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En una ocasión conocí a unas personas que sostenían, de forma bastante radical, que la traducción King James de las Escrituras griegas y hebreas era sagrada e incorruptible, a diferencia de todas las demás traducciones. Según ellos, las oraciones y exposiciones públicas aceptables debían reflejar la santidad de la palabra de Dios; por eso insistían […] Source: https://atoday.org/que-son-verdaderamente-las-escrituras/
by Jim Walters | 1 August 2022 | “Happy Sabbath! How would you like your coffee?” That, or a similar Sabbath morning greeting, is now heard in some congregations across Adventism: At the avant-garde Crosswalk (CW) church in Redlands, California, or at its secondary campuses in Los Angeles, Portland, Chattanooga, Sacramento, or Massachusetts—where CW Coffee […] Source: https://atoday.org/how-would-you-like-your-coffee/
10 июля 2023 | Дорогая тётя Аня, Мне 16 лет, и я пытаюсь сделать мои отношения со Христом лучше. Я очень сильно хочу узнать, является ли это грехом, если женщины носят джинсы. Подпись: Трудно решить Дорогая Трудно, Тетя Аня будет думать, что вы живете в другой части мира, где существуют такие культурные ожидания, о которых […] Source: https://atoday.org/%d1%82%d1%91%d1%82%d1%8f-%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%89%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%82-%d0%b4%d0%b6%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%81%d1%8b-%d1%8d%d1%82%d0%be-%d0%b3%d1%80/
Behind the English translations of Ephesians 3:14-15, is an important play on words. When Paul says that he bows before “the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named” (ESV), he is exploring the phonetic connection between the Greek word for Father, pater, and the Greek term for family, patria. In Ephesians, Paul celebrates the comprehensive nature of God’s plan of salvation, which involves all things (Ephesians 1:9-10) for all time (Ephesians 1:21). And here he lays claim to “every family in heaven and on earth” as belonging to “the Father.” Every family (patria) takes its name from the Father (pater). This is very good news!
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Ponder this thought: Your family, despite its imperfections and failings, belongs to God. Your family is not in the cruel grip of fate, but in God’s caring hands. God loves imperfect families. They bear the divine name. They carry the mark of His ownership.
In Ephesians 3:16-19, Paul asks God to grant believers an abundant spiritual experience marked by inner strength through the Spirit’s presence (Ephesians 3:16), intimacy with Christ, who is also portrayed as dwelling within (Ephesians 3:17), and a settled, secure spiritual identity (“rooted and grounded in love,” Ephesians 3:17, ESV).
As Paul seeks to offer praise to God for the expansive reach of blessings offered to believers, he includes not three dimensions, but four — “breadth and length and height and depth” (Ephesians 3:18, ESV). He does not clearly identify to what these dimensions apply, though they obviously describe the vast size of something important. This leaves an interesting puzzle for Bible students. Do these dimensions describe God’s wisdom (compare Job 11:5-9, which uses four dimensions), God’s power (compare Ephesians 3:16-17), or, perhaps, the spiritual temple of Ephesians 2:19-22 (compare Ezekiel 43:13-16, which uses four dimensions; Amos 7:7-8; Revelation 11:1-2)? It may be best to see these four dimensions as describing the immensity of “the love of Christ” (Ephesians 3:19), viewing the phrase “to comprehend … the breadth and length and height and depth” (Ephesians 3:18, ESV) as parallel to the next phrase, “to know the love of Christ” (Ephesians 3:19, ESV; compare Romans 8:35-39). However we see his words, they are good news.
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01 August 2023 | Translated from Adventist Today Latino: On the morning of July 30, 2023, a transport bus derailed and fell into an abyss with 50 passengers and two drivers on Huarmaca highway in Piura, Peru. The bus was on its way from San Martin to the Tumbes region, where the Adventist young people […] Source: https://atoday.org/four-member-from-caleb-mission-die-in-tragic-bus-accident-in-peru/
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