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Articles covering various topics, with a primary focus on exploring the Gospel of the kingdom of God, the world, and the role of the body of Christ in the world.

  • From Eden’s Fall to Christ’s Victory: The Unfolding Story of Redemption

    The account of creation in the book Of Genesis contains a magnificent scene of God himself planting a garden in Eden in the East. On the sixth day of creation, God created man and placed him in the garden to cultivate and oversee it. But in Eden, where the garden served as a stunning paradise…

    July 25, 2024
  • Understanding Righteousness from the Wisdom of the Torah

    The English word “righteousness” traces its roots back to the Ancient Near East, where it originally referred to right comportment—behaviour and status aligned with an implied standard. This ancient understanding closely parallels our modern interpretation, where righteousness signifies morally correct behaviour or the sense of acting in a morally upright manner, with morality serving as…

    June 27, 2024
  • Meekness in the Modern World

    In the ever-evolving tapestry of language, certain words drift into obscurity, their meanings shrouded in the mists of time. Among these, the English term “meek” has slipped into the shadows of antiquity, rarely heard amidst the chatter of contemporary speech. If one is to seek clarity on the meaning of meek, one need only turn…

    May 16, 2024
  • Rediscovering the Meaning of Church: A Community of Believers

    Contained in the Synoptic Gospels is a significant passage detailing a crucial conversation between Jesus and his disciples. Matthew, in his Gospel, recounts this dialogue in Matthew 16:18. When Jesus asks the pivotal question, “Who do you say that I am?” it is Peter who boldly declares, “You are the Christ, the Son of the…

    May 2, 2024
  • Tracing the Threads of Good News: The Gospel in Ancient Hebrew and Greek

    The gospel is a unifying thread that runs through the pages of Scripture, seamlessly bridging the Old and New Testaments. It captures Israel’s longing for deliverance from bondage and resonates with Jesus’s proclamation of the kingdom of God. Rooted in ancient Hebrew and Greek, the term “gospel” echoes through the ages as “beśōrâ” and “euangelion,”…

    April 18, 2024
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