After telling his disciples that they should love one another, Jesus began preparing them in John 15:18-16:11 to be hated by the world. Even so, he sent them out to be witnesses for him, but not on their own. He also promised to send the Holy Spirit to be the witness who would convince the world about the truth of the gospel.
In James 1:9-18, the author continues to urge us to have a biblical perspective on the difficult and the good things in life, including...
It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), but it would have been harder...
The tenth plague was the death of the firstborn of Egypt, which was also the salvation of the people of Israel.