MEDICAL ASPECTS Stem cells are self-renewing, unspecialized cells that can give rise to all of the 210 specialized cells in the body. Cells in the first two weeks of life in the newly-formed baby, at a developmental stage before the time that implantation would normally occur in the mother’s uterus, are called embryonic stem cells. Differentiation is the …
CONVERSION Conversion is the heart of the Christian experience. Conversion is best described in the New Testament in the Letters of St. Paul, and with good reason – no one experienced a more dramatic conversion than St. Paul on the road to Damascus! 1 Jesus Christ himself called for repentance in his proclamation of the Kingdom of God:2 …
Prayer was an essential part in the founding of our Nation beginning with the Pilgrims in 1620. Four of the original 13 English colonies were specifically chartered for religious freedom, as a refuge from religious persecution: Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Our Founding Fathers were men of great faith, as shown …
THE HOLY TRINITY Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.Gospel of Matthew 28:19-20 The Holy Trinity is …
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,and it filled the entire house in which they were.Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,which parted and came to rest on each one of them.And they …
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone;I will make him a helper fit for him.”Genesis 2:18 It was Hebrew Scripture that referred to one God, the Lord God of Israel, in contrast to other ancient civilizations. Ten key themes in Hebrew Scripture, our Old Testament of the Bible, reveal much …
The central figure of the Christian faith is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah prophesied in Hebrew Scripture, our Old Testament of the Bible. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem (Luke 2). St. Joseph took his wife Mary and the infant Jesus on …
The central mystery of the Christian faith is Jesus Christ, Son of God, our Lord and Savior. The Evangelists each offer a different picture of Jesus. Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the synoptic Gospel writers, record the earthly life and teachings of Jesus. The Apostle Matthew described him as the Messiah so long awaited by the …
Jesus died on the Cross to redeem mankind, to save us from our sins, because he loves us.He was tortured, scorned, mocked, nailed to the Cross, hung between two common criminals, and suffered an indescribable end.The last seven expressions of Jesus on the Cross are known as his Seven Words. THE FIRST WORD“Father, forgive them, …
You may know how one ought to behave in the household of God,which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of Truth.I Timothy 3:15 TRADITION AND SCRIPTURE There can only be ONE truth to the Bible. The question we should all be asking is “What does God want to convey to …
