As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The accounts of Resurrection Sunday morning in scripture seem to indicate that the resurrection of Jesus bodily from the tomb was a surprise—to the women who went there, to the disciples, and to Jerusalem….
“Should I have warned my friend not to take the Lord’s Supper? It’s a good question. But it raises several other questions: who exactly is the Lord’s Supper for? Who should say who can partake of the Lord’s Supper?” - 9 Marks
“ ‘While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.’ One reason is because we’re sinners. Another is because the average person wouldn’t imagine that happiness could be found in God.” - Alcorn
The “pre-tribulation rapture” is the belief that Jesus will remove the church (the living and the dead) from the earth before the great tribulation. Faithful Christians who believe this often cite Revelation 3:10 as a key proof for this doctrine. However, the preponderance of evidence does not support this claim.
“It had been over three hours by now…. Three hours of anguish and suffering. Now, though, at about three in the afternoon, it was coming to an end.” - Cripplegate
“Today’s scholars seriously discuss the resurrection’s historicity. They recognize that the ancient sources tell a coherent narrative about the days following Jesus’s death. The mainstream view among historians today is that it’s more probable than not that Jesus’s tomb was empty and that people genuinely believed they saw the resurrected Jesus.” - TGC
Last semester, one of my friends, who adjuncts at a local college, told a story about how he pulled one of his students aside after reading an essay that didn’t quite sound like him. The tone seemed too polished and robotic. The structure came across symmetrically predictable. It eventually came out that the young man had used AI to write the paper. But that wasn’t the part that blew up my brain.
“Scripture explains that knowing is a lot more than possessing facts. More specifically, the book of Proverbs describes wisdom as something that comes only from rigour: the rigour of study, of obedience, and of experience. Wisdom is a gift given by God.” - David de Bruyn
"Demons is the most common term we use, but... Typically, a diminutive form of this term is used to refer to evil spiritual beings. In the Old and New Testaments, this term is linked closely with idolatry, false religions, and their evil practices" - The Cripplegate
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