... the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). This means the Sabbath is meant to help us ... will of God is sister and brother, mother and father to Him (Matthew 12:50). The family is the foundation and the basic unit of society. When ... you have committed adultery in your heart (Matthew 5:28). To commit adultery in a bed or simply in your ... God; and don't swear by earth, for that is God's footstool (Matthew 5:34). Just tell the truth with a "yes" or "no" - don't swear by anything that ...
... , "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Mark 15:34) Many churches today read from the Revised Standard Version ... comes the victory. Out of our darkness comes the light. Paul says, "I boast of my weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9). It is in our weakness that Christ gives us the strength to carry on. This is the abiding ... is the One who says, "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). In faith we should know that even from the depths, even when we feel abandoned and helpless, He ...
... revealed" (2: 34-35). How that lightning bolt must have shattered Mary emotionally and mentally: "And a sword will pierce through your own soul also." It struck again when Jesus was 12 years old ... equal worth -- and Paul put it in a way we can't misunderstand in Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor ... see it together" (Isaiah 40: 5). Luke is saying here, and it is a marked theme of his Gospel, that our Lord Jesus Christ -- the One John the ...
Confession: Most Protestants are inclined to say that confession is Catholic and stop there. Or we hear it said, “Confession is good for the soul.” Even then, we are likely to hear it like Roman Catholics[1], to suppose it means that we are to recount our sins. We don’t need confession in our church! Or do we? Paul gives us a model for confession of the faith in the Book of Romans. Recall that this book is a letter of introduction to the church in Rome. How does he make his introduction? With a confession ...