Many people believe in angels but have difficulty in believing in God. Some are sure they have been rescued or guided from peril by them. Throughout the history many people of different faiths and cultures speak of divine messengers, but what does the Bible tell us angels? In this post, I examine Scripture on the subject of angels.
Scripture suggests that a man or woman will regret nothing about the circumstances of their lives but will rue their decisions in response to them. In this post, I examine what God would have us know about eternal regret.
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5.3)
Greek word translated: μακαριοι; makarioi (3107)
Jesus, during his Galilean ministry, sitting high on a hillside above the lake, describes as ‘blessed’ people who are suffering in one form or another; mourning, humbled, hungering, thirsting and persecuted. At first reading this sounds odd, if not ridiculous.
The sermon on the mount is the closest Jesus came to setting out a ‘manifesto’, if you will, a summary of his ministry. Controversial and counter-cultural, then and now, Read more
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