"Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me." --Matt. 11:6 "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended." --John 16:1 One of the greatest perils of the Christian life lurks in the common pathway of discipleship. It is the peril of being offended in Christ. The fellowship to which the
"And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shall be clean." --II Kings 5:10 "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases." --Psalm 103:3 The biography of Naaman is a precious contribution to the evidence that the love
This is likely one of Tertullian's earlier works as it appears as if it has not been polished for publication. This work was later reworked to produce the Apologeticum. It consists of two books. The first book discusses judicial procedures used during the persecution of Christians. The second book discussed slanders against Christians (which Tertullian
This writing, which gives valuable clues to times and circumstances, was written around 215 AD. It is addressed to Scapula (likely Scapula Tertullus), Proconsul of Africa, who had begun persecuting Christians. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (Tertullian), an early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa, attempts to convince Scapula that persecution of
In this work, written around 200 years after the events, Tertullian defends Jesus as an actual person. At the time, some argued that Jesus miraculous works were only possible because he was a "ghost" or phantom. In particular, Tertullian calls out Marcion of Sinope by name and discounts Marcion's proposal that the Old Testament Yahweh
The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, also known as the Didache, was written sometime between 100-200 AD. Lost for many centuries, a Greek manuscript of the Didache was discovered in 1873 in the Codex Hierosolymitanus (an 11th Century Greek manuscript). It is believed to be a composite work composed over a long period of time
"He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls." --Psalm 106:15 We frequently make the mistake of limiting the call of the Gospel to the initial alternatives which it presents. It sets before us Christ and His kingdom as against the world and its attractions; and urges upon us the necessity of choice. Indeed,
"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel." --Amos 4:12 "Therefore be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." --Matt. 24:44 I am going to speak to you on some thoughts
"Yea though I walk through the valley...."--Psalm 23:4 Not everything happens in the world just as God wishes. When people say, "Whatever is, is best," they cannot really mean what they say, or they mean it with certain conditions and reservations which filch the literal meaning from the words. If, in simple truth, "Whatever is, is