
As Filthy Rags
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. —Isaiah 64:6 God saw the Israelites as unclean and
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. —Isaiah 64:6 God saw the Israelites as unclean and
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. —Mark 14:26 The Jews observed the Passover by singing or chanting
Evidence suggests there have been Christians who practiced the ordinance of feet washing throughout history. Augustine (A.D. 400) endorsed the literal ritual. The custom gained
The practice of water baptism was not foreign to the Jews when John the Baptist began to preach the baptism of repentance. In the Old
The practice of speaking in ecstatic tongues and their interpretation predates Pentecost and was of non-Christian origin. Babbling ecstatically is common in pagan religions both
When the disciples spoke in ‘other tongues’ after being filled with the Holy Spirit, they were not speaking an unintelligible, heavenly language. They were speaking