A movement variously called "Interfaith dialogue," "global neighborhood," or "new religious union," are part of the pressure being brought to bear by groups such as the World Council of Churches and the United Nations to develop a …
Most people have heard about "Judgment Day." We often hear jokes bantered around about meeting "Saint Peter" at the "pearly gates" and about the different things that are required to convince him that he should let you into "heaven." …
Most translations fail to bring out that two different words are translated as "love" in John 21:15-17. Twice, Jesus asks Peter if he had agape love for Him, and both times Peter says, "Yes, You know that I love you"—but Peter does not …

(10) Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. (11) But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
The word "reconciled" in verse 11 is katallasso , which specifically refers to mutual reconciliation, that is, "a return to harmony." However, the force here is a little different. Paul is speaking to a wife who has decided to leave her …
Jesus Christ’s teaching in Matthew 11:16-19 expresses a deep emotional appeal, centered around a cry from the children for an audience: But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, and saying: We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon.” The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!” But wisdom is justified …
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