Luther wrote a treatise titled On The Jews and Their Lies in 1543 just three years before his death. In this book, among many other insults, Luther described Jews as a “base, whoring people, that is, no people of God, and their boast of lineage, circumcision, and law must be accounted as filth.” He also … Continue reading On The Jews and Their Lies a Summary
These notes have been prepared from teaching by Derek Prince. The following is a practical paper on how to fast. DEFINITION OF FASTING Fasting is abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. (Although there are biblical accounts of people fasting from food AND water, we will consider abstaining from food only.) People can fast together in … Continue reading Practical Teaching on Biblical Fasting
This post will form part of many posts on the subject of receiving the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. Tongues has come under a lot of debate over the last 100 years mainly due to misunderstandings of what Jesus said and what Paul wrote on this subject mainly in the letter to … Continue reading Understanding Ministry and Spiritual Gifts using 1 Corinthians 12:30
Question:- Trinitarians say that because Jesus the Christ was divine and human, His sacrificial death had infinite value, and thus could pay for the sins of everyone. If Christ gave up His deity and His age-enduring life to become human like us (per Philippians 2:7), was His death a sufficient ransom for all simply because … Continue reading Kenosis Answers The Question was Jesus Fully Human Just Like Us?
I spoke to some Christians over one weekend and it was interesting that their eschatology was not well developed nor had any knowledge of the potential plan of Satan to perform a possible role reversal which of course God is aware. Derek Prince in the 1980's warned that Islam was going to be involved in … Continue reading Is Islam being used by our Enemy to Perform a Possible Role Reversal during Daniels 70th Week?
Throughout the bible we see references to the land being an inheritance for Israel as a grouping. Following are just two important post bible era Church Fathers as they are called statements about fulling the Abrahamic covenant which included a very large piece of land in the middle east. Justin Martyr (AD 100-165) Christian apologist … Continue reading The Abrahamic Inheritance was the Earliest Christian Hope
The post explains that prayer should be directed to the Father as Jesus instructed, emphasizing worship of Jesus as the Son of God. It highlights the importance of honoring Jesus as the image of God and the reconciler of humanity, stating worship is directed toward the persons of the Father and Son, not abstract divinity.
The Hebrew word "olam" signifies a distant time or horizon, often misconstrued as "eternity" in English. It encompasses long durations, but lacks a single equivalent for "eternity" in Classical Hebrew. Various applications of olam reveal its context-dependent meanings, limited to a person's lifetime or specific ages rather than infinite time.
Early Christian writings from the second century consistently depict water baptism as the moment of sin remission and regeneration. Figures like Ignatius, Barnabas, and Irenaeus emphasize baptism's significance in gaining spiritual rebirth and community with Christ, aligning with biblical teachings and opposing alternative interpretations on redemption and faith.
Ancient Greek, particularly during the New Testament period, lacked a formal punctuation system and spaces between words. Written in capital letters, texts relied on reader comprehension. The introduction of punctuation occurred centuries later, leading to varied interpretations in translations, which reflects translators' biases in rendering biblical texts with modern punctuation conventions.
Biblical Teaching to Equip Every Christian 