This Lent, bring a fresh lens to the story of Jesus's temptation while coming alongside Christians around the world by reading translations of Luke 4 in other languages.
If you've ever wondered how to pray, you're in good company: so did the disciples. That's why Jesus gives us a framework, not a formula, for effective prayer.
As the people of God — a chosen people, a royal priesthood, God’s special possession — prayer is not optional. It's not a last resort. The call to prayer is nothing less than entering into the zone of the kingdom of heaven.
In Ephesians 6, Paul tells us we are engaged in spiritual warfare against one Enemy, and to defeat him we must put on the full armor of God. But what does that armor look like?
Many associate hell with eternal torment, but there are other possibilities. Here are the Biblical and theological bases for three views of hell in Christian thought.