Between Promise and Fulfillment: What to Know About the Time Between the Testaments

Old Testament history concludes with the Jewish people’s release from exile, their return to Jerusalem, and the rebuilding of the city, the Temple, and its walls. The prophetic ministry of Malachi, commonly dated to around 440 BC, marks the close of the Hebrew Scriptures. The period stretching from the dedication of Zerubbabel’s rebuilt Temple in … Continue reading Between Promise and Fulfillment: What to Know About the Time Between the Testaments

The Era of Promise: An Overview of the Old Testament

The Bible reveals to us God’s promises, commandments, and works. God’s people are well off to be fully knowledgeable of the Scriptures. The Scriptures are “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,” and they are a source of life transformation, making us “complete, equipped for every good work” (1 Tim. … Continue reading The Era of Promise: An Overview of the Old Testament

Athanasius: The human race would have gone to ruin if the Lord and Savior of all, the Son of God, had not come.

For the Word perceived that death was the only way that the corruption of people could be undone. However, it was impossible for the Word to suffer death, being immortal and Son of the Father. Therefore, he takes to himself a body capable of death, so that such a body, by partaking of the Word … Continue reading Athanasius: The human race would have gone to ruin if the Lord and Savior of all, the Son of God, had not come.

The Holy Spirit at Pentecost: Insights from Peter’s Sermon in Acts 2

During the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, just weeks after Resurrection Sunday, the Holy Spirit descended upon the first followers of Jesus Christ. Empowered by the Spirit, believers began speaking in other tongues, declaring “the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11). [1] Crowds quickly gathered as Jesus’ followers proclaimed God’s works in the various languages of … Continue reading The Holy Spirit at Pentecost: Insights from Peter’s Sermon in Acts 2

Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument

Beautiful without doubt is the world, excelling, as well in its magnitude as in the arrangement of its parts, both those in the oblique circle and those about the north, and also in its spherical form. Yet it is not this, but its Artificer, that we must worship. For when any of your subjects come … Continue reading Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument