Angels walk through Scripture, sometimes visible, sometimes invisible, speaking to faithful men, drawing the veil of human sight to reveal visions of God, warning, punishing, working miracles, caring for some, destroying others – and in how …
Philemon was a brother in Christ. Onesimus was his slave. A contradictory situation. Employing people is one thing, and even that is subject to dangerous abuse by employer and employee; but keeping slaves is so completely alien to the Christian …
The dictionary definition of intercessor is “one that is a peacemaker between two, someone who pleads for one, a prayer on behalf of someone.” Such a definition shows that intercession is almost if not absolutely synonymous with mediation or advocacy.
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One thing is clear; the Fourth Gospel is very different from the other three. While Matthew, Mark and Luke are often printed together in Gospel Parallels, rarely is any attempt made to include John with these “Synoptic …