The Acts of the Apostles -- from Jerusalem to Rome
Paperback; 473 pages; A verse-by-verse commentary on the book of Acts written on the popular level.
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Paperback; 473 pages; A verse-by-verse commentary on the book of Acts written on the popular level.
The book of Romans is magnificent in that it reveals so many aspects of the "righteousness of God" (1:16-17).
Stephen J. Gould of Harvard University is probably the most militant opponent of Christianity in the nation today. Now, though, the tables are turned. Gould is on the receiving end of a fiery blast "and that from one of his own evolutionary colleagues."
Matthew, in appealing to a prophecy, seems to attribute it to Jeremiah, whereas the Old Testament has it in the book of Zechariah. Critics, in characteristic fashion, have charged Matthew with an error.
Christians need not be intimidated when certain "scientists" utter dogmatic pronouncements which disdain religion.
During the six hours in which he hung upon the cross, the Lord Jesus uttered seven sayings. Surely the most perplexing of these was his plaintive question, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46).
The theory of evolution is so besieged with problems that it's amazing it is so widely believed.
Many have been racist out of ignorance or weakness. Others, with a more ingrained disposition, have sought to defend it.
Are contraceptive methods of birth control equivalent to the practice of abortion?
By weaving together the data found in Paul's prison epistles, one can get some feeling for how things fared for the apostle in Rome before being imprisoned again and finally departing to be with the Lord in his heavenly kingdom.
The Major Prophets represent the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
Stephen J. Gould of Harvard University was probably the most militant opponent of Christianity in the nation in the late 1990s. But his popular combative rants against creation got him in hot water from his evolutionary companions, a modern-day feud among friends.
More and more, it appears, Americans are finding that materialism isn't what it's cracked up to be. Without some sort of spiritual flavor, there is a void in life--an aching of the soul that longs for a greater satisfaction.
The book of Genesis is a narrative dealing with "beginnings," as the title of the document indicates. One of the beginnings in Genesis is the record of how human beings came to speak different languages.
All loving parents want their children to be saved. But is infant baptism helping our children reach that goal? Or is it a dangerous and unscriptural practice that should be abandoned?
The October 25th edition of _U. S. News & World Report_ carried a sensational cover story titled "Is The Bible True?" The most significant thing about Jeffrey Sheler's article, perhaps, is this: it reveals the telling concessions that even the most left-leaning thinkers are forced to make.
The name "Immanuel" in Hebrew means "God is with us," and the prophecy finds its fulfillment in the birth of Jesus Christ.
There is an ongoing controversy in the religious community as to whether or not human beings, after death, exist in a state of consciousness.
On October 31, 1999 in Augsburg, Germany, representatives of Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism met to sign a "peace treaty" of sorts.
The incident in 2 Kings 2:23-24 of Elisha, the bears, and the mocking lads has been cited by atheists in an attempt to involve the Bible in moral difficulty.