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Creedal Christians: The Nicene Creed

...gain with glory Matthew 26:64; Mark 13:26; Jn 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:17 to judge both the living and the dead. to judge both the living and the dead. Acts 10:42; Matthew 3:12; 16:27; 2 Cor 5:10; 2 Tim 4:1; 1 Peter 4:5   Whose kingdom shall have no end. Heb 1:8; 2 Peter 1:11 And in the Holy Ghost. And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life Acts 1:8; John 6:63; 2 Cor 3:6   Who proceeds from the Father, John 15:26   and the Son; (Latin: filioque) John 16:7   Who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephe...

Lent, Lament and Lockdown

...one is my glory, and all that I had hoped for from the LORD.”   Hope in the face of darkness As we look forward to the end of this pandemic with hope like a light at the end of a tunnel, in the meantime we just learn to live in the darkness as the Apostles did on those gloomy days between the crucifixion and the resurrection; when their world ended but was then reborn better than ever expected! They only had to wait a couple of days to see their hope realised, whereas we have no idea how long this will last. How long will we go without seeing friends and family, meeting up at restaurants or going to church again? Only time will tell, but in the midst o...

What are the Seraphim, and was the devil one of them?

...ll of his glory.” As we see from Isaiah’s description of the seraphim, they have wings, faces and feet, and in verses six and seven, they must have hands of some sort to be able to hold tongues and give coal to Isaiah. We don’t really hear from the seraphim again until we get an inference in John’s Revelation, where they are called “living creatures” in a similar scene that Isaiah saw, described very much in the same way, except with the terrifying visual addition that they are covered in eyes: Revelation 4:8And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,...

An Examination of Conditional Immortality (Part One)

...and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgement and destruction of the godless. As you can see from these few examples, there is a pretty uniform semantic range here, which in any other context would mean what it says without any implication of ‘unending pain and torment’ which is often read into the text; and shows that...

Slavery in the Bible – Does God Condone Slavery?

...rt of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). It says that, “There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10). 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” In Romans 6:23 we learn that the punishment for sin is eternity away from God in hell, forever. So we have a problem. We are slaves to sin and the punishment of that sin is eternity away from God in hell forever! But in t...

The Relationship Between Jesus and Sophia

...Now you may be wondering about the title, or thinking “who the heck is Sophia??” — well, bear with me, and all will be revealed. It’s not as sinister or weird as it may first appear. I saw a post on my Instagram feed the other day that just got me a little riled up. I’ll admit it, I can be a little short-tempered at times, especially around the subject of Jesus and seeing him/the Christian faith misrepresented to such a degree that it could mislead others down the wrong path. I don’t normally write responses to things like this, but I felt this one deserved it, mainly just to add some clarity to a somewhat confusing topic, and so there’s a pla...