And Jesus answered them, saying: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), how can you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ merely because I […]
“Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left … Keep Awake, therefore, for you do not know at what hour your Lord is coming.” ~ unknown (Matthew 24:40-42) If this is not one of the more misunderstood passages in the Bible, it is almost certainly one […]
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is Here&Now.” ~ unknown (Matthew 4:17) It is important for any earnest student of the Scriptures (indeed, for every earnest student of Life itself) to remember that the “Kingdom of Heaven” Jesus speaks of is an internal state of Being, not an “up above” post-mortem destination (Luke 17:20-21) […]
“The Hearts of the Saints have been refreshed through You.” ~ Paul (Philemon 1:7) While Paul almost certainly was referring in this verse to actual Saints who had preceded his listeners in death – the actual spirits in which he believed; the spirit he felt were in that very moment “looking down” upon the […]
“Have Courage … for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give You the Kingdom.” ~ Jesus (Luke 12:32) In order to comprehend the deeper meaning intended within this verse, it is important to remember a few critical facts about Jesus’ biblical teachings: First, that the “Kingdom of Heaven” for Jesus was a Here&Now, […]
“As God is for us, who is against us? … It is God who sets us Free. Who then is to condemn?” ~ Paul (Romans 8:31-33) One of the great misconceptions about this verse is the belief that it seemingly implies that an external, personal God will “set us free” from our own trials […]
“Even now the axe is resting at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear Good Fruit is cut down and thrown into the Fire.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 2:10) It is extremely important for Christians & non-Christians alike to realize that Jesus is not threatening anyone with eternal damnation […]
“We have this Treasure in clay jars, so that it might be made clear that this extraordinary Power comes from God and does not belong to us.” ~ Paul (2 Corinthians 4:7) Having read all of Paul’s biblical epistles many dozens of times, there is indeed a very good possibility that he meant exactly […]
“God is Light and in Him there is no darkness …” ~ unknown (1 John 1:5) There is a bit more objective Truth in this verse than many might realize; for the simple reason that all matter is indeed essentially composed of various condensations of light, and — as the Bible itself tells us […]
“When reviled, we Bless; when persecuted, we Endure; when slandered, we Speak kindly.” ~ Paul (1 Corinthians 4:12-13) NOTE in this verse that we do not “endure” in the Divine sense of that word by waiting patiently for things to get better or for a particular trial to pass on its own … Rather, […]
Roughly 2300 years ago, a Greek philosopher named Epicurus made a most intriguing postulation regarding the presence of evil — one especially poignant for all those who considered themselves to be in any way religious … It went (and still goes) something like this: This is indeed a brilliantly concise summation of the problem for […]
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