“And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed…

Man is (represents) what he is ruled by. Authority is expressed by means of an instrument, and the instrument’s effects reveal the intent and the goal of authority. God blew the spirit of life into…

“But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” Jas.…

“I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.” Ps. 119:19. Because we sense that we are strangers here on earth, we desire the Lord’s commandments. Poor in spirit in the midst…

2 Corinthians 11:16-23; 12:1-11 Paul says to the Corinthians, “For you put up with fools gladly . . . .” 2 Cor. 11:19. And in order to show the Corinthians what foolishness is, Paul imitates a fool’s…