Spiritual Openness (Docility) 1) Three phases of spiritual openness
... obstacles to the union God is calling me to now in these new circumstances of my life. Docility implies a kind of flexibility. 3) Obstacles to spiritual openness a) Expectations. An attitude of knowing in advance what someone will say or do closes us off to the word that God might be trying to speak ...
... obstacles to the union God is calling me to now in these new circumstances of my life. Docility implies a kind of flexibility. 3) Obstacles to spiritual openness a) Expectations. An attitude of knowing in advance what someone will say or do closes us off to the word that God might be trying to speak ...
1 Life as Prayer (for AGC 420) LIFE AS PRAYER Councillor for
... awaits us in the young and our vocation as epiphany, the “pastoral look.” Merely "being with the young" is not enough: it has to be done with a sense of mission, which derives directly from obedience understood as a search for and fulfilment of God’s will. We need to discover strategies and lines of ...
... awaits us in the young and our vocation as epiphany, the “pastoral look.” Merely "being with the young" is not enough: it has to be done with a sense of mission, which derives directly from obedience understood as a search for and fulfilment of God’s will. We need to discover strategies and lines of ...
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power
... (Gen. 19:4), seeking to abuse the two angels who had come with a final offer of salvation. In the executive phase of judgment those who were true to God (Lot and his two daughters) were rescued from the fires that destroyed the unrepentant. The great example of executive judgment in the history of t ...
... (Gen. 19:4), seeking to abuse the two angels who had come with a final offer of salvation. In the executive phase of judgment those who were true to God (Lot and his two daughters) were rescued from the fires that destroyed the unrepentant. The great example of executive judgment in the history of t ...
Creeds and Theology: Expressing the Jewish Context
... twofold identity. They are the spiritual remnant of physical Israel and at the same time are part of the body of Messiah. We believe the Abrahamic Covenant is an irrevocable, unconditional covenant God made with Jewish people. This covenant provides title to the land of Israel for the Jewish people ...
... twofold identity. They are the spiritual remnant of physical Israel and at the same time are part of the body of Messiah. We believe the Abrahamic Covenant is an irrevocable, unconditional covenant God made with Jewish people. This covenant provides title to the land of Israel for the Jewish people ...
Ascension Theology - Thedivineconspiracy.org
... outcome of his messianic career. To be sure, in Matthew and Mark the ascension does not feature so prominently as in Luke–Acts, and this is often taken by modern scholars as a reason for not allowing it much attention. The doctrine of the ascension, it is sometimes said, is just another way of talki ...
... outcome of his messianic career. To be sure, in Matthew and Mark the ascension does not feature so prominently as in Luke–Acts, and this is often taken by modern scholars as a reason for not allowing it much attention. The doctrine of the ascension, it is sometimes said, is just another way of talki ...
Aquinas - American University of Beirut
... in order that they might lead men from the pleasure of sensible things to virtue, were concerned to show that there were in existence other goods of a higher nature than these things of sense, and that those who gave themselves to the active or contemplative virtues would find much sweeter enjoyment ...
... in order that they might lead men from the pleasure of sensible things to virtue, were concerned to show that there were in existence other goods of a higher nature than these things of sense, and that those who gave themselves to the active or contemplative virtues would find much sweeter enjoyment ...
ACTS 17 – PAUL: A PERSUADER
... Well – what exactly is this ‘good news’ that Christians are meant to share? What is the good news that is meant to make our feet ‘beautiful’? If I asked you: What is the greatest news that we as a church have to share with east Oxford What would you say? We live in a needy city – we live in a time ...
... Well – what exactly is this ‘good news’ that Christians are meant to share? What is the good news that is meant to make our feet ‘beautiful’? If I asked you: What is the greatest news that we as a church have to share with east Oxford What would you say? We live in a needy city – we live in a time ...
Supplement to the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White
... I would here call especial attention to the view of this subject given on pages 45, 46. Here is a short extract:—“The object of the words of our Saviour [Luke 12:33] had not been clearly presented. I saw that the object of selling was not to give to those who are able to labor and support themselves ...
... I would here call especial attention to the view of this subject given on pages 45, 46. Here is a short extract:—“The object of the words of our Saviour [Luke 12:33] had not been clearly presented. I saw that the object of selling was not to give to those who are able to labor and support themselves ...
Unicity of god, multiciply of mysticisms
... an experience of the non-material, but to an experience given by the Holy Spirit of God whose action, according to Christian texts, is universal since it has been «poured out on all flesh». With this, then, we have sufficiently delimited our proposal: to observe closely the diverse spiritual experie ...
... an experience of the non-material, but to an experience given by the Holy Spirit of God whose action, according to Christian texts, is universal since it has been «poured out on all flesh». With this, then, we have sufficiently delimited our proposal: to observe closely the diverse spiritual experie ...
total depravity - Let God be True!
... 8. Salvation is getting delivered from something, so you should start with what you are delivered from. 9. Distinguishing marks of our church include unconditional election to eternal life and monergistic regeneration before faith; both of these flow from and reflect the Bible doctrine of total depr ...
... 8. Salvation is getting delivered from something, so you should start with what you are delivered from. 9. Distinguishing marks of our church include unconditional election to eternal life and monergistic regeneration before faith; both of these flow from and reflect the Bible doctrine of total depr ...
OT Core Seminar Class Rubric
... doctrine of election. It’s the doctrine that some will be given grace; and those “some” are chosen by God purely on the grounds of grace, not on the grounds of anything they’ve done. Well, why would God choose one son over the other? Was Jacob more righteous than his twin brother Esau? Um…no. Just r ...
... doctrine of election. It’s the doctrine that some will be given grace; and those “some” are chosen by God purely on the grounds of grace, not on the grounds of anything they’ve done. Well, why would God choose one son over the other? Was Jacob more righteous than his twin brother Esau? Um…no. Just r ...
1 Peter 2 - Grow In The Word
... the Word. The most mature Christian still needs to be warned against giving into temptation and sin. So, like a Registered Dietician, the apostle directs us to wholesome and regular food for our souls that will enable us to grow spiritually. "pure spiritual milk" Peter now describes the Word of God ...
... the Word. The most mature Christian still needs to be warned against giving into temptation and sin. So, like a Registered Dietician, the apostle directs us to wholesome and regular food for our souls that will enable us to grow spiritually. "pure spiritual milk" Peter now describes the Word of God ...
The Two Hands of God
... “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you i ...
... “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you i ...
monday game face - Dean
... that supported his body. We must wrap God’s truth firmly around us because Satan’s major weapon is deception. Truth supports us so we can stand firmly. The Scripture tells us the truth about God’s love and saving power, and the truth about Jesus being the way, the truth¸ and the life (John 14:6). We ...
... that supported his body. We must wrap God’s truth firmly around us because Satan’s major weapon is deception. Truth supports us so we can stand firmly. The Scripture tells us the truth about God’s love and saving power, and the truth about Jesus being the way, the truth¸ and the life (John 14:6). We ...
THE AWAKENING The Fast Track – 21 Day Fast
... 6:9). How many times have you started a book, workout, TV series, (or something similar) and didn’t finish it? Probably too many times to count…right? It happens too often that we quit or give up on things in life because we’re no longer excited about them or it’s become far too difficult to continu ...
... 6:9). How many times have you started a book, workout, TV series, (or something similar) and didn’t finish it? Probably too many times to count…right? It happens too often that we quit or give up on things in life because we’re no longer excited about them or it’s become far too difficult to continu ...
September/October 2015 - Contending for the Faith
... will instead of the will of Christ. We are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. For and to us Paul penned “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful” (Col. 3:15). When the peace of God is ruling in our hearts, then we will be ...
... will instead of the will of Christ. We are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. For and to us Paul penned “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful” (Col. 3:15). When the peace of God is ruling in our hearts, then we will be ...
Eschatology Issues III: Over-focusing on Revelation, the
... same study: The "unknown day and hour" of Matt.24:36 and Mark 13:32 merely indicates that we may know an event is imminent without knowing the precise day of the year and hour of the day in which it will occur. After all, this comment occurs immediately following the parable of the fig tree where we ...
... same study: The "unknown day and hour" of Matt.24:36 and Mark 13:32 merely indicates that we may know an event is imminent without knowing the precise day of the year and hour of the day in which it will occur. After all, this comment occurs immediately following the parable of the fig tree where we ...
What Does It Mean To “Despise Your Youth?”
... of Israel deserted him and made Jeroboam king. In doing so they split the magnificent nation, which his grandfather David and father Solomon had built (with God’s blessing) into perhaps the wealthiest nation on earth at the time. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of ...
... of Israel deserted him and made Jeroboam king. In doing so they split the magnificent nation, which his grandfather David and father Solomon had built (with God’s blessing) into perhaps the wealthiest nation on earth at the time. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of ...
Imprecatory prayers
... Psalm 64:1-10 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That the ...
... Psalm 64:1-10 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That the ...
PDF - Gospel Revolution Church
... You know in Genesis chapter 1 it says the earth was in chaos and confusion & was full of darkness, and then the Holy Spirit moved upon the face of the deep after God released His breath by saying let there be light. In the same way we can say that Sodom and Gomorrah was full of darkness and chaos an ...
... You know in Genesis chapter 1 it says the earth was in chaos and confusion & was full of darkness, and then the Holy Spirit moved upon the face of the deep after God released His breath by saying let there be light. In the same way we can say that Sodom and Gomorrah was full of darkness and chaos an ...
Ash Wednesday
... with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; 10as sorrowful, yet alway ...
... with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; 10as sorrowful, yet alway ...
Document
... Being filled at God’s table and the promise that God would lead and guide you and give grace to and speak good news to and increase the joy for and find salvation and help when they fall. All of that stuff was not promised to those who learn to love as Jesus loved. It was not promised to those who a ...
... Being filled at God’s table and the promise that God would lead and guide you and give grace to and speak good news to and increase the joy for and find salvation and help when they fall. All of that stuff was not promised to those who learn to love as Jesus loved. It was not promised to those who a ...
LK 14:15-24 The Great Invitation and the Lame Excuses Intro
... Is 25:6–9- 6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all na ...
... Is 25:6–9- 6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all na ...
Sermon Manuscript - Cornerstone Community Church
... The Big Idea: The World Takes Notice When Christians Revolve Their World Around God The Big Picture # 1: “Hey, Amber, Look Out the Window!” As many of you know, I grew up in “the Region.” Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, I accepted Christ as my Savior at Grace Baptist Church in Gary when I was a te ...
... The Big Idea: The World Takes Notice When Christians Revolve Their World Around God The Big Picture # 1: “Hey, Amber, Look Out the Window!” As many of you know, I grew up in “the Region.” Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, I accepted Christ as my Savior at Grace Baptist Church in Gary when I was a te ...
God in Christianity
God in Christianity is the eternal being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe God to be both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the world). Christian teachings of the immanence and involvement of God and his love for humanity exclude the belief that God is of the same substance as the created universe but accept that God's divine Nature was hypostatically united to human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, in an event known as the Incarnation.Early Christian views of God were expressed in the Pauline Epistles and the early creeds, which proclaimed one God and the divinity of Jesus, almost in the same breath as in 1 Corinthians (8:5-6): ""For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many 'gods' and many 'lords'), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."" ""Although the Judæo-Christian sect of the Ebionites protested against this apotheosis of Jesus, the great mass of Gentile Christians accepted it."" This began to differentiate the Gentile Christian views of God from traditional Jewish teachings of the time.The theology of the attributes and nature of God has been discussed since the earliest days of Christianity, with Irenaeus writing in the 2nd century: ""His greatness lacks nothing, but contains all things"". In the 8th century, John of Damascus listed eighteen attributes which remain widely accepted. As time passed, theologians developed systematic lists of these attributes, some based on statements in the Bible (e.g., the Lord's Prayer, stating that the Father is in Heaven), others based on theological reasoning. The Kingdom of God is a prominent phrase in the Synoptic Gospels and while there is near unanimous agreement among scholars that it represents a key element of the teachings of Jesus, there is little scholarly agreement on its exact interpretation.Although the New Testament does not have a formal doctrine of the Trinity as such, it does repeatedly speak of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in such a way as to ""compel a trinitarian understanding of God."" This never becomes a tritheism, i.e. this does not imply three Gods. Around the year 200, Tertullian formulated a version of the doctrine of the Trinity which clearly affirmed the divinity of Jesus and came close to the later definitive form produced by the Ecumenical Council of 381. The doctrine of the Trinity can be summed up as: ""The One God exists in Three Persons and One Substance, as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit."" Trinitarians, who form the large majority of Christians, hold it as a core tenet of their faith. Nontrinitarian denominations define the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in a number of different ways.