Religion [N]Due to the wide range of its usage, the English word religion (from Lat. religio) is not easily defined. Most commonly, however, it refers...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 6 Jewish Homes It may be safely asserted, that the grand distinction, which divided all mankind into Jews and Gen...
Homily XX.Homily XX. ACTS IX. 10, 12.-And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And ...
Holy Spirit, Gifts of Four New Testament passages delineate specific gifts that God's Spirit gives to his people ( Rom 12:3-8 ; 1 Cor 12-14; Eph 4:7-...
Resurrection [N] The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the idea of bodily resurrection evolves from a vague concept into a developed expectation. B...
Genesis, Theology of The theology of Genesis can be studied on three levels. The first level of study focuses on its message in and of itself. This is...
Offerings and Sacrifices The Old Testament regulations for offerings and sacrifices are renowned for their many and complicated details, and the overa...
Footnotes(1 )Christus Comprobator, p. 99, sq.(1 )O twn Paterwn Pathr; o twn Nussaewn fwsthr, Council. Nic. II. Act. VI. Edition of Labbe, p. 477.-Nice...
Testimony [N] [E]The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense of testimony given in ...
Footnotes(1 )Eusebius seems to have adopted this name as a token of friendship and respect for Pamphilus, bishop of Caesarea. See McGiffert, Prolegome...
The Book of MatthewChapter 5Verses:5:1And seeing the multitudes - At some distance, as they were coming to him from every quarter. He went up into the...
OF CREATION IN GENERAL. Having considered the internal and eternal acts of the divint. mind, I proceed to consider the external acts of God. I shall ...
OF THE BEING OF GOD. SOME, because the Being of God is a first principle, not to be disputed; and because that there is one is a self-evident propos...
Homily XVI.Homily XVI. Hebrews ix. 15-18.-And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death for the redemption of the...
Homily XXXIII.Homily XXXIII. John iv. 21, 22.-Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor ye...
2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. [They shall put y...
OF THE MANIFESTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE. I AM now come to the dawn of grace to fallen man, to the breakings forth and appli...
XII. CONFESSION. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive its our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.?1 John i. 0. ...
SERMON XXII. WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYERFULNESS. 1 Peter iv. 7.? Watch unto prayer. In explaining this injunction of St. Peter, we shall show the impor...
THE VOYAGE TO ROME. The fulfilment of the Divine purposes and promises connected with human agency. Ancient navigation.?Dangers of the voyage.?C...