Restoring Truth about Marriage and Divorce from the Old and New Testaments. It is a "penetrating study of an issue that has become paramount in our contemporary world."
This is one in a series of articles that have been written for COMPASS magazine, a publication published in Singapore and circulated worldwide. Bill Lawrence is a regular contributor.
“I’ve decided to sell my company. It’ll be worth more money in a couple of years, but I’ve decided to sell it now.”
With these words my long time friend showed an understanding of one of the most important principles of leadership reality: more means less.
NOTE: To many, the Book of Proverbs is known a book of Wisdom. While Proverbs is full of many wise sayings, A Topical Treasury of Proverbs clearly reveals the Lord as the source of all wisdom. Wisdom is presented as knowledge, understanding, discernment and instruction. The Lord's wisdom helps us live a righteous life, be attentive to the voice of wisdom, develop compassion, generosity, gentleness, humility and so on.
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In the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, by Norm Geisler (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998; p. 532), there is a comment about the number of textual variants among New Testament manuscripts:
Some have estimated there are about 200,000 of them. First of all, these are not “errors” but variant readings, the vast majority of which are strictly grammatical. Second, these readings are spread throughout more than 5300 manuscripts, so that a variant spelling of one letter of one word in one verse in 2000 manuscripts is counted as 2000 “errors.”
要抓著哥林多前書對我們這時代的適切性，實在離我們不遠。最近我在《達拉斯日報》信仰版找到兩則與我們的信息有直接關係的報導。這一篇是敍述一次由守約者(Promise Keepers)舉辦，在喬治亞州亞特蘭大市的牧者聚會：
這些男士（教會的牧者）說，他們對世界的需要有重擔、對發牢騷的會眾感到疲累、沒有給自己家庭有足夠時間感到憂慮。他們為自己缺乏地位而洩氣和氣餒1。
David Wells 在同一個問題上有以下的看法：
事工就是現今的世代露宿者。不但在不信的社會中，就是在教會中，它們都沒有地位。因它們是信仰的「承辦商」，現今世界把它們看作無有。因對神職人員的期望，,這期望又在二十世紀大肆膨脹，很少人能很久地滿足他們的會眾，很多人只有在嘗試中疲於奔命。為了找到喘息的機會，他們只有像遊牧民族一樣，從一間教會流落到另一間。結果他們與教會及社會都脫節了。2
The characteristics of the lion and the lamb form a vivid contrast of expectations when used metaphorically. While the lion is known for its strength and ferocity, the lamb is regarded as a gentle and dependent creature. Nevertheless, both are at times associated with the person and work of God. This study entails a study of pertinent biblical texts, which portray the Lord in these two metaphors, with special attention to their culmination in the person and work of Christ.
Meus pais vivem à beira de um lago no Estado de Washington. Na semana passada, aconteceu uma coisa bastante estranha naquele lugar. Anos atrás, o antigo dono (o que construiu a propriedade) plantou alguns lírios às margens do lago. Eles são lindos, variando em cores que vão desde o branco-rosado até um vermelho vibrante.
