Embracing the Unusual
When you encounter a thing that is unknown to you, how do you handle it? Do you reject the unusual? Or do you embrace it?
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Why Japan?
Before I left for Japan, people asked me one question. A lot. It was this: “Of all nations you could possibly go to as a foreign missionary, why Japan?”
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The New Testament alludes to the Deuterocanonicals
We found more than 30 places where the New Testament seems to allude to the Deuterocanonical, or Apocryphal, books.
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Peter and the Rock
The Lord Jesus built his church on a rock. But what was that rock? Was it the person of Peter? Or was it Peter’s faith in Jesus Christ?
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Go and Make Disciples of all Nations
The Lord Jesus calls us to go make disciples of all nations. We are to bring people into faith in Jesus. And then we are to train them as disciples.
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Call no man on the earth your father
Jesus Christ forbids us from using the word “father” for any man. However, St. Paul violated this prohibition. And so have most Christians ever since.
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Jesus Christ will baptize in the Holy Spirit and with fire
Jesus Christ says he will baptize us with fire. What does that mean? Is it a baptism with the fire of suffering? Or with the fire of the Holy Spirit?
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Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich was an English mystic. She was given revelations of love from Jesus Christ in 16 showings. Her book is called “Revelations of Divine Love.”
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“The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto – Chapter 21
Chapter 21 of “The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto is named ‘History and A Priori in Religion: Summary and Conclusion’. Here is our summary.
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“The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto – Chapter 20
Chapter 20 of “The Idea of the Holy” by Rudolf Otto is named ‘Divination in Christianity Today’. Here is our summary.