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Christian theology is the doctrine and philosophy of the church as flowing from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It has developed its rigor over the past two thousand years as a result of various debates and councils. Theology explores a vast array of ideas such as the Trinity, the sacraments, and the problem of evil.
Pastor vs. Priest: What are the differences?
Christianity is a very old, very widespread religion, and so there’s been a lot of terminology built up over the centuries that can get confusing. There are pastors, bishops, ministers, deacons, vicars, cardinals, elders, and p...
Healing is the children's bread?
The pop-culture image of Jesus is that he was a “nice guy”. He was compassionate and gentle with everyone and certainly didn’t deliberately put people down or antagonize them. Or did he? There is a fascinating passage in the Go...
Where is Amenadiel in the Bible?
Amenadiel is a figure from the DC comic Lucifer – a Neil Gaiman comic subsequently released as a 6-season television series in 2016. Amenadiel is portrayed as the older brother of Lucifer and the eldest of the angelic siblings,...
What does Jehovah Tsidkenu mean?
Because the Bible is long, complex, and technical, it’s easy for people to take this or that part out of the Bible and get absorbed in endless details that seem dramatic and engaging but which may entirely miss the point of the...
God vs Jesus: Are God and Jesus the same person?
I want to warn you about something before we get into this article. The Trinity is probably the most difficult concept to understand in Christianity. People don’t like that. When people ask questions about Christianity, they te...
What is the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
The “litany of the sacred heart” is a prayer that petitions God to have mercy on the petitioner. The prayer directly addresses the “heart of Jesus”, with much of the litany describing its characteristics, such as “king and cent...
"Your gift will make room for you." A look at Proverbs 18:16
Proverbs chapters 18, like the rest of Proverbs, consists of a series of edifying sayings, good advice, and wise observations about the world. Because the Proverbs are written in a way that makes them seem like self-contained e...
"A man shall leave his father and mother." What does it mean?
What does the Bible mean when it says “a man shall leave his father and mother” and that him and his wife will become "one flesh"? In short, the Bible sees marriage as creating a new single unified body out of two individual bo...