The Bible is the only holy book that roots itself in history so thoroughly and without error. And it contains 2500 prophecies of which 2000 have already been fulfilled to the letter.
The Bible is the only holy book that roots itself in history so thoroughly and without error. And it contains 2500 prophecies of which 2000 have already been fulfilled to the letter.
Did the Holy Spirit actually speak directly to the people in the Old Testament, or was it God?
This is one of the truly great and difficult controversies of the church and is one of the big mysteries of scripture.
A common misunderstanding of terminology.
Two hard questions:
How does your personality respond to God’s calling?
Why doesn’t God just forgive us? Why does anyone have to suffer at all?
Having the mind of Christ taught in the Sermon on the Mount and responding to the current moment with Jesus’ spirituality of love—surrender, sacrifice, and service—are the definitive indications of spiritual growth.
The Galilean disciples’ unfamiliarity with Judas would have aided and abetted him in his deception. Having already taken money to betray Christ, Judas came back, blended into the group and pretended nothing unusual had happened.
Little is known about these 3 apostles but their testimony to the Gospel was as powerful and as far reaching as that of the better known and more outspoken disciples.