Do the following words have any relationship to using pictures of Jesus in churches? Exodus 20:4-5. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to …
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The Temptation of Christ
Jesus was tempted, as it is written, “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” — Matthew 4:1 What exactly does it means to say that Jesus was tempted? Did he want the thing that was offered while he denied himself of his desire? What (if …
God is like this: Jesus washed feet
The Incarnation (Jesus is God in Flesh) is God being what God is like. He was always like what he is like, and in the incarnation he was being the same way as he has always been – now in human flesh. Jesus washing the feet of his disciples is not God saying, “See, I …
Death is not an Impediment to Deity
Every now and then I pull into Amazon.com and browse a few of the “Recommended books” they have for me; I love it that they point me to books I end up liking. Here is a spectacular quote from one such book: Jesus is what happened to God This is from The Preached God, …
Truly, God Hides Himself
“Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.” — Isaiah 45:15 Our Creator hides himself from us. And that is counterintuitive of what we hear from our religious authorities. They regularly picture God as exhausting himself in his efforts to show himself to us. But God hides. And he …