If you cry too much on screen, you're crying for the audience.
Jesus not only understood Himself to be the promised Messiah, He also says and does things throughout the Gospels that make it clear He understood Himself to be God incarnate.
The most important question any human being will ever face: 'Who do you say that Jesus is?'
In our natural Adamic state, we are not on our sick beds. We are in the grave.
We do not believe in order to be regenerated; we must be regenerated in order that we might believe.
All appeals to Scripture are appeals to interpretations of Scripture. The only real question is: whose interpretation? People with differing interpretations of Scripture cannot set a Bible on a table and ask it to resolve their differences. In order for the Scripture to function as an authority, it must be read and interpreted by someone. According to "solo" Scriptura, that someone is each individual, so ultimately, there are as many final authorities as there are human interpreters.
One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.
. . . I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self.
Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car. " Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I like to pretend it is.