The Way to God - Jesus. The Way to Jesus - the Cross.

In the Bible, trust and fear are presented as inversely related: as trust in God grows, fear decreases. We move from fear to faith. However, we are also told to fear the Lord, and such fear is the beginning of wisdom. Could we be dealing with two different kinds of fear? The fear of the world and the fear of the Lord? I think that is the case, and it is primarily the fear of the world I want to focus on first. We are surrounded by those types of fears: wars, lawlessness, hantavirus and other deadly diseases. Trust functions as the antidote to this kind of fear, with Psalm 56:3 acting as a core verse: "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You." Fear is seen as an inevitable human emotion, but it should not govern life; instead, it is a prompt to rely on God’s protection, strength, and presence. Key Aspects of Trust and Fear in the Bible: Trust Overcomes Fear (Faith over Fear): Trusting in God serves as a refuge, protecting believers against fear and anxiety. The Bible o...

If you’ve been online lately, you might have seen some pretty startling headlines. Maybe you heard a scholar or a YouTuber talking about “137 new additions” to the New Testament found in an ancient book called Codex H. But here is the first point of confusion. T here are two different codices called "H". However, "Ancient H-Paul" is a simple way to refer to 6th-century fragments in which "ghost" texts have been discovered, and "Medieval H-Didache," which refers to an11th-century library book. Another point of confusion is when most people hear "new verses", their heart skips a beat. “New verses? Was the Bible missing verses? Is what I’m reading right now incomplete?” The way this has been explained is, frankly, clear as mud . So, let’s wash the mud off and look at the "no-nonsense" reality of what was actually found. The "Barn Find" Analogy It’s like a car dealer saying, "I have a brand-new car for you!" a...