I was chatting with a lawyer friend and he was discussing about the I-130 process for a US citizen to apply for a green card for a spouse. I assumed simply presenting a marriage certificate is enough, but actually it is not enough. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can deny it, even though …
When we think of homiletics or homily, we think of a pastor preaching to the congregation while the audience quietly sits there. It is only a one-way interaction between the preacher and the masses. But, is that what homiletics should be? Homiletics is widely considered the art and practice of preaching. “Homiletics means the art …
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Are you able to keep all the commandments? The Bible commands us to keep all the commandments. [Deut 6:1-2 KJV] 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 …
[Mat 28:17 KJV] 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. Actually, the word “some” is not found in the Greek. A more literal reading of the passage is the disciples doubted. (NABRE) When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. It’s OK to doubt. We’re talking about the 11 …
Act 16:23-25 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: …
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We tend to spiritualize what it means to be good and evil and have a hard time defining it. I think good and evil can be simplified into two basic ideas. Good is keeping God’s word and evil is obeying oneself. This is illustrated in the story of Adam and Eve in the garden of …