Basis for Confidence
... without word from the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it!” There is much we can say about this declaration, but, to begin with, it is the taunt of a bully—the kind of person we meet who forces us to make a choice about what we believe—and what we should do in ...
... without word from the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it!” There is much we can say about this declaration, but, to begin with, it is the taunt of a bully—the kind of person we meet who forces us to make a choice about what we believe—and what we should do in ...
Chapter 1 - Discover Revelation
... Spirit. “Walk by the Spirit,” Paul says, “and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh (Gal. 5:16). When we walk in His power He produces His fruit in us: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control” (Gal. 5:22-23). We receive our heavenly blessing b ...
... Spirit. “Walk by the Spirit,” Paul says, “and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh (Gal. 5:16). When we walk in His power He produces His fruit in us: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control” (Gal. 5:22-23). We receive our heavenly blessing b ...
Interview with Ilia Delio, OSF
... Christianity as a religion of evolution. He wrote a series of essays along these lines, published in a book called Christianity and Evolution. When I look at what Teilhard constructed for Christian life in a scientific age and then when I look at where our ecclesial life is today, I think we are loo ...
... Christianity as a religion of evolution. He wrote a series of essays along these lines, published in a book called Christianity and Evolution. When I look at what Teilhard constructed for Christian life in a scientific age and then when I look at where our ecclesial life is today, I think we are loo ...
Does the Bible Say Women Should Suffer Abuse
... the beginning, to God’s original plan for humanity. God’s intent was for shalom, a term that means fullness of peace, universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight. Shalom is the vision of a society without violence or fear: “I will give you peace (shalom) in the land, and none shall make you afraid ...
... the beginning, to God’s original plan for humanity. God’s intent was for shalom, a term that means fullness of peace, universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight. Shalom is the vision of a society without violence or fear: “I will give you peace (shalom) in the land, and none shall make you afraid ...
Atonement Limited or Unlimited
... “All” means all in part of the verse and only some in the other part. “Many”means one thing in one part of the verse but another thing in the other part of the verse. This is clear case of eisegesis. This opposes a basic rule of interpretation: “The same word used by the same author in the same cont ...
... “All” means all in part of the verse and only some in the other part. “Many”means one thing in one part of the verse but another thing in the other part of the verse. This is clear case of eisegesis. This opposes a basic rule of interpretation: “The same word used by the same author in the same cont ...
Covenantal Nomism
... In the past, the common understanding was that Palestinian Jews were all legalists who kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s ...
... In the past, the common understanding was that Palestinian Jews were all legalists who kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s ...
Aflame Sunday Celebration Message – 29 June 2014 Minister
... In the World, many Serving ‘Idols’ of the Self Kingdom, We are to be Obedient & Loyal to our LORD. Romans 16: 18 – 20 (Amp) For such persons do not serve our LORD CHRIST but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating and flattering speech, they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting a ...
... In the World, many Serving ‘Idols’ of the Self Kingdom, We are to be Obedient & Loyal to our LORD. Romans 16: 18 – 20 (Amp) For such persons do not serve our LORD CHRIST but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating and flattering speech, they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting a ...
Lesson 2 - Great Commission Bible College
... denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan. As the center for four idolatrous cults (Zeus, Dionysius, Asclepius, and Athene), Pergamum was called the city “where Satan has his throne.” Surrounded by worship of Satan and the Roman ...
... denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan. As the center for four idolatrous cults (Zeus, Dionysius, Asclepius, and Athene), Pergamum was called the city “where Satan has his throne.” Surrounded by worship of Satan and the Roman ...
never Give Up Devotional
... kingdom in us. We stop saying, “I won’t, I can’t, I don’t pray, or I don’t want.” Rather, on the inside we keep saying, “I will, I can, I pray, and I want.” Never give up on God (Luke 18:1). Luke recorded that the purpose of Jesus’ Parable of the Persistent Widow was that his disciples should “alway ...
... kingdom in us. We stop saying, “I won’t, I can’t, I don’t pray, or I don’t want.” Rather, on the inside we keep saying, “I will, I can, I pray, and I want.” Never give up on God (Luke 18:1). Luke recorded that the purpose of Jesus’ Parable of the Persistent Widow was that his disciples should “alway ...
WHAT IS WORSHIP
... in truth and in relationship with God, we are capable of experiencing God’s presence when we worship. To give a rather simple illustration of this, imagine a husband and wife. In a good relationship, there is love because they have chosen to love the other, even with the knowledge of things about th ...
... in truth and in relationship with God, we are capable of experiencing God’s presence when we worship. To give a rather simple illustration of this, imagine a husband and wife. In a good relationship, there is love because they have chosen to love the other, even with the knowledge of things about th ...
Sermon on Psalm 1 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ
... sin in our lives, thinking that we are bad trees. Sin should not bring us to despair, but it should bring us to our knees to find forgiveness in the blood of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, we see that sin breaks the covenant, that it invades and interferes in our relationship with God. Sin ...
... sin in our lives, thinking that we are bad trees. Sin should not bring us to despair, but it should bring us to our knees to find forgiveness in the blood of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, we see that sin breaks the covenant, that it invades and interferes in our relationship with God. Sin ...
1 - Documenta Catholica Omnia
... unchaste excesses, and hands for deeds of violence, and the feet for an erring life; or was the soul placed in the body that it might become a thought-manufactory of snares, and fraud, and injustice? I think not; [11] for if God, as the righteous exactor of innocence, hates everything like malignit ...
... unchaste excesses, and hands for deeds of violence, and the feet for an erring life; or was the soul placed in the body that it might become a thought-manufactory of snares, and fraud, and injustice? I think not; [11] for if God, as the righteous exactor of innocence, hates everything like malignit ...
Let Incense Arise - International House of Prayer Northwest
... every place as the prophets have foretold. For that reason He promises to make His church a house of prayer and restore the tabernacle of David. “the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants-Everyone who keeps from defi ...
... every place as the prophets have foretold. For that reason He promises to make His church a house of prayer and restore the tabernacle of David. “the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants-Everyone who keeps from defi ...
Truth and Doctrine in Second John
... Robert Burns is a Scottish poet, born almost two hundred fifty years ago. His legacy lives on and in a way I’m sure he couldn’t have imagined. If you were in Times Square on New Year’s Eve and went from person to person asking who he was, I expect the most common answer you would get would be, “I do ...
... Robert Burns is a Scottish poet, born almost two hundred fifty years ago. His legacy lives on and in a way I’m sure he couldn’t have imagined. If you were in Times Square on New Year’s Eve and went from person to person asking who he was, I expect the most common answer you would get would be, “I do ...
1 Psalm 131 August 5, 2012am Songs of Ascents The Pilgrim
... season, and fell from favor in the eyes of Israel – a people who once idolized him – he was never proud again. 6. You and I would be much, much humbler if we reminded ourselves daily how God sees us! a. If we recalled our inner sins and proud hearts ...
... season, and fell from favor in the eyes of Israel – a people who once idolized him – he was never proud again. 6. You and I would be much, much humbler if we reminded ourselves daily how God sees us! a. If we recalled our inner sins and proud hearts ...
Notes - Dave Petrescue
... In other words, you talk the talk, you seem to walk the walk, you have the accurate appearance, the correct religious design, the right traditions and outward actions but…. WHY are you saying these things? WHY are you doing these things? Why do you repeat them over and over again? What right do you ...
... In other words, you talk the talk, you seem to walk the walk, you have the accurate appearance, the correct religious design, the right traditions and outward actions but…. WHY are you saying these things? WHY are you doing these things? Why do you repeat them over and over again? What right do you ...
Christianity: a story-formed community Scripture & Ethics:
... different interpretations can both be true to the text in question because each can shed different light on the text. ...
... different interpretations can both be true to the text in question because each can shed different light on the text. ...
Ken Burenga -- Fredericksburg Address
... overlap occasionally with teachings of other worldviews. But trying to sort out which is true and which is false or which points are true and which are false by comparing them as if on an equal plane sitting under human reason is basically a lesson in futility. It is entirely arbitrary because it pr ...
... overlap occasionally with teachings of other worldviews. But trying to sort out which is true and which is false or which points are true and which are false by comparing them as if on an equal plane sitting under human reason is basically a lesson in futility. It is entirely arbitrary because it pr ...
The Steward`s Identity - St. John`s Lutheran Church
... directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.” Uh-oh! Did you hear that a "collection" that must mean that it is stewardship time again, right? Why does the word stewardship make people so uncomfortable? Even more, why does it always seem to be connected with other words like collections, ...
... directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.” Uh-oh! Did you hear that a "collection" that must mean that it is stewardship time again, right? Why does the word stewardship make people so uncomfortable? Even more, why does it always seem to be connected with other words like collections, ...
the three early witnesses
... The Sun shows the glory of God the Father, because all life and power on the earth is given through the Sun. Without the Sun nothing could live or grow. Without the Lord the Father, nothing in heaven or earth, could exist. The Sun shows all the characteristics of God the Father. The Sun supplies all ...
... The Sun shows the glory of God the Father, because all life and power on the earth is given through the Sun. Without the Sun nothing could live or grow. Without the Lord the Father, nothing in heaven or earth, could exist. The Sun shows all the characteristics of God the Father. The Sun supplies all ...
Breathe: Be Still - Hosanna! A Fellowship of Christians
... by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (NIV) ...
... by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (NIV) ...
Zeal and Knowledge - Bellview Church of Christ
... b. They had heard and received God’s Word, but were dead, without activity. 2. The Galatians. a. Gal. 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?” b. At first they were devoted Christians, but they had lost their ardor. 3. Many present-day Christians. C. Danger of kno ...
... b. They had heard and received God’s Word, but were dead, without activity. 2. The Galatians. a. Gal. 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?” b. At first they were devoted Christians, but they had lost their ardor. 3. Many present-day Christians. C. Danger of kno ...
Lead in Prayer - Faith Alive Christian Resources
... Types of Prayer It’s important to recognize that several different kinds of prayers are offered in a worship service. As listed in the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship, these include • Prayers for Use Before Worship • Prayers for Worship Leaders (for example, the choir) • Prayer of Confession ...
... Types of Prayer It’s important to recognize that several different kinds of prayers are offered in a worship service. As listed in the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship, these include • Prayers for Use Before Worship • Prayers for Worship Leaders (for example, the choir) • Prayer of Confession ...
Peter and the Great Controversy
... principle that the apostle now enunciates. Prophecy of the scripture. Peter here refers to the writings of the OT, possibly distinguishing between the inspired word and the utterances of the false prophets of whom he treats in ch. 2. Private interpretation. Or, “one’s own interpretation,” referring ...
... principle that the apostle now enunciates. Prophecy of the scripture. Peter here refers to the writings of the OT, possibly distinguishing between the inspired word and the utterances of the false prophets of whom he treats in ch. 2. Private interpretation. Or, “one’s own interpretation,” referring ...
The Preacher`s Call and His Calling
... This counsel should be valued as a contributing factor in God's call to preach the word. Let no one despise the godly counsel of experienced Christians, for even Paul did not neglect this (Gal. 2:2). The older Christian’s superior discernment in the things of God aids him in giving this godly counse ...
... This counsel should be valued as a contributing factor in God's call to preach the word. Let no one despise the godly counsel of experienced Christians, for even Paul did not neglect this (Gal. 2:2). The older Christian’s superior discernment in the things of God aids him in giving this godly counse ...