“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
(Matt. 5:8, ESV)

This possibility is based on how Jesus describes seeing God as something occurring in this life in the Gospel of John.

… he [Jesus Christ] has made him…

In Matthew’s account of the Last Supper, Jesus speaks about the significance of His blood:

for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:28 ESV)
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ αἷμά μου τ…

Does Acts 21:20–26 tell us that it is OK for a Christian Jew to continue to observe Jewish rituals?
Paul’s letter to the Galatians tells us that Gentile Christians do not need to keep the Law of Moses and the Jewish rituals. Even that no …

Genesis 33:19 New International Version (NIV)

19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.

In the above text the sons of Hamor are s…

Book Reviews 155 Timothy B. Cremeens, Marginalized Voices: A History of the Charismatic Movement in the Orthodox Church in North America 1972–1993(Eugene,OR: Pickwick Publica-…