Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of those authors we all read in school. "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string" is an exhortation that every student recognizes the verity of when read for the first time. What many of us don't know is that Emerson was more than just a writer and leader of the American transcendental movement. He also was...
After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor you; 2 Even as thou gave him power over all mankind, that he should give eternal life to all those whom thou has given him. 3 And the eternal life is this: to know thee the one true God, and...
On the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been removed. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter, and to that other disciple who was Jesus' friend, and said to them: "They have taken away the Master out of the tomb, and we...
Later on, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. 2 It was in this way: Simon Peter, Thomas, who was called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, Zebediah's sons, and two other disciples of Jesus were together when Simon Peter said: 3 "I am going fishing." "We will come with you," said the others. They went out and...