“Christ The Suffering Servant!”
“Christ The Suffering Servant!”(Is.53:1-12).“Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire […]
“May God Reveal Your Enemies To You!”
“May God Reveal Your Enemies To You!”(Jer.11:18-20).“Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree […]
“The Truth That Hurts!”
“The Truth That Hurts!”(Gal.4:12-20).There is a historical period called “the age of the breaking of icons,” or, “Iconoclasm.” Literally iconoclasm means “image breaking.” Those who object to icon veneration are called iconoclasts. In the Ten Commandments(Ex 20:4), there is the prohibition against images.Putting up images is idolatry, which gives credence to iconoclasm.Iconoclasm may have happened […]
“Evidence From History!”
“Evidence From History!”(Mt.12:38-42).“Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, ‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.’ He answered, ‘A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and […]
“The Lord Will Protect You III!”
“The Lord Will Protect You III!”(Acts 24:23-35).After the coupplot on Paul had been unravelled, the commander “called two of his centurions and ordered them, ‘Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight. Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken […]