the greatest of all His [Jesus'] parables."" We as human beings have always struggled wit...
