Apr. 29—The New Covenant that Jesus Christ personified is easily expressed but profound in its implications. The Revs. Landon Coleman and Bill Hutto say its essence is that Jesus died to expiate the ...
In Genesis chapter four, Abram brings a tithe or a tenth to Melchizedek of all of the goods he had taken from the King of Sodom. Abram did not take any of the spoils for himself because he did not ...
I'm sure all of us are very familiar with this feast of Corpus Christi, which means, "Body of Christ," but which we now celebrate as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Most of us probably ...
I wonder how many of us noticed that there was a discrepancy between the version of the descent of the Holy Spirit given to us by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles and the version given to us by ...
In worldwide youth broadcast, President D. Todd Christofferson answered youth’s questions about the covenant path and ...
The terms contract, agreement, treaty and covenant have the same basic legal interpretation. Two or more sides, or parties, have agreed to carry out obligations or responsibilities in exchange for ...
The idea of “covenant” comes up frequently in proposed solutions to mainline crises. Before writing its final report, the PCUSA Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church drew up ...
A brief response to Robert Foster on my book, ‘Irresistible.’ First, I’d like to put to rest any fears that my truncated quotation of 2 Timothy 3:16 in the book was intentionally shortened. Foster ...
Society was changing rapidly in Jesus’ day, and this affected the interpretation of biblical law. Precepts that had made sense in an independent, agrarian and egalitarian Israel no longer functioned ...
This is Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci’s vision of Jesus Christ, titled “Salvator Mundi” or “Savior of the World.” Da Vinci lived from 1452-1519. (Courtesy Photo) The New Covenant that Jesus Christ ...