The Culture of Hope Founded on Faith
Monthly Archives: January 2022
We are the Body of Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit that are divided out to each of us are for the efficient functioning of the body, directed by the Holy Spirit. According to Merrill Unger, “A gift implies a settled and continual abilities to do something again and again” (from The Gift of Seeing Angels and Demons: A Handbook for Discerners of Spirits, pp 15-16). There are several Bible passages that, between them, build the list of…..
All To the Glory of God
John 9:1-3 describes part of a conversation between Jesus and His disciples: “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, ‘Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.’
“Why is there suffering?” is…..
John 1:16-17 tells us that “of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace, for the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” Romans 8:2 demonstrates this replacement with “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” The law of Moses taught us the need for grace and Jesus provided the grace that met that need.
How does our…..
Music is a very important factor in human culture. Every cohesive culture has its shared songs, with the understanding of the purpose of each – mourning celebration, patriotism, worship, instruction, etc. It is said that music is the universal language. It has form, rhythm, and meter that can be interpreted by the hearer, even if there is no mutual linguistic understanding. It used to be that Catholics could go into any Catholic Church around the world and enjoy comprehension because…..