Ethical and religious language
... Language that motivates does not describe. – Any fact, on its own, doesn’t motivate. I need to care about the fact. – Is this true? What does it show? ...
... Language that motivates does not describe. – Any fact, on its own, doesn’t motivate. I need to care about the fact. – Is this true? What does it show? ...
The `Five Pillars` of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life:
... Although fasting is beneficial to health, it is mainly a method of self-purification and self-restraint. By cutting oneself from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person focuses on his or her purpose in life by constantly being aware of the presence of God. God states in the Qur'an: ...
... Although fasting is beneficial to health, it is mainly a method of self-purification and self-restraint. By cutting oneself from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person focuses on his or her purpose in life by constantly being aware of the presence of God. God states in the Qur'an: ...
October 19 2014, 19 Pentecost, Year A..(in Word DocX format)
... supplement their income. To trap a mammal, the trapper builds or buys a trap, gets bait, and sets it in a location where the mammal is expected to naturally wander; then checks it. There is no point in going to all that trouble if one does not set the trap up properly. This morning's Gospel is about ...
... supplement their income. To trap a mammal, the trapper builds or buys a trap, gets bait, and sets it in a location where the mammal is expected to naturally wander; then checks it. There is no point in going to all that trouble if one does not set the trap up properly. This morning's Gospel is about ...
March 18
... land and Temple and sent into exile in until Cyrus the Persian king allowed them to return. The message of this final chapter of 2 Chronicles was unmistakable: “Bad things happen to people who aren’t obedient to God and his laws. If you don’t want what happened to the Israelites to happen to you, th ...
... land and Temple and sent into exile in until Cyrus the Persian king allowed them to return. The message of this final chapter of 2 Chronicles was unmistakable: “Bad things happen to people who aren’t obedient to God and his laws. If you don’t want what happened to the Israelites to happen to you, th ...
Sermon (#4) - St John`s Church, Devizes, Wiltshire
... what the New Testament scholar J Ross Wagner refers to as ‘the deep and pervasive influence that Israel’s scriptures exert on the shape of (Paul’s) thought and on the contours of his apostolic ministry’1. The Hebrew Scriptures permeated Paul’s very being like water permeates a fish. Paul not only k ...
... what the New Testament scholar J Ross Wagner refers to as ‘the deep and pervasive influence that Israel’s scriptures exert on the shape of (Paul’s) thought and on the contours of his apostolic ministry’1. The Hebrew Scriptures permeated Paul’s very being like water permeates a fish. Paul not only k ...
What Motivates Us To Obey God? - Fifth Street East Church of Christ
... Colossians 1:5; Philippians 3:20 Paradise. Revelation 2:7 Permanent home of the soul. Matthew 25:46; 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 Worship and service. Revelation 22:3 Place of rest. Revelaiton 14:13 ...
... Colossians 1:5; Philippians 3:20 Paradise. Revelation 2:7 Permanent home of the soul. Matthew 25:46; 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 Worship and service. Revelation 22:3 Place of rest. Revelaiton 14:13 ...
Definitions and Quotes in Science and Religion
... Monod: “Pure chance, absolutely free, but blind, is at the very root of the stupendous edifice of evolution. The ancient covenant is in pieces; man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged by chance.” E. O. Wilson: “We have come to the crucia ...
... Monod: “Pure chance, absolutely free, but blind, is at the very root of the stupendous edifice of evolution. The ancient covenant is in pieces; man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged by chance.” E. O. Wilson: “We have come to the crucia ...
The Second Sunday of Advent (C) 6th December 2015
... that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus. God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to d ...
... that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus. God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to d ...
Rebuilding Week Three - Fishers of the Lamb Ministries
... Love: Since we are all creatures of emotion, we desire to love and be loved. This also comes from God Himself, who is the very essence of love (I John 4:8-10), and He desires that we love SACRIFICALLY. To love in this fashion, is to give of one's self unselfishly for the good of another. This too is ...
... Love: Since we are all creatures of emotion, we desire to love and be loved. This also comes from God Himself, who is the very essence of love (I John 4:8-10), and He desires that we love SACRIFICALLY. To love in this fashion, is to give of one's self unselfishly for the good of another. This too is ...
MSword File - Words of Truth
... Since we have seen that whatsoever we do is to be done by the authority of Christ, we need to be a little more specific for those who seek to play with words. According to Thayer the Greek terms translated “whatsoever” in Colossians 3:17 (hostis / hētis / hoti) means: “whatever”. The English term “ ...
... Since we have seen that whatsoever we do is to be done by the authority of Christ, we need to be a little more specific for those who seek to play with words. According to Thayer the Greek terms translated “whatsoever” in Colossians 3:17 (hostis / hētis / hoti) means: “whatever”. The English term “ ...
Some Genres of Scripture and Interpretive Questions to Ask
... Ask: What does this passage tell us about God and His holiness, about Israel and her sin, and about how Israel needed to obey in order to maintain her covenant relationship with God? What specific areas of life does God expect holiness and transformation within His people? Are these areas still rele ...
... Ask: What does this passage tell us about God and His holiness, about Israel and her sin, and about how Israel needed to obey in order to maintain her covenant relationship with God? What specific areas of life does God expect holiness and transformation within His people? Are these areas still rele ...
WHY IS THE CHRISTIAN AMERICA VIEW DANGEROUS
... 5. there is a personal after-life in which the wicked will be temporarily punished and the good experience happiness forever 6. Jesus should be revered as a great moral teacher, but was not God 7. God has revealed himself primarily through nature, but also some special revelation 8. while there is s ...
... 5. there is a personal after-life in which the wicked will be temporarily punished and the good experience happiness forever 6. Jesus should be revered as a great moral teacher, but was not God 7. God has revealed himself primarily through nature, but also some special revelation 8. while there is s ...
~ Š ` º ‰ j ` º - Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church | California City
... unchartered area, our faith is sufficient. Pandemonium is the order of the day if ever God seeks to make us grow. Remember the proper rendition of the verse is that the Truth will "Make" you free. In many instances this "making" free will be against our own wills. Comprehension of any biblical conce ...
... unchartered area, our faith is sufficient. Pandemonium is the order of the day if ever God seeks to make us grow. Remember the proper rendition of the verse is that the Truth will "Make" you free. In many instances this "making" free will be against our own wills. Comprehension of any biblical conce ...
Slide 1
... the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." ...
... the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." ...
God`s Story: The Economy of Salvation and Election
... Creator, and they thrive when they live according to the Creator’s will. This sense of being passive before God and the recipient of God’s grace is a central component of Christian faith. Of course, this truth is precisely what we seek to confess when we speak of justification by grace through faith ...
... Creator, and they thrive when they live according to the Creator’s will. This sense of being passive before God and the recipient of God’s grace is a central component of Christian faith. Of course, this truth is precisely what we seek to confess when we speak of justification by grace through faith ...
File - Hancock County church Of Christ
... 6:7-9). And the principle is unchangeable whether you believe in God or not. A prevailing attitude of our modern culture is that rules prevent people from having a good time. That is certainly not the Lord’s intention. In fact, He offers true freedom through a relationship with Him. Our loving heave ...
... 6:7-9). And the principle is unchangeable whether you believe in God or not. A prevailing attitude of our modern culture is that rules prevent people from having a good time. That is certainly not the Lord’s intention. In fact, He offers true freedom through a relationship with Him. Our loving heave ...
Lesson 6 – The Power and Love of Christ
... Being “filled with all the fullness of God” has to do with living out fully that which we already possess fully. It means to be so strong spiritually, so compelled by divine love, that one is totally dominated by the Lord with nothing left of self. Human comprehension of the fullness of God is impos ...
... Being “filled with all the fullness of God” has to do with living out fully that which we already possess fully. It means to be so strong spiritually, so compelled by divine love, that one is totally dominated by the Lord with nothing left of self. Human comprehension of the fullness of God is impos ...
Quotes from Famous Scientists about God
... “While…media attention goes to the strident atheists who claim religion is foolish superstition, and to the equally clamorous religious creationists who deny the clear evidence for cosmic and biological evolution, a majority of the people I know have no difficulty accepting scientific knowledge and ...
... “While…media attention goes to the strident atheists who claim religion is foolish superstition, and to the equally clamorous religious creationists who deny the clear evidence for cosmic and biological evolution, a majority of the people I know have no difficulty accepting scientific knowledge and ...
Love has its speed – Bishop John Armes
... ‘Love has its speed. It is a spiritual speed. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. It goes on in the depth of our life, whether we notice it or not, at three miles an hour. It is the speed we walk and therefore the speed the love of God walks.’ (Ko ...
... ‘Love has its speed. It is a spiritual speed. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. It goes on in the depth of our life, whether we notice it or not, at three miles an hour. It is the speed we walk and therefore the speed the love of God walks.’ (Ko ...
Sermon Notes
... been fathered by God and knows God. The person who does not love does not know God because God is love. By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him ...
... been fathered by God and knows God. The person who does not love does not know God because God is love. By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him ...
Does God Exist?
... is to say that the earth’s majestic appeal, its natuknow instinctively that there must be a Being who is ral glory, is not a cosmic coincidence. It was made goodness itself. By conscience, in a truly wonderful to be cared for and governed by beings capable of way, God’s existence is made known to us ...
... is to say that the earth’s majestic appeal, its natuknow instinctively that there must be a Being who is ral glory, is not a cosmic coincidence. It was made goodness itself. By conscience, in a truly wonderful to be cared for and governed by beings capable of way, God’s existence is made known to us ...
Expressing the Fullness of God`s Heart
... B. It’s not just about rules. 1. It’s about relationship. (a) God wants to remind you of his love. (b) God wants to guide you and strengthen you. C. Rhema vs. Logos (the written Word and spoken Word). 1. God still speaks (“every word that proceeds”). (a) The “sword of the Spirit” is rhema. (b) It do ...
... B. It’s not just about rules. 1. It’s about relationship. (a) God wants to remind you of his love. (b) God wants to guide you and strengthen you. C. Rhema vs. Logos (the written Word and spoken Word). 1. God still speaks (“every word that proceeds”). (a) The “sword of the Spirit” is rhema. (b) It do ...
Local Color - St. Hyacinth | Amarillo, Texas
... That line, “following the dust wherever it goes” has a nice ring to it but, as a pastor, I don’t want my people to be thinking that they can find the one true God just by “following the dust down some FM road.” And that’s why the history and theology of our Church is so important. Take the doctrine ...
... That line, “following the dust wherever it goes” has a nice ring to it but, as a pastor, I don’t want my people to be thinking that they can find the one true God just by “following the dust down some FM road.” And that’s why the history and theology of our Church is so important. Take the doctrine ...