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These are photos that I have taken of flowers growing in this region.

Those who choose to follow a set of laws while believing that they can sanctify themselves through the keeping of those laws will receive a rude awakening: Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world...

Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man...

When Moses wrote the creation stories of Genesis 1&2, the Hebrews already knew a creation epic which they had learned as fact in Egypt: www.theologywebsite.com/etext/egypt/creation.shtml In that earlier creation epic they had been taught that the sun and moon were deities, the stars were the...

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all...

Ruth- It sounds like the man thought he was saved because of what he did, rather than truly putting his trust in Jesus' atoning sacrifice. St. John the Apostle told us there are two 'make or break' commandments which we all must accept in order to have assurance of salvation: Dear friends...

We Christians do have a code of conduct which we are to abide by: So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict...

St. Paul himself found that he had serious problems when he tried to live legalistically: We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to...

KCKID- Here is the Sabbath commandment: Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or...

Hello to all. I am new to this website, but not new to Christian discussion and debate. I was reared in the Presbyterian Church, and have had experiences with other denominations. I married in 1967, and my wife and I were married until her death in 2008. I am now (as of 1973) a member of the...