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When Jesus said "this rock," he could have also been referring to Peter's faith. After all, Jesus didn't say "you." Furthermore, three verses later, Jesus rejects Peter's criticism of his plans to go to the cross this way: Mat 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must...

One good way of looking at the "dilemma" is that in principle we are declared "not-guilty" and right before God in his role as our Judge, but as our Father, he provides us with power to overcome the fact that we are sinners in practice. Jesus' death obtained our "not-guilty" verdict, and his...

What God does is always balanced by what humans do. In other words, God has plans for all humans, whereas their responses to him are always their responsibility. Jesus' death and resurrection were sufficient for everyone to be saved but only efficient in enabling God's own to be saved. I'm sure...

It's a mystery to me why you take so much time and effort in sharing a feast for which you admit there is no revealed meaning. Besides, Jesus brought the new form of the covenant that did away with the external form of the laws, including this one (the Book of Hebrews and Colossians 2...

People tend to set up their reasoning powers as the ultimate test of the truth instead of humbly submitting to the fact that there are mysteries in the Bible that we will never be able to figure out and to which we must submit because God's Word says so--like the Trinity and the divine and human...

Let's face it. Our reasoning cannot fully grasp the huge, divine nature of the 3-in-1 Creator-God of the universe. The Truths of the Trinity and Jesus' full deity and humanity are indeed mysteries to our puny minds. They are taught clearly in the Bible; therefore, I believe them.

The Apocrypha is interesting, but it's not particularly biblical in relation to the books of the Bible and should not be considered inspired by God.

It makes a huge difference what they're trying to get you to do. If it's to improve your spiritual life according to the Bible's commands, of which there are many even in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit in us enables us to obey with joy. However, if it's not in relation to the Bible, it's not...

You're right about the external, national forms of the law, but the principles or main ideas of the laws continue as Christians' guidelines like the need to protect life and avoiding anger (no murder), sex only within marriage and avoiding lust (no adultery), protect the truth (no false...

No, he is real "spiritual reality," as I said in my post. Jesus' seven "I am" (Exodus 3 and 4) claims relate those divine truths to physical, literal things and people--for example, a shepherd (Psalm 23), a door to the sheepfold, bread of life, resurrection and life, light of the world, and...

Unbelievers don't often come with a biblical quality of humility that admits that our reason can't fully grasp the existence and power of the Creator-God of the universe.

No, Jesus radically turned him around from persecutor to preacher of his Good News.

Sadly, both unbelief and ridicule go together.

Oh, they probably had many shoulders. :p

If the RCC will renounce their additional tradition that they have added alongside Scripture, there could be union, but until then, no way.

I read that the veil in Herod's temple was 60 feet high, six feet wide, and six inches thick!

David and Jonathan were very close, though they weren't directly related. A pastor once presented them as a homosexual couple to justify such relationships. But there is not one shred of biblical evidence to even suggest a sexual relationship between them. That pastor read into the verses an...

The New Testament confirms that Moses wrote Genesis and the other first four books of the Bible: Mrk_12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Mrk_12:26 And as for...

It means that we don't know for sure absolutely who will be in heaven, because we can't see their hearts; but we can have a little assurance about them and a lot about ourselves, when we see the evidence of God's work in our lives.

There are many times in my life when God has directly (or indirectly through angels) rescued and protected me. I can't sort out whether or not angels were involved in each instance, but God has acted in them. (Book: What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography [Amazon]).