In my New Testament class this week, we discussed the use of the word "love" in the Gospel of John. In particular, we focused on the first verse of John 13, how Jesus loved "his own", and loved them "to the end." On one hand, this phrase could mean that Jesus loved people literally until the end of his life; or, it could also mean that Jesus loved people in such a complete, ultimate, far-reaching way that we do not fully understand. As pointed out in class, we can then use this last... Read More

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There is a Difference in the Belief of Jesus and the Faith in Jesus. That is that A belief in Jesus is a lazy way of saying,  "I know who he is." Well, having Faith means action must be present. Jesus never did a healing where a simple belief was requiered, but Faith all the way. There was a woman that believed that just by touching Jesus she would be healed, however, it took her action of getting though that crowd to grab a hold of Jesus' cloths in order to be healed. Then there wa... Read More

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