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- What “My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts” Really Means
Isaiah 55 addresses exiled individuals doubting God’s patience after Jerusalem’s fall. It emphasizes God’s abundant pardon and forgiveness, contrasting human notions of conditional forgiveness. The chapter reveals that God’s ways of mercy far exceed human understanding, inviting sinners to seek Him without fear, promising compassion and abundant pardon through Christ. - Burning Bibles to the Glory of God
Sea mist settled over William Tyndale as the ship carried him toward Germany, seeking financial assistance in hopes of continuing his work of translating the Bible into English from its original Greek and Hebrew. This was 1524, and the young scholar had already spent years wrestling with a conviction… - Doctoral Marginalia: Luther vs. Zwingli
This thought comes from my reading of History of the Reformation in the 16th Century, Vol. 3 by J.H. Merle D’Aubigné. D’Aubigné (1794–1872) was a Swiss Reformed historian and theologian who served as professor of church history at the Theological School of Geneva. In Book 11, Chapter 4, he… - Portraits From the Past: Macrina the Younger
Historical Context The fourth century was a period of remarkable theological conflict. Although the Council of Nicaea condemned Arianism in 325 A.D., the decades that followed required extraordinary men to defend and articulate Nicene orthodoxy. Among them were Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus —… - More Than a Man’s Voice: The Nature of Faithful Preaching
Most Christians think of a sermon as a man explaining the Bible. The Apostle Paul thought it was something more. What follows is a brief exposition of 2 Timothy 4:1-3. The Apostle Paul is writing his final letter. He knows his days are numbered. He tells Timothy plainly in…