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May 15 - June 4, 2023
The few broad similarities that do exist are reasonable expectations on the part of humans who are thinking diligently about their experience of the world and the existence and nature of supernatural beings.
While Jesus met ancient overarching human expectations related to deity, many Jews of the time held a different, inconsistent expectation related to the Messiah. Many Jews who expected a spiritual savior and redeemer became Christ followers, but Jews who expected a temporal king and conqueror (who would save the nation of Israel and restore the Jewish kingdom) did not. Jesus met the expectations of those who sought eternal, spiritual truth.
If there be a Creator, and if truth be one of his attributes, then everything that is true can claim his authorship, and every search for truth can claim his authority. —MICHAEL RAMSEY
Saint Cyril (826–869 CE) and Saint Methodius (815–885 CE) followed in Ulfilas’s footsteps as they made disciples of the Slavic people in Eastern Europe. The Slavs possessed an unwritten language (just like the Goths), so Cyril invented an alphabet to translate the Bible into this language.
More than two hundred million people, representing more than one hundred languages spoken around the world, still use the Cyrillic alphabet.5 The invention of an alphabet such as this (for the purpose of translating the Bible) opened the doors for education on a global level.
A scientific discovery is also a religious discovery. There is no conflict between science and religion. Our knowledge of God is made larger with every discovery we make about the world. —JOSEPH H. TAYLOR JR.
Most of us understand the value of truth and sincerity. Both are important, but sincerity without truth can lead you to the wrong place and endanger your life.
