“He’s no longer in the land of the living,” we say with great solemnity as we pronounce that our friend has fallen asleep on the sofa. It’s a phrase we use fairly commonly, either to mean prosaically, “they’re dead”—which is actually uncommon because we prefer cleaner euphemisms that hide the reality entirely—or to refer to… Continue reading What is the ‘Land of the Living?’→| nuakh
Spiritualizing the influence of Egypt and Babylon has been done many times, I really cannot remember a sermon about the evils of Assyria. From my background studies I will say they were not nice an…| Mark's Bible Study
In Matthew 23:16+17 Jesus is giving the leaders of the Jews a lesson on gold and the temple. He is at the end of His forty months of ministry and will be on the cross in a few days. Early in His mi…| Mark's Bible Study
Prophets in Babylon Jeremiah 29:1 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, the women, children, and men whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2...| The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. | Womanists Wading in the Word™
A Sermon for McAfee School of Theology Jeremiah 17 7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Author of Life, …| The Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. | Womanists Wading in the Word™
Once upon a time, there was a man who was thrown into prison for publishing a comment about a bad government. His name was Maximilian Kolbe. While he was in prison, one of the prisoners escaped and…| IGNITUM TODAY