spiritual-growth
Seeking Truth Relentlessly — Freedom of Thought and the Pearl of Great Value
On the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus issued a clear command for an active, persistent search—not just for material needs, but for deeper understanding and relationship with God:
“Keep on asking, and it will be given to you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”
(Matthew 7:7)
400 Bible Translations Later… Have You Actually Read It?
Most people today who identify as Christians own a Bible. That’s something we often take for granted—but it hasn’t always been this way.
In the first century, believers did not possess a complete, bound Bible as we know it today. The Hebrew Scriptures existed, but they were preserved primarily in scrolls housed in synagogues or the temple. Early Christians relied on oral teaching, eyewitness accounts, and eventually individual letters—what we might think of as “books”—circulating among congregations. The Christian faith grew and spread long before a compiled New Testament ever existed.