Western society has recently become sensitive to discrimination based on race, nationality, sex, age, appearance, etc. However, discrimination is not new. In fact, James 2:1-13 focuses on the contradiction between having faith in Jesus and treating other people with partiality based on their status. It turns out that the antidote for such partiality is God’s mercy.
Sooner or later every kingdom that opposes God will be “all gone,” but there is a kingdom that will not pass away.
Christ’s ascension is what we need in the Day of Judgment.
There is a word that runs through Jesus’ farewell discourse and appears eleven times in John 15:1-17 in one form or another. It can...