Chapter 21
... peace of God which according to Isaiah (11:1–10) the Branch of Jesse will bring. It might be conjectured that any physical bodies of water in the new heaven and earth would also be reminders that the righteousness and the glory of God in Christ will fill the newly recreated earth (cf. Rev 22:1), wh ...
... peace of God which according to Isaiah (11:1–10) the Branch of Jesse will bring. It might be conjectured that any physical bodies of water in the new heaven and earth would also be reminders that the righteousness and the glory of God in Christ will fill the newly recreated earth (cf. Rev 22:1), wh ...
the political theology of john donne
... idea; God himself in his unity, is the model, he is the type of monarchy" "All governments," he continued, "may justly represent God to me, who is the God of order, and fountain of all government, but yet I am more eased, and more accustomed to the contemplation of heaven... as heaven is a kingdom, ...
... idea; God himself in his unity, is the model, he is the type of monarchy" "All governments," he continued, "may justly represent God to me, who is the God of order, and fountain of all government, but yet I am more eased, and more accustomed to the contemplation of heaven... as heaven is a kingdom, ...
promises to the obedient
... believe in Christ, and you are safe. You have nothing to do with keeping the law.’ But genuine faith will be manifest in obedience.” — Patriarchs and Prophets, pages 153, 154. RELATION BETWEEN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE 7. What did James say about Abraham’s faith? James 2:21-24. “There is many a man in the ...
... believe in Christ, and you are safe. You have nothing to do with keeping the law.’ But genuine faith will be manifest in obedience.” — Patriarchs and Prophets, pages 153, 154. RELATION BETWEEN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE 7. What did James say about Abraham’s faith? James 2:21-24. “There is many a man in the ...
2. holiness: the great desideratum
... IT is my desire, in dependence on the Lord, to write a faithful record, so far as memory now serves me, of some of God's dealings with my soul and my strivings after the experience of holiness, during the first six years of my Christian life, ere I knew the blessedness of finding all in Christ. This ...
... IT is my desire, in dependence on the Lord, to write a faithful record, so far as memory now serves me, of some of God's dealings with my soul and my strivings after the experience of holiness, during the first six years of my Christian life, ere I knew the blessedness of finding all in Christ. This ...
Transcript - Bethany Baptist Church
... their life, we can expect to be called names of every stripe: bigot, judgmental, hater and worse. I acknowledge if we talk much about God’s wrath we will surely find ourselves turning people away from the church. People do not want to hear that. The problem is believing, however, that the church exi ...
... their life, we can expect to be called names of every stripe: bigot, judgmental, hater and worse. I acknowledge if we talk much about God’s wrath we will surely find ourselves turning people away from the church. People do not want to hear that. The problem is believing, however, that the church exi ...
Chicken Bones of Christian Thought
... In the theological progression of Christian thought there are certain junctures that are logical sticking points where human reason gets stuck in the non sequiturs, the paradoxes, the dialectic tensions, the conundrums and the contradictions. Through the prophet Isaiah, God informed us, “H ...
... In the theological progression of Christian thought there are certain junctures that are logical sticking points where human reason gets stuck in the non sequiturs, the paradoxes, the dialectic tensions, the conundrums and the contradictions. Through the prophet Isaiah, God informed us, “H ...
effectual call or causal effect
... it is not so in those who are perishing, as the sun is effective by his light in itself, although it by no means illumines the blind.’25 According to the Westminster Confession of Faith (X.2), effectual calling includes regeneration, a change in the ‘heart’, in the very source of our motivation and ...
... it is not so in those who are perishing, as the sun is effective by his light in itself, although it by no means illumines the blind.’25 According to the Westminster Confession of Faith (X.2), effectual calling includes regeneration, a change in the ‘heart’, in the very source of our motivation and ...
Open article in new window - Third Millennium Ministries
... IV. The scope of these laws has often been violently stretched so as to include all ...
... IV. The scope of these laws has often been violently stretched so as to include all ...
Open article in new window - Reformed Perspectives Magazine
... obedience. Not only is the covenant relationship founded upon God's gracious initiative (“getting in”), but it is also sustained (“staying in”) by God's merciful acceptance of people whose obedience falls short of perfection. Despite the differences between various segments of Judaism, the basic str ...
... obedience. Not only is the covenant relationship founded upon God's gracious initiative (“getting in”), but it is also sustained (“staying in”) by God's merciful acceptance of people whose obedience falls short of perfection. Despite the differences between various segments of Judaism, the basic str ...
1 Peter》(John Trapp)
... was an English Anglican Bible commentator. His large five-volume commentary is still read today and is known for its pithy statements and quotable prose. His volumes are quoted frequently by other religious writers, including Charles Spurgeon (1834 -1892), Ruth Graham, the daughter of Ruth Bell Grah ...
... was an English Anglican Bible commentator. His large five-volume commentary is still read today and is known for its pithy statements and quotable prose. His volumes are quoted frequently by other religious writers, including Charles Spurgeon (1834 -1892), Ruth Graham, the daughter of Ruth Bell Grah ...
QUESTION 27 The Procession of the Divine Persons Now that we
... Objection 1: Among living things, that which proceeds with a likeness of nature is said to be ‘generated’ and ‘born’(generatum et nascens). But in the case of God, that which proceeds in the mode of love proceeds with a likeness of nature—otherwise, it would be something external to the divine natur ...
... Objection 1: Among living things, that which proceeds with a likeness of nature is said to be ‘generated’ and ‘born’(generatum et nascens). But in the case of God, that which proceeds in the mode of love proceeds with a likeness of nature—otherwise, it would be something external to the divine natur ...
Tsimtsum in the Writings of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits
... The Shekhinah, according to Berkovits, is in constant exile because of God’s act of self-limitation. The exile of God existed at the beginning of time. It was not a consequence of any wrong doings of man, but a result of the withdrawal of God at the creation process, which was for the benefit of man ...
... The Shekhinah, according to Berkovits, is in constant exile because of God’s act of self-limitation. The exile of God existed at the beginning of time. It was not a consequence of any wrong doings of man, but a result of the withdrawal of God at the creation process, which was for the benefit of man ...
A Chosen Vessel ―The Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a
... reached. In them we read the history of His dealings with our own souls, and the handiwork of God. We look then for the lines of beauty, resulting from His hand; we yield ourselves to the things which happen; we see the end of the Lord: we know how it is that all things work together for good to the ...
... reached. In them we read the history of His dealings with our own souls, and the handiwork of God. We look then for the lines of beauty, resulting from His hand; we yield ourselves to the things which happen; we see the end of the Lord: we know how it is that all things work together for good to the ...
the new Calvinist epistemology
... accepted immediately without further need of evidence. For example, if I am asked why I believe a particular apple tree will bear fruit this season, I give as reasons the fact that the tree is healthy, the weather is good, and that in similar circumstances the tree has always borne fruit in the past ...
... accepted immediately without further need of evidence. For example, if I am asked why I believe a particular apple tree will bear fruit this season, I give as reasons the fact that the tree is healthy, the weather is good, and that in similar circumstances the tree has always borne fruit in the past ...
doc - comeafterme.com
... someone who made a ________ vow (cf. Deut 23:21–23). His daughter, his one and ________ child, ended her life in either permanent service to the ______________ as a __________ sacrifice (cf. Num 3:12–13; Exod 38:8; 1 Sam 2:22) or in _________ as a burnt offering. While we aren’t certain of the girl’ ...
... someone who made a ________ vow (cf. Deut 23:21–23). His daughter, his one and ________ child, ended her life in either permanent service to the ______________ as a __________ sacrifice (cf. Num 3:12–13; Exod 38:8; 1 Sam 2:22) or in _________ as a burnt offering. While we aren’t certain of the girl’ ...
Christ as the Seed of Life Sown into Us to Grow within Us for God`s
... he central thought of God is that Christ is the reality of the tree of life sown as the seed of the divine life into His believers for the growth of this life within them, that they may experience the transformation of life to make them treasures of life for God’s building of life. This centrality o ...
... he central thought of God is that Christ is the reality of the tree of life sown as the seed of the divine life into His believers for the growth of this life within them, that they may experience the transformation of life to make them treasures of life for God’s building of life. This centrality o ...
Major Doctrines of Christianity
... training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. Heb 1:1-2 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom ...
... training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. Heb 1:1-2 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom ...
A Journey in Pictures through the Mystery Religions
... At the beginning of the last century Rudolf Steiner advanced the theory that Christianity was nothing but the legacy of and successor to the mystery religions. That is certainly not the case. Christianity was by its very nature something completely new. But what was new about Christianity would not ...
... At the beginning of the last century Rudolf Steiner advanced the theory that Christianity was nothing but the legacy of and successor to the mystery religions. That is certainly not the case. Christianity was by its very nature something completely new. But what was new about Christianity would not ...
doctrine of divine good
... 4. Further, in the doctrinal movement there has surfaced another distortion that “if I see it as good, pray about it and God does not shut it down, then it must be His will”. 5. However, the reality is that believers often engage in operation energy of the flesh and then attempt to classify it as Di ...
... 4. Further, in the doctrinal movement there has surfaced another distortion that “if I see it as good, pray about it and God does not shut it down, then it must be His will”. 5. However, the reality is that believers often engage in operation energy of the flesh and then attempt to classify it as Di ...
Open article in new window - Reformed Perspectives Magazine
... commands, our hearts and lives to his control. We are his slaves. And herein consists our liberty. It is the felix necessitas boni of which Augustin speaks. It is analogous to absolute subjection to truth and holiness, only it is to a person who is infinite in knowledge and in excellence. This lord ...
... commands, our hearts and lives to his control. We are his slaves. And herein consists our liberty. It is the felix necessitas boni of which Augustin speaks. It is analogous to absolute subjection to truth and holiness, only it is to a person who is infinite in knowledge and in excellence. This lord ...
Bohemian Confession, 1575 - Moravian Archives, Winston
... 1. Of the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments With the heart we believe and with the mouth we confess that the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are without any exception unchangeably true, holy, sure, and catholic, that is universal, given and commanded by G ...
... 1. Of the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments With the heart we believe and with the mouth we confess that the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are without any exception unchangeably true, holy, sure, and catholic, that is universal, given and commanded by G ...
The Elder Statements - Willow Creek Community Church
... At Willow Creek, the Bible is the source of our beliefs, including our views on baptism. A few key passages can help us see what purpose baptism plays in the life of a believer. In Matthew 28:19 (NASB) Jesus commands His followers, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in t ...
... At Willow Creek, the Bible is the source of our beliefs, including our views on baptism. A few key passages can help us see what purpose baptism plays in the life of a believer. In Matthew 28:19 (NASB) Jesus commands His followers, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in t ...
Dark Light: The Mystical Theology of St. Edith Stein
... natural theology possible, and how it differs from, for example, more evidentialist versions of the analytic philosophy of religion. Steins takes her cue from actual lived human experience, where the source of all knowledge is perception and intuition, which includes knowledge about non-physical rea ...
... natural theology possible, and how it differs from, for example, more evidentialist versions of the analytic philosophy of religion. Steins takes her cue from actual lived human experience, where the source of all knowledge is perception and intuition, which includes knowledge about non-physical rea ...
The Holy Spirit and the Anointing of the Messiah
... experience of being caught up in a state of ecstasy or religious frenzy. Attributing such states to a divine “spirit” (as is done in 1 Sam 10:5-13, 19:20-24) when connected with ecstatic prophecy, the Spirit is usually described as the Spirit of God. In short, any behavior that went beyond the norma ...
... experience of being caught up in a state of ecstasy or religious frenzy. Attributing such states to a divine “spirit” (as is done in 1 Sam 10:5-13, 19:20-24) when connected with ecstatic prophecy, the Spirit is usually described as the Spirit of God. In short, any behavior that went beyond the norma ...
Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer
... gracious spirit. We read of the spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. iii. 10. I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications. Wherever there is a true spirit of supplication, there is the spirit of grace. The true spirit of prayer is ...
... gracious spirit. We read of the spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. iii. 10. I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications. Wherever there is a true spirit of supplication, there is the spirit of grace. The true spirit of prayer is ...