PhD candidate in NT & Christian Origins | University of Edinburgh | “Qui proficit in literis et deficit in moribus, plus deficit quam proficit." ––P. J. Spener
Finally had a chance to visit Grottaferrata and hold in my hands this 10th-cent. Apostolos lectionary!
Many thanks to the team at the Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale di Grottaferrata.
@sccarlson Thanks for sticking around until the last paper, Stephen! I know you were sacrificing your sleep. Too bad there were no questions or comments, though… was looking forward to some feedback!
At the heart of the abortion movement is something dark and (I don’t say this lightly)demonic.
Watch as abortion activists in a Latin American country,burn the effigy of unborn babies.
Pls pray for an end to this barbaric practice. #PrayToEndAbortion
🎥credit: Dr Michael Brown
1 Cor 2.1–5
The source of the message is God, the content of the message is Jesus Christ crucified, and the carrier of the message is the Holy Spirit.
What have we that we should boast?
"God has a bigger mouth to speak with, than I had a heart to conceive with" (John Bunyan)
"Deus tem uma boca maior para falar do que eu um coração para entender."
"Pecado e corrupção... borbulhariam de dentro do meu coração tão naturalmente quanto água borbulha de uma fonte" (John Bunyan).
Só existe solução onde existe problema. Quem não reconhece seu problema de pecado está impossibilitado de desfrutar da solução de Deus (cf. Ef 2.1–10).
Apologetics has its limitations. The responsible apologist will recognize this fact. You cannot argue people into the kingdom of God. Apologetics creates a climate favorable to faith; it does not create faith.
"Because they did not understand the utterances of the prophets they fulfilled them by condemning Jesus." Acts 13:27. Some scriptures are fulfilled by godly understanding (Matthew 5:17], and some by ungodly misunderstanding.
"Porque a Tua misericórdia dura para sempre, Tu mesmo, quando perdoas todos os débitos de uma alma qualquer, condescendes a Te tornares devedor pelas Tuas promessas."––Agostinho, "Confissões."