By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation "You may have fallen in with some [Gnostics] who are called Christians. However, they do not admit this [intermediate state], and they venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham. . . . They say there is no resurrection of the dead. Rather, they say that when they die,... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version of the Bible) Quotation For Consideration "Some by the soul understand the natural and unregenerate part in man, and by the spirit the renewed and regenerate part, which though sometimes are not so easily distinguished by men,... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version of the Bible) Quotation For Contemplation "“For there are partial corrections (padeiai) which are called chastisements (kolasis), which many of us who have been in transgression incur by falling away from the Lord’s people. But as children... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version of the Bible) Quotation For Consideration  "The complete man is composed of flesh, soul, and spirit. One of these does indeed preserve and fashion [the man]—the spirit. It is united and formed to another—the flesh. Then there... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are from the New King James Version of the Bible) Quotation For Consideration "Understand how that there is within you that entity that is called the soul. By it, the eye sees; by it, the ear hears; by it, the mouth speaks. Understand how... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the Contemporary English Version)  Quotation For Consideration "By Bishop Brent A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says She is gone. Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She... Continue Reading →

By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist)  (Note: Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are from the Contemporary English Version of the Bible) Quotation For Contemplation "The next thing Josef felt was the cold barrel pressed against the base of his skull...The strangest thing happened next. Josef's breathing eased, his heart calmed, his mind cleared. It was as... Continue Reading →