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Mully is the author of My Journey of Faith and the subject of Christian Heroes: Then and Now – Charles Mulli: We are Family, and also the subject of two other biographies and a children's book written by Paul H. Boge: Father to The Fatherless, Hope for The Hopeless, and The Biggest Family In The World.
The women's designation as prostitutes links the story to the common biblical theme of God as the protector of the weak, "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows" (Psalms 68:5). Prostitutes in biblical society are considered functional widows, for they have no male patron to represent them in court and their sons are considered fatherless.
I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. The English Standard Version translates the passage as: Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Mark 3:25 “And a house torn apart by divisions will collapse.” The Good News: Like a home, a divided family, one torn by mistrust, anger, and spite, will crumble.A strong family must work ...
This verse makes quite explicit the common Christian metaphor of God as the father to his followers. This metaphor also implies that while God will meet basic needs, there is no basis for expecting extravagances. If asked which father would turn down his son's request for a Ferrari the answer would be most. [citation needed]
Augustine: "In the bosom of the Father, i. e. in the secret Presence1 of the Father: for God hath not the folde on the bosom, as we have; nor must be imagined to sit, as we do; nor is He bound with a girdle, so as to have a fold: but from the fact of our bosom being placed innermost, the secret Presence of the Father is called the bosom of the ...
For the Father declares Himself by His Word, but the Word declares not only that which is intended to be declared by it, but in declaring this declares itself." [3] Chrysostom: "If then He reveals the Father, He reveals Himself also. But the one he omits as a thing manifest, but mentions the other because there might be a doubt concerning it.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? The Lord gives goodness to the people, and so the passage teaches to look to the lives of birds as an example for life and ...