Ephesians, NRSV, without verse numbers or paragraphs
... who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of ...
... who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of ...
Powerpoint 11 - Mount Calvary Baptist Church
... Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, ...
... Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, ...
Blest Hope - Bristol Christian Fellowship
... is useless and so is your faith. Your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” (1 Corinthians 15:14; 17; 19) It strains all credulity to try to present such a statement as a metaphor! 1 Peter 1:3-5 says, “In hi ...
... is useless and so is your faith. Your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” (1 Corinthians 15:14; 17; 19) It strains all credulity to try to present such a statement as a metaphor! 1 Peter 1:3-5 says, “In hi ...
The Cosmological Argument
... (~ Victor Frankl, The Unconscious God). Is this not similar to the “unknown” God in Acts 17? 1905-1997 Victor Frankl ...
... (~ Victor Frankl, The Unconscious God). Is this not similar to the “unknown” God in Acts 17? 1905-1997 Victor Frankl ...
The Mystery of Fellowship
... disfellowshipped, (Romans 16:17, GW) Brothers and sisters, I urge you to watch out for those people who create divisions and who make others fall away [from the Christian faith] by teaching doctrine that is not the same as you have learned. Stay away from them. Reasons for Unity and Fellowship Diff ...
... disfellowshipped, (Romans 16:17, GW) Brothers and sisters, I urge you to watch out for those people who create divisions and who make others fall away [from the Christian faith] by teaching doctrine that is not the same as you have learned. Stay away from them. Reasons for Unity and Fellowship Diff ...
Summa Theologica
... more and some less good, true, noble and the like. But "more" and "less" are predicated of different things, according as they resemble in their different ways something which is the maximum, as a thing is said to be hotter according as it more nearly resembles that which is hottest; so that there i ...
... more and some less good, true, noble and the like. But "more" and "less" are predicated of different things, according as they resemble in their different ways something which is the maximum, as a thing is said to be hotter according as it more nearly resembles that which is hottest; so that there i ...
our-standing-in-christ
... Title: Our Standing in Christ Introduction: Ephesians 1:3-14 is made up of only three sentences. Paul uses adjectives to enrich our understanding of God’s blessings in Christ. Illustration: A rich man was in the habit of giving his wife an expensive piece of jewelry every year on her birthday. One y ...
... Title: Our Standing in Christ Introduction: Ephesians 1:3-14 is made up of only three sentences. Paul uses adjectives to enrich our understanding of God’s blessings in Christ. Illustration: A rich man was in the habit of giving his wife an expensive piece of jewelry every year on her birthday. One y ...
Christianity and Time - Digital Commons @ Butler University
... CHRISTIANITY HAS NO one theory of time. But there are several constraints that Christian conceptions of time should meet, among which are the following three. First, Christianity arose within a fundamental monotheistic assumption that the world is created by God, and therefore time must be related t ...
... CHRISTIANITY HAS NO one theory of time. But there are several constraints that Christian conceptions of time should meet, among which are the following three. First, Christianity arose within a fundamental monotheistic assumption that the world is created by God, and therefore time must be related t ...
Idols of the Heart - Graven Images
... any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. (5) "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate ...
... any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. (5) "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate ...
Hinduism - Fishkill Baptist Student Minitries
... “A salt doll went to measure the depth of the monism or Advaita Vedanta, declares the nonocean…” – Ramakrishna Paramahansa difference between man and God. Humans are merely “God in disguise”. Ignorance, the result of karmic accretion, obscures the true nature of the individual. Through spiritual dis ...
... “A salt doll went to measure the depth of the monism or Advaita Vedanta, declares the nonocean…” – Ramakrishna Paramahansa difference between man and God. Humans are merely “God in disguise”. Ignorance, the result of karmic accretion, obscures the true nature of the individual. Through spiritual dis ...
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... Conversion of Saul – In Acts, Saul, a Roman citizen, actively persecutred the new Christian believers. While on the road to Damascus, Saul was blinded by a light from heaven. And heard the words of God. Three days later, he accepted baptism and “the scales” fell from his eyes. Saul is known as St. P ...
... Conversion of Saul – In Acts, Saul, a Roman citizen, actively persecutred the new Christian believers. While on the road to Damascus, Saul was blinded by a light from heaven. And heard the words of God. Three days later, he accepted baptism and “the scales” fell from his eyes. Saul is known as St. P ...
Testimony Workshop - School of Evangelization (Talk 5)
... One night my Mom asked if I would pray the rosary with the family. Since they didn't own a TV and I didn't have any money to spend at the tavern, I figured why not. We were interrupted by a phone call. My Mom asked me if I believed in God; I said yeah. She then asked me if I believed in Jesus. I did ...
... One night my Mom asked if I would pray the rosary with the family. Since they didn't own a TV and I didn't have any money to spend at the tavern, I figured why not. We were interrupted by a phone call. My Mom asked me if I believed in God; I said yeah. She then asked me if I believed in Jesus. I did ...
Does the Bible Say Women Should Suffer Abuse
... The full arc of Scripture, from beginning to end, tells us this: we were not created to suffer. God is grieved by our suffering and longs for the day when we will be fully delivered from it. Biblical Examples of Avoiding Suffering What we have seen, then, is that human suffering and pain do not originat ...
... The full arc of Scripture, from beginning to end, tells us this: we were not created to suffer. God is grieved by our suffering and longs for the day when we will be fully delivered from it. Biblical Examples of Avoiding Suffering What we have seen, then, is that human suffering and pain do not originat ...
WORD Leader`s Sheets
... Look at the photos from the Hubble Telescope. Questions for discussion around the tables: What feeling( s) do you have looking at these photos? How does it feel to consider The Sombrero Galaxy with 800 billion suns? Or the two merging galaxies 114 million light years away? Consider our earth i ...
... Look at the photos from the Hubble Telescope. Questions for discussion around the tables: What feeling( s) do you have looking at these photos? How does it feel to consider The Sombrero Galaxy with 800 billion suns? Or the two merging galaxies 114 million light years away? Consider our earth i ...
May 7, 2017 - Welcome Lutheran Church
... The holy catholic Church, that is small, “c” catholic, which means universal, this is not the “Roman Catholic Church”, but the Holy Christian Church, throughout the world, that profess in faith, that Jesus Christ, is Lord and Savior. Now there are many visible churches in our world today, with all d ...
... The holy catholic Church, that is small, “c” catholic, which means universal, this is not the “Roman Catholic Church”, but the Holy Christian Church, throughout the world, that profess in faith, that Jesus Christ, is Lord and Savior. Now there are many visible churches in our world today, with all d ...
contentment: trusting god with our sexuality
... nationality, or status, or affiliation, or IQ–all people are invited to participate in this great wedding and become part of the family of God. Jesus, the Son of God, issues the invitation to all the world. For all of us who believe in him, we can be certain of his love and his welcome when that won ...
... nationality, or status, or affiliation, or IQ–all people are invited to participate in this great wedding and become part of the family of God. Jesus, the Son of God, issues the invitation to all the world. For all of us who believe in him, we can be certain of his love and his welcome when that won ...
COLOSSIANS LESSONS 41-50 Notes
... LITOTES, an exaggeration of meaning going in the opposite direction of what it is saying. An ordinary, stupid, negative believer will not ever have to worry about his name being erased from this book. He will be a loser in time and eternity, but he cannot lose his eternal life. Rev.20:12-15 Those wh ...
... LITOTES, an exaggeration of meaning going in the opposite direction of what it is saying. An ordinary, stupid, negative believer will not ever have to worry about his name being erased from this book. He will be a loser in time and eternity, but he cannot lose his eternal life. Rev.20:12-15 Those wh ...
"The Tree of Life, Communion, and the Virgin Birth." [first posted 3/1
... a strong basis for confident hope, because God has not only promised the eternal life and concomitant blessings we eagerly await, but has irrevocably bound Himself to fulfill them. Therefore although part of these covenants' fulfillment is still yet future (requiring those who accept God's gracious ...
... a strong basis for confident hope, because God has not only promised the eternal life and concomitant blessings we eagerly await, but has irrevocably bound Himself to fulfill them. Therefore although part of these covenants' fulfillment is still yet future (requiring those who accept God's gracious ...
Wise Words About Worship and Wealth
... (above the sun), has purpose. If we fear God and seek to keep His commandments, we will enjoy life as we see all things through his perspective. Solomon did not always live with God’s perspective in mind. Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon, to show us that even if we had all the money in the world ...
... (above the sun), has purpose. If we fear God and seek to keep His commandments, we will enjoy life as we see all things through his perspective. Solomon did not always live with God’s perspective in mind. Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon, to show us that even if we had all the money in the world ...
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... they had interfered with the religious culture of that idolatrous city. What was not well known, however, was how it was possible for those two bruised men, Paul and Silas, to be “singing hymns to God” while the rest of the prisoners listened to them (Acts 16:25). Roughly 10 years later (~AD 61), t ...
... they had interfered with the religious culture of that idolatrous city. What was not well known, however, was how it was possible for those two bruised men, Paul and Silas, to be “singing hymns to God” while the rest of the prisoners listened to them (Acts 16:25). Roughly 10 years later (~AD 61), t ...
IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY?
... But this is not the only time we see Jesus’ audience react this way. In John 5:16-18 and 10:30-33 the Jews try to kill him because he “made himself God.” And in Matthew 26:63-66, Jesus’ claim to be the Son of God convinced the high priest at Jesus’ trial to convict him of blasphemy and sentence him ...
... But this is not the only time we see Jesus’ audience react this way. In John 5:16-18 and 10:30-33 the Jews try to kill him because he “made himself God.” And in Matthew 26:63-66, Jesus’ claim to be the Son of God convinced the high priest at Jesus’ trial to convict him of blasphemy and sentence him ...
Arguments for God`s Existence
... (~ Victor Frankl, The Unconscious God). Is this not similar to the “unknown” God in Acts 17? 1905-1997 Victor Frankl ...
... (~ Victor Frankl, The Unconscious God). Is this not similar to the “unknown” God in Acts 17? 1905-1997 Victor Frankl ...
Exodus 2:1-10
... phrase this as follows, throughout the history of the church God uses men as His instruments to come to the fulfilment of his plan; being busy already when when from a human point of view everything still seems to be pitch dark. After darkness comes light. Think of the dark Middle Ages, when God us ...
... phrase this as follows, throughout the history of the church God uses men as His instruments to come to the fulfilment of his plan; being busy already when when from a human point of view everything still seems to be pitch dark. After darkness comes light. Think of the dark Middle Ages, when God us ...
Clean and Unclean Meats -- The Real Poison of Biblical Dietary
... so-called health and hygiene scriptures (such as Deuteronomy 23:12-13 and Leviticus 13 and 14), reveals that they are concerned with ritual uncleanness and ritual purity. In Leviticus 11, for example, contact with an unclean animal makes a person or an article unclean, and a ritual is prescribed. Bu ...
... so-called health and hygiene scriptures (such as Deuteronomy 23:12-13 and Leviticus 13 and 14), reveals that they are concerned with ritual uncleanness and ritual purity. In Leviticus 11, for example, contact with an unclean animal makes a person or an article unclean, and a ritual is prescribed. Bu ...
Lesson 4 - Community Bible Study
... (Explain) We need to take a little time to study these verses, because they've been a source of a great deal of confusion and controversy throughout the ages. When you first read verse 12, your initial thought may be that the verse is teaching that it's our obedience and our good works that earn for ...
... (Explain) We need to take a little time to study these verses, because they've been a source of a great deal of confusion and controversy throughout the ages. When you first read verse 12, your initial thought may be that the verse is teaching that it's our obedience and our good works that earn for ...