By: Obed Pineda Many are the theories that aim to “decode” a deeper meaning of the Bible’s shortest passage. Some say that the beloved disciple’s purpose for including that “Jesus wept” was to reveal His broken heart when He witnessed the incredulous and obdurate hearts of His fellow Jewish kinsmen…
By: Obed Pineda World renown English playwright and poet William Shakespeare wrote, “Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man’s ingratitude” (As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII). In the play, Lord Amiens laments about a friend who had quickly forgotten the kindness he had…
By: Obed Pineda You are standing on the battlefield, in formation, watching and waiting for the enemy’s advance toward your platoon. As the fierce fight unfolds before you, you are able to surmise that engaging them in battle is now inevitable because of how efficiently they have been able to…
By: Obed Pineda The rise of Judaizing teachers within the Church during the first century prompted a myriad of inspired epistles that were sent with crucial instructions on how to contain the spread of their false teachings. It is fair to note that these directions that were revealed by the…
By: Obed Pineda The Shepherd who searches for his lost sheep and upon finding it, places it upon his shoulders to bring it back to the fold. The woman who lit a lamp to sweep and diligently search her entire house until she finally found her lost coin, and the…
By: Obed Pineda Induction into the Hall of Fame is considered to be the crown of achievement of a person’s illustrious career. It is, without a doubt, the ultimate show of respect and acknowledgment to a being’s arduous commitment to their respective field. Some selections are abundantly clear since their…
By: Obed Pineda Assigning monikers to inspired amanuenses is a rather common practice among Bible pundits. For example, John is frequently referred to as “the Beloved Disciple,” because in his Gospel account he refers to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved…who also had leaned on His breast at the…
By: Obed Pineda Imagine you are outside on a hot summer day when the humidity level is unbearable and stifling, around noontime. Because of the sweltering weather, it is very unlikely that you would choose to wear a heavy winter coat meant to keep a person warm in a cold…
By: Obed Pineda There is a phenomenon that frequently transpires when a person is looking through the annals of history and is reading about the downfall of mighty civilizations upon the realization that it could have been prevented. Typically, the common reaction to this kind of information is one of…
By: Obed Pineda “For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?” (Romans 11:24) Horticulture is defined…