Tag: catholic theology

80 New Testament Verses About Confession, Forgiveness, and Cleansing

80 New Testament Verses About Confession, Forgiveness, and Cleansing 100% New Testament Theology A Scripture Study Prepared by the Priory of Salem Institute of Theology Quick Navigation: Click Here to Jump Directly to the Scripture List The New Testament teaches not only that Christians must repent and forsake sin, but also that God has provided […]

Dead Sea Scrolls Preserve Lunar Reckoning: Scripture, Qumran, Jubilees, and the Modern Calendar-Reset Theories

Dead Sea Scrolls Preserve Lunar Reckoning: Scripture, Qumran, Jubilees, and the Modern Calendar-Reset Theories By Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD In recent decades, small groups have promoted increasingly radical reconstructions of the Biblical calendar. One theory claims that the Biblical week resets with the lunar month, producing interrupted weekly cycles. Another appeals to the […]

The Biblical Sabbath Week Was Never Reset: Scripture, History, and the Modern Calendar Theories

The Biblical Sabbath Week Was Never Reset: Scripture, History, and the Modern Calendar Theories   By Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD The Continuous Biblical Week — Before Getting Lost in Calendar Theories In recent decades, small groups on the internet have begun promoting increasingly complicated theories concerning the Biblical calendar. Some teach that the […]

Biblical Prayer to “The God of Our Fathers” Covenant Prayer, Heavenly Worship, and the Saints in Biblical Christianity

Biblical Prayer to “The God of Our Fathers” Covenant Prayer, Heavenly Worship, and the Saints in Biblical Christianity “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may […]

Walking With The Saints (The Communion of Saints in the Celtic Orthodox Church)

Walking With the Saints The Communion of Saints in the Celtic Orthodox Church “..The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” — Ephesians 1:18 “.. ye are come to the church of […]

Appendix: “We Have an Altar” — Christ Outside the Camp and the Limits of Ritual Impurity

Appendix: “We Have an Altar” — Christ Outside the Camp and the Limits of Ritual Impurity This appendix addresses a narrow but important question: how should Christians understand ancient ritual impurity, especially contact with graves, in light of Christ’s sacrifice, the Melchizedek priesthood, and the New Testament teaching that “we have an altar” outside the […]