Parables & Fairytales Modern advertisers know that story is a powerful tool to get a message across. Entire commercials can be written as miniature narratives easily burned into the minds of potential customers. Stories grip us and stay with us when sometimes facts and statistics might not. Jesus knew this…
Matthew
Matthew appears as the first book of the New Testament and the first in line to tell the story of Jesus. Matthew's biography of Jesus is very Jewish in nature - focusing on themes and questions relevant to first-century Jewish concerns, and even structured around five main blocks of teaching from Jesus - like a miniature version of the five books of the Torah.
Gentiles
Gentiles In the life of a child raised in religion, it becomes very clear that there are lines that divide some people from others. For those raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, it may at first seem that the world is made up primarily of Adventists and non-Adventists: Those who…
To Die For
To Die For > Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward…
Blessed
Blessed The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is the longest uninterrupted collection of Jesus’ teachings we have in the entire Bible, and many Christian theologians, such as Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonheoffer, consider it to be the core of Christianity. Jesus opens his discourse with The Beatitudes, a highly…
Lord Of The Sabbath
Lord Of The Sabbath Without a doubt, keeping the Sabbath is the most prominent religious characteristic of being a Seventh-day Adventist. It’s the first part of the name, it ties into beliefs about Creation, and Adventist interpretation of prophecy says that the Sabbath will be one of the ultimate…