2014 07 20 Blood of the Lamb
... and asked him for a quarter. Taking a long, hard look into the man's unshaven face, the attorney asked, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" "You should," came the reply. "I'm your former classmate. Remember, second floor, old Main Hall?" "Why Sam, of course I know you!" Without further question the l ...
... and asked him for a quarter. Taking a long, hard look into the man's unshaven face, the attorney asked, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" "You should," came the reply. "I'm your former classmate. Remember, second floor, old Main Hall?" "Why Sam, of course I know you!" Without further question the l ...
1 Our Cornerstone Acts 7:55-60 I Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1
... world from captivity to sin and death. It is His resurrection and ascension which displays that deliverance for all to see. It is Jesus who stands at the right hand of God, as Stephen saw and generations of Christians have proclaimed in creeds and confessions of faith. It is Jesus, coming again in g ...
... world from captivity to sin and death. It is His resurrection and ascension which displays that deliverance for all to see. It is Jesus who stands at the right hand of God, as Stephen saw and generations of Christians have proclaimed in creeds and confessions of faith. It is Jesus, coming again in g ...
André LaCocque Jesus the Central Jew: His Times and His People
... LaCocque makes frequent reference to rabbinic literature, though he does so with the requisite caution that these sources post-date the period of Jesus (sometimes by centuries). Nonetheless, he occasionally makes statements about rabbinic practice or influence in the first century CE that are not, i ...
... LaCocque makes frequent reference to rabbinic literature, though he does so with the requisite caution that these sources post-date the period of Jesus (sometimes by centuries). Nonetheless, he occasionally makes statements about rabbinic practice or influence in the first century CE that are not, i ...
Parallel Teachings in Hinduism and Christianity
... waters, water as purification, speech as the means through which creation was brought forth, spiritual enlightenment, sacrifice, the practice of penance, and the eventual union of heaven and earth. ...
... waters, water as purification, speech as the means through which creation was brought forth, spiritual enlightenment, sacrifice, the practice of penance, and the eventual union of heaven and earth. ...
St. Matthew!
... Nearly every Sunday School picture and stained glass window of this Bible story gets it wrong. Jesus is almost always pictured as teaching the teachers. That’s wrong. He was listening to them and asking questions. He was the student, not the teacher. As a typical, normal, 100% adolescent boy, he was ...
... Nearly every Sunday School picture and stained glass window of this Bible story gets it wrong. Jesus is almost always pictured as teaching the teachers. That’s wrong. He was listening to them and asking questions. He was the student, not the teacher. As a typical, normal, 100% adolescent boy, he was ...
Unchained and Fettered - Hillsborough Reformed Church
... – it is right there at the beginning of Mark’s gospel and hardly the only time we come across these troublesome words – “demon” and “unclean spirit.”1 This unclean spirit is a menace. First of all it makes the person who is possessed rave like a madman, then it attacks Jesus on a very personal basis ...
... – it is right there at the beginning of Mark’s gospel and hardly the only time we come across these troublesome words – “demon” and “unclean spirit.”1 This unclean spirit is a menace. First of all it makes the person who is possessed rave like a madman, then it attacks Jesus on a very personal basis ...
Message: “Nonconformity” Series: The Radical Disciple Preached
... Think about it: this is Jesus’ continuing prayer for us: We are to be in the world, but not of the world— for the sake of the world we are non-conformists; we are Radical Disciples who bring the gospel; we are a counterculture for the common good. I picture our mission in the world as walking a tigh ...
... Think about it: this is Jesus’ continuing prayer for us: We are to be in the world, but not of the world— for the sake of the world we are non-conformists; we are Radical Disciples who bring the gospel; we are a counterculture for the common good. I picture our mission in the world as walking a tigh ...
1 Peter 1:18-21 - Ebenezer Baptist Church
... At the appointed time in the history of mankind, Jesus made His appearance by being born in human flesh. "Was manifest in these times for you" speaks of Christ's incarnation as the Son of God. Jesus would offer Himself as the sacrifice for the sins of man. The blood of Christ has been paid to redeem ...
... At the appointed time in the history of mankind, Jesus made His appearance by being born in human flesh. "Was manifest in these times for you" speaks of Christ's incarnation as the Son of God. Jesus would offer Himself as the sacrifice for the sins of man. The blood of Christ has been paid to redeem ...
Blessed Trinity - Our Saviour`s Lutheran Church
... then taught them and brought them to faith. It echoes the words from last week’s lesson in John 15 where Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you.” It was the Lord’s initiative that led them to follow, not their own. The Lord called them, and they responded and changed their lives to foll ...
... then taught them and brought them to faith. It echoes the words from last week’s lesson in John 15 where Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you.” It was the Lord’s initiative that led them to follow, not their own. The Lord called them, and they responded and changed their lives to foll ...
But who do you say that I am?
... In answering the question of Jesus, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ the Church today must take God out of the box. We must move from the philosophy and language of centuries ago to that of our present day. We can listen to the saints, learn from them, soak up their goodness, but use our own words to ...
... In answering the question of Jesus, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ the Church today must take God out of the box. We must move from the philosophy and language of centuries ago to that of our present day. We can listen to the saints, learn from them, soak up their goodness, but use our own words to ...
Christian charity and the welfare state
... an alliance seems logical; to others, it is a non sequitur to conclude that, because we are expected to perform acts of charity, we should enlist the state to help us. This question surfaced in the August 2008 interview that Pastor Rick Warren conducted with the Democratic and Republican presidenti ...
... an alliance seems logical; to others, it is a non sequitur to conclude that, because we are expected to perform acts of charity, we should enlist the state to help us. This question surfaced in the August 2008 interview that Pastor Rick Warren conducted with the Democratic and Republican presidenti ...
2-22-15 Lent 1- Few Words
... that God was with him and the wild beasts did not harm him. It’s enough to know that after this period of temptation, the angels came to the one who endured, and ministered to him. And perhaps that’s all we really need to know as well. Perhaps in telling us what happened with Jesus, Mark is saying, ...
... that God was with him and the wild beasts did not harm him. It’s enough to know that after this period of temptation, the angels came to the one who endured, and ministered to him. And perhaps that’s all we really need to know as well. Perhaps in telling us what happened with Jesus, Mark is saying, ...
10-26-08 The Imperative of Grace _2
... had. This is the grace of God. As you have received, Paul says, so you are able to give. This was the central message of the Protestant Reformation, which we remember on this Reformation Sunday — the good news of the gospel that all that needed to be done has been done, that we are saved and given n ...
... had. This is the grace of God. As you have received, Paul says, so you are able to give. This was the central message of the Protestant Reformation, which we remember on this Reformation Sunday — the good news of the gospel that all that needed to be done has been done, that we are saved and given n ...
1 The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in its Jewish
... strong cases laid out by Bauckham and Stuckenbruck that these refusal-scenes reflect a motif attested in second-temple Jewish texts emphasizing monotheistic worship, and so the novel inclusion of ‘the Lamb’ with God in scenes of heavenly worship in Revelation is exceptional and highly significant. ...
... strong cases laid out by Bauckham and Stuckenbruck that these refusal-scenes reflect a motif attested in second-temple Jewish texts emphasizing monotheistic worship, and so the novel inclusion of ‘the Lamb’ with God in scenes of heavenly worship in Revelation is exceptional and highly significant. ...
Word Document - First Presbyterian Church of Hospers PCA
... have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” That’s a remarkably strong unity! “That they may be one even as we are one.” That’s a perfect unity. And again, that unity especially referred to unity in the truth. B. That’s why it’s troubling when people suggest that there are contradictio ...
... have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” That’s a remarkably strong unity! “That they may be one even as we are one.” That’s a perfect unity. And again, that unity especially referred to unity in the truth. B. That’s why it’s troubling when people suggest that there are contradictio ...
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... righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. ...
... righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. ...
January 22, 2017 - St. Stephen Lutheran Church
... served hot. As a matter of fact, it is best when not tasted or served at all. This brings me to my sermon theme for today, “Resisting Evil.” I’ll develop this theme in three parts: 1) Who Is The Enemy? 2) Jesus Defeated Our Enemies; and, 3) Overcoming Evil With Good 1) Who Is The Enemy? Will Rogers ...
... served hot. As a matter of fact, it is best when not tasted or served at all. This brings me to my sermon theme for today, “Resisting Evil.” I’ll develop this theme in three parts: 1) Who Is The Enemy? 2) Jesus Defeated Our Enemies; and, 3) Overcoming Evil With Good 1) Who Is The Enemy? Will Rogers ...
It is Finished - Belton Church of Christ
... “I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and ...
... “I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and ...
2016-06-12 The power of sacrifice - George
... God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. 10 These bodies of ours are constantly facing death just as Jesus did; so it is clear to all that it is only the living Christ within who keeps us safe. The things that holds many back from God’s blessing is their unwill ...
... God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. 10 These bodies of ours are constantly facing death just as Jesus did; so it is clear to all that it is only the living Christ within who keeps us safe. The things that holds many back from God’s blessing is their unwill ...
New Birth, New Creation
... The New Creation is Jesus Christ and we are in him now. He is not of the old creation as he did not come from the loins of Adam’s fallen race. Jesus was spoken word straight from the Spirit of the Almighty God and was New Creation. John declared him to be the “first” of the new creation. When Jesus ...
... The New Creation is Jesus Christ and we are in him now. He is not of the old creation as he did not come from the loins of Adam’s fallen race. Jesus was spoken word straight from the Spirit of the Almighty God and was New Creation. John declared him to be the “first” of the new creation. When Jesus ...
doc file - Adventist Theological Society
... the Trinity are distinct, yet not divided, different yet not separate or independent of each other.”9 The eastern Cappadocian fathers expanded on Tertullian’s thought and tended to emphasize the distinct individuality of the three persons while safeguarding their unity by stressing the fact that bot ...
... the Trinity are distinct, yet not divided, different yet not separate or independent of each other.”9 The eastern Cappadocian fathers expanded on Tertullian’s thought and tended to emphasize the distinct individuality of the three persons while safeguarding their unity by stressing the fact that bot ...
Growing Season - Covenant Presbyterian Church
... But apparently some seeds were growing in me. That church had faith in me and for me, before I had it for myself. And when I went to college, I started asking questions about warfare, and hunger, and God. I started reading about Jesus, who fed hungry people and called for a radical kind of love. I s ...
... But apparently some seeds were growing in me. That church had faith in me and for me, before I had it for myself. And when I went to college, I started asking questions about warfare, and hunger, and God. I started reading about Jesus, who fed hungry people and called for a radical kind of love. I s ...
The Overwhelming Power of God
... love to prevail against the evil of Emperor Domitian? Such cruelty had not happened when Paul “The Overwhelming Power of God” July 21, 2013 Page 2 ...
... love to prevail against the evil of Emperor Domitian? Such cruelty had not happened when Paul “The Overwhelming Power of God” July 21, 2013 Page 2 ...
Christian deism
Christian deism, in the philosophy of religion, is a standpoint that branches from Christianity. It refers to a deist who believes in the moral teachings—but not divinity—of Jesus. Corbett and Corbett (1999) cite John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as exemplars. The earliest-found usage of the term Christian deism in print in English is in 1738 in a book by Thomas Morgan, appearing about ten times by 1800.The term Christian deist is found as early as 1722,in Christianity vindicated against infidelity by Daniel Waterland (he calls it a misuse of language), and adopted later by Matthew Tindal in his 1730 work, Christianity as Old as the Creation.Christian deism is influenced by Christianity, as well as both main forms of deism: classical and modern. In 1698 English writer Matthew Tindal (1653–1733) published a pamphlet ""The Liberty of the Press"" as a ""Christian"" deist. He believed that the state should control the Church in matters of public communication.It adopts the ethics and non-mystical teachings of Jesus, while denying that Jesus was a deity. Scholars of the founding fathers of the United States ""have tended to place the founders' religion into one of three categories—non-Christian deism, Christian deism, and orthodox Christianity.""John Locke and John Tillotson, especially, inspired Christian deism, through their respective writings.Possibly the most famed person to hold this position was Thomas Jefferson, who praised ""nature's God"" in the ""Declaration of Independence"" (1776) and edited the ""Jefferson Bible""—a Bible with all reference to revelations and other miraculous interventions from a deity cut out.In an 1803 letter to Joseph Priestley, Jefferson states that he conceived the idea of writing his view of the ""Christian system"" in a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Rush during 1798–99. He proposes beginning with a review of the morals of the ancient philosophers, moving on to the ""deism and ethics of the Jews"", and concluding with the ""principles of a pure deism"" taught by Jesus, ""omit[ting] the question of his divinity, and even his inspiration.""Christian deists see no paradox in adopting the values and ideals espoused by Jesus without believing he was God. Without providing examples or citations, one author maintains, ""A number of influential 17th- and 18th-century thinkers claimed for themselves the title of 'Christian deist' because they accepted both the Christian religion based on revelation and a deistic religion based on natural reason. This deistic religion was consistent with Christianity but independent of any revealed authority. Christian deists often accepted revelation because it could be made to accord with natural or rational religion.""