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Sketches of Jewish Social Life by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel In order accurately to understand the position of woman in Israel, it is only necessary carefully to peruse the New Testament.
Word Pictures in the New Testament - Mark by Robertson, Archibald Thomas (1863-1934)
6:1 Into his own country [eis tēn patrida autou]. So Mt 13:54. There is no real reason for identifying this visit to Nazareth with that recorded in Lu 4:26-31 at the beginning of the Galilean Ministry.
Varieties of Religious Experience by James, William (1842-1910)
LECTURES XI, XII, AND XIII SAINTLINESS THE last lecture left us in a state of expectancy. What may the practical fruits for life have been, of such movingly happy conversions as those we heard of? With this question the really important part of our task opens,…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume I. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 2 From 1787 to 1791 inclusive Three conferences were held this year; one in Salisbury, in North Carolina, on the 17th of March; another at Rough Creek Church, in Virginia, April 19th; and the third in Baltimore on the first day of May.
Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by Alexander, William (1824-1911)
PART I. "Johannis Epistolæ, ultimusque primæ versiculus, in Ephesum imprimis conveniunt." (Bengel in Act. xix. 21.) DISCOURSE I. THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST.
Short Papers on Church History by Miller, Andrew (1810-1883)
CONSTANTINE THE reign of “Constantine the Great” forms a most important epoch in the history of the church. Both his father Constantius and his mother Helena were religiously inclined, and always favourable to the Christians.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume IV. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 14 From the close of the General Conference of 1836 to the commencement of the General Conference of 1840 From the numbers taken at the several annual conferences, and published in Cincinnati, it was ascertained that there was a diminution in the aggregate number of Church members for this year,…
Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph (1860-1954)
(AUGUST, 1919) The Essays in this volume were written at various times before and during the Great War. In reading them through for republication, I have to ask myself whether my opinions on social science and on the state of religion, the two subjects which are mainly dealt with in this collection, have been modified by the greatest calamity which has ever befallen the civilised world,…
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume II. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 5 From the close of the General Conference of 1800, to the end of the year 1803 Having, in the preceding chapter, detailed the doings of the General Conference of 1800, we will return to the annual conferences, and endeavor to give an account of the work of God in the various parts of their extensive fields of labor.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
(St. Matt. xiv. 13-21; St. Mark vi. 30-44; St. Luke ix. 10-17; St. John vi. 1-14) In the circumstances described in the previous chapter, Jesus resolved at once to leave Capernaum; and this probably alike for the sake of His disciples, who needed rest; for that of the people, who might have attempted a rising after the murder of the Baptist;…