According to the World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG), the Bible teaches that there is a heavenly Mother. Their primary verse for this claim is in Paul's letter to the Galatians. "But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother," (Galatians...
Articles written by Ryan Turner
Conversations with God
Conversations with God, Also known as: The ReCreation Foundation, Inc. Website: http://cwg.org/index.php Affiliated with Humanity's Team http://www.humanitysteam.org/, The School of the New Spirituality http://cwg4kids.com/, and The Changing Change Network...
Did the Council of Nicea invent the Deity of Jesus?
The council of Nicea (325 A.D.) was not the first Christian creed and was not the first time Christians affirmed the Divinity of Jesus. In fact, Jesus was believed to be God by the earliest Christians as seen in Paul (1 Cor. 8:6 [40-55 A.D.]; Phil. 2:5-11 [40-60...
When was Jesus first believed to be Divine?
There are a number of misconceptions about the Deity of Jesus today. Some people think that Jesus was not seen as Divine or as God until the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. However, nothing could be further from the truth. From the earliest Christian writings that we...
An Introduction to the Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is probably the first Gospel written since Matthew and Luke contain about 93% of the material that is found in Mark. Also, when Matthew and Luke have different stories than Mark, they do not together list their stories in a different sequence than...
Is the name Jesus a pagan name?
The name Jesus actually means, "Yahweh delivers" or "Yahweh saves." Jesus is the English translation of the Greek Iesous (Ἰησοῦς) or the Hebrew Yeshua (or Joshua). Jesus probably was originally called Yeshua (or Joshua) in the Aramaic speaking culture in which he...
Black Hebrew Israelites
A profile on the Black Hebrew Israelite movement: Founder: Various leaders for different sects. There is no primary leader today. First started in the United States before the Civil War. Headquarters: Various major cities across the United States with state chapters....