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The Bible for Children (coeditor), 1990; Good News for Little People, 1991; My Life: A Guided Tour, 1991 (updated 2002) Stories about Jesus, 1994 (adapted from Good News for Little People) Everything a Child Should Know about God, 1996; My First Bible Words (with William Noller), 1998; Family Devotions for Children, 1999; Right Choices, 1999; A ...
Honest to God is a book written by the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich John A.T. Robinson, criticising traditional Christian theology. It aroused a storm of controversy on its original publication by SCM Press in 1963.
"Good Country People" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was published in 1955 in her short story collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find. A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work. Many considered this to be one of her greatest stories.
A poll in the late 1990s showed the majority (81%) believe the concept is taught by the Bible, [19] another stating 82%, [20] with "born-again" Christians less (68%) likely to agree than non "born-again" Christians (81%). [21] Despite not appearing in the Bible, the phrase topped a poll of the most widely known Bible verses.
The New Testament depicts the Apostles as being appointed as true witnesses to the ministry and resurrection of Jesus Christ. [38] [39] The Apostle Paul uses the Old Testament prohibition of false testimony to describe his fear of God if found to be a false witness about God regarding the resurrection. [40]
Hendriksen states that if one is expecting praise and adulation from one's fellows for being pious, then this is the only reward you will receive. You will miss out on God's much more important reward. Barclay notes that this verse is another mention of the reward motive in Matthew. [10]
The essence of testimony to integrity is placing God at the center of one's life. Quakers believe that the Spirit is in everyone. Integrity means focusing and spending time listening to the small voice of the Spirit and being open to being led by it, whether the Spirit is speaking within oneself or through another.
This parable compares building one's life on the teachings and example of Jesus to a flood-resistant building founded on solid rock. The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (also known as the House on the Rock), is a parable of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew as well as in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke ().