Is it a sin if you get thirsty on the Day of Atonement? Is it a sin if you hunger on that day or any other day? If you answered “no” to any of those questions, then why would it have been wrong for Jesus to have turned stones into…
16 For everything that belongs to[a] the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world. ~1Jn 2:16 (HCSB) John writes that there are three basic categories of temptation. Each of these was used in the initial temptation of…
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. ~Heb 4:15 (NIV) OK, I know I was going to do a four-part series on the…
I cannot find the source now, so I will paraphrase something I once read: When you first read the Book of Job, you get mad at Satan. The second time you read it, you get mad at Job’s three “friends”. The third time you read it, you get mad at…
Tower of Bable, from Dore’s English Bible 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions…
Pelagius (ca. 354 – ca. 420/440) was an ascetic monk and reformer who denied the doctrine of Original Sin from Adam and was declared a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church. Perhaps you’ve heard of “the original sin”. What does it mean? Is it true? If not, what is the…
If it weren’t for the Holy Days, April would be filled with so many miserable memories. I didn’t always feel this way. April should be preparation for the garden. April should be the 1st really warm month. April should be the time when green really starts to appear, the rabbits…