Tradition, I suspect to be the most difficult of the four components that the systematic theologian looks at in defining faith. Not simply because of the innumerable denominations in which the Christian faith has splintered; not even because of the…
“… but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.” (Luke 22:32). Again, Luke’s Single tradition verse embedded in the Triple tradition ‘Peter’s Denial Prophesied’— his eleventh and…
In his work: “The Mood of Christmas”, Howard Thurman writes on “The Hope of The Disinherited” saying: “In the book it is written that Simeon was a Jew full of years, who had hoped so long for Israel that his…
“And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night?Will he delay long over them?I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily.Nevertheless, when the Son of man…
“And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well.” …
“As he entered Caper’na-um, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered…
