| That Christ died "for our sins" is an article of faith confessed in every creed and taught in every catechism. There can be no adequate recollection of Jesus without confessing the meaning of his suffering and death (Augustine, CG XIII, XVII, NPNF 1II, pp. 245-61, 337-60; Pearson, EC I, pp. 347-51). Quote taken from Thomas Oden's Systematic Theology; The Word of Life, pp. 316. |
Wesley died on Wednesday March 2, 1791, in his eighty-eighth year. As he lay dying, his friends gathered around him, Wesley grasped their hands and said repeatedly, "Farewell, farewell." At the end, summoning all his remaining strength, he cried out, "The best of all is, God is with us," lifted his arms and raised his feeble voice again, repeating the words, "The best of all is, God is with us." Copyright © 1993-2007. Wesley Center for Applied Theology. All Rights Reserved. 623 Holly Street, Nampa, ID 83686. |
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| MUSIC: "God's in the Business" by Gospel Bond from their album: "Oh My, MY" |
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| For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, . . . 1 Corinthians 15: 3,4 NASB translation |
| There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. John 19:18, English Standard Version (ESV) |
| Anthony Van Dyke (Flemish painter,1599-1641) Penitent Apostle Peter (1617-1618), Oil on canvas, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia. |
| To read about Peter click on the Van Dyke painting. |
| Truth is not within man's reach. It is only in God. It is a peak of insight. One must strain to attain it. There are no proofs to validate ultimate Truth, since perception and reason say one thing and Truth may reveal the opposite. The only alternative is to eliminate the self, to grow in faith. Faith is more perceptive than reason. Abraham Joshua Heschel A Passion For Truth page 164 |
| What is one of the major roots of evil in our insane world? The answer offered in this book is: mendacity, falsehood, wantonness of words, perversion of the heart. Falsehood is a refuge, an asylum for the cruel, the violent, for consummate criminals. What begins in a lie ends in blasphemy. Abraham Joshua Heschel A Passion For Truth page 158 |
| Thank God for Gospel Music! |
| Jesus is Lord!! |
| Click on mountains above to view some fabulous photographs which will help you with the experience of wonder, which can in turn produce knowledge. |
| "It is by faith and love of God that finds expression in deeds that we live as Jews." Abraham Joshua Heschel made this profound assertion about what he believed to be the beliefs and practices of biblical Judaism. As Christians we share similar beliefs and practices: It is by faith (in Christ) and love of God that finds expression in deeds that we live as Christians. (J. E. Moore) James 2: 14-17 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works , is dead, being by itself. (NASB) |
| Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6 |