The founders of the world’s religions say, “Do! Do! Do!” but Christ says, “Done! It is finished!” Steve Kumar
CHRISTIANITY, UNIQUENESS OF
This is the unique element in the gospel, which tells us that what we could never do, God has done. We cannot climb up to heaven to discover God, but God has come down to earth, in the person of his Son, to reveal himself to us in the only way we could really understand: … Continue reading “CHRISTIANITY,
UNIQUENESS OF”
CHRISTIANITY, SPREAD OF
The gospel will be spread abroad over the seas and the islands in the ocean, and among the people dwelling therein, who are called “the fulness thereof.” And that word has been made good. For churches of Christ fill all the islands, and are being multiplied every day, and the teaching of the Word of … Continue reading “CHRISTIANITY,
SPREAD OF”
CHRISTIANITY, NEW TESTAMENT
The Christianity of the New Testament simply does not exist. Millions of people through the centuries have little by little cheated God out of Christianity, and have succeeded in making Christianity exactly the opposite of what it is in the New Testament. Søren Kierkegaard
CHRISTIANITY, DESTRUCTION OF
It is at least possible that we are the generation of believers who will destroy much of historic Christianity from within – not, in the first instance, by rancid unbelief, but by raising relatively peripheral questions to the place where, functionally, they displace what is central. D.A. Carson. The greatest threat to the cause of … Continue reading “CHRISTIANITY,
DESTRUCTION OF”
TRINITY
The theory of three person in one God (that is, a personal Trinity or Tri-unity) suggest polytheism. Mary Baker Eddy __________
RESURRECTION OF JESUS
His disciples believed Jesus to be dead while he was hidden in the sepulcher, whereas he was alive. Mary Baker Eddy
PENTECOST
His students then received the Holy Ghost. By this is meant, that by all they had witnessed and suffered, they were roused to an enlarged understanding of divine Science. Mary Baker Eddy
LIFE
See also: Christian; Christian living Christian Life Martin Luther 1. Prayer. For this reason you should despair of your wisdom and reason; for with these you will acquire nothing, but by your arrogance cast yourself and others into the pit of hell as did Lucifer. Kneel down in your chamber and ask God in true … Continue reading “LIFE”
JESUS’ BLOOD
The material blood of Jesus was no more efficacious to cleanse from sin when it was shed upon “the accursed tree,” than when it was flowing in his veins as he went daily about his Father’s business. Mary Baker Eddy