There is only one true Messiah, one Savior who takes away the sins of the world and is bringing about the restoration of all things, and his name is Jesus.
Continue ReadingTranslating literally as “god from the machine,” deus ex machina refers to an overly convenient resolution to the plot.
Continue ReadingDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Continue ReadingBishop Myriel tells Valjean, “Do not forget, do not ever forget, that you have promised me to use the money to make yourself an honest man.”
Continue ReadingAncient Hebrew does not have the benefit of the punctuation that is so common to us who write in English or other Latin-based languages.
Continue ReadingWithin the first few pages of Augustine’s autobiographical classic, Confessions, the early church father ruminates on what it means that God is omnipresent.
Continue ReadingIn a 1966 episode of the classic sitcom Gilligan’s Island, the titular Gilligan finds seeds that give him the ability to read the minds of his fellow castaways.
Continue ReadingThe remarkable thing is that Zechariah wasn’t questioning all the great things the angel said John would accomplish.
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