[By Aditya Swathi B.] నిన్ను విడువను నిన్ను ఎడబాయను, నిబ్బరముగలిగి ధైర్యముగా నుండుము Joshua 1:5,6 The LORD said to Joshua … ‘I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous’ (Joshua 1:5,6 – ESV). గొప్ప నాయకుడైన మోషే చనిపోయిన తరువాత , బహు విస్తార జనాంగమైన ఇశ్రాయేలీయులను నడిపించుటకు యెహోషువా భయపడి ఉండవచ్చును. అందుకే దేవుడు అంత గొప్పగా ధైర్యం చెప్పెను….
Month: January 2021
Did Jesus really die for our sins?
[article originally by Mr.P – edited by ALM] Once, when I told a contact that ‘Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture‘ (1 Corinthians 15:3), the challenge came back: “There is no clear text for this huge part of your faith that Christ died for our sins. He never mentioned this out of…
The Beginning of Hope – Jesus Christ’s Resurrection Prophesied
In these uncertain days, the Bible gives us great comfort and encouragement, for it tells us there is hope. The first reference to this HOPE is found in Acts 2:26, and is actually a quotation from Psalm 16:9. In Acts 2, Peter is explaining to the crowds gathered in Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost,…
Was Jesus disrespectful to His mother?
[Article by Mr.P] Sometime shortly after the occasion of Jesus’ baptism, Mary (Jesus’ mother), along with Jesus and some of the disciples were invited to a wedding. We read about this in John ch.2. During the wedding “they ran out of wine” which in the Jewish culture of that time, was such a mistake it…
The Deity of Christ before the Council of Nicaea.
[article by Mr.P] The First Council of Nicaea was a council of bishops in the Church, organised in the city of Nicea in Bithynia (now called Iznik in Turkey) and called by the Roman Emperor Constantine. It lasted from May to August AD 325. This ecumenical council was the first effort to achieve agreement in the Church…
13 Witnesses to Jesus Christ’s Deity
[Article by Mr.P] God The Father called Jesus Christ God: • Hebrews 1:8-10 “But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. v9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil…
“No one is good but One, that is, God”
[Article by Mr.P] Luke 18:18-21 (NKJV) records the following occasion “Now a certain ruler asked Him (Jesus v16), saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” v19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. v20 You know the commandments:…
As Jesus called the Father “the only true God”, can Jesus also be God?
[Article by Mr.P] “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 Some state that John 17:3 is evidence to deny the Trinity; to deny that Jesus Christ is God. Their reasoning is that if Jesus were God, then He would…
Questioning the Qur’an #48:9
لِّتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًا The Question: Does this verse commit Shirk (Idolatry)? ‘In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger, that ye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and evening.’ Yusuf Ali As I examine this verse, I notice that a man…
Time how swift.
While with ceaseless course the sunHasted through the former year,Many souls their race have run,Never more to meet us here:Fix’d in an eternal state,They have done with all below;We a little longer wait,But how little none can know. As the winged arrow flies,Speedily the mark to find;As the lightning from the skiesDarts and leaves no…
Forward in Hope 