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Acts 8:26-40 teaches us a variety of things about mission as well as evangelism’s role within it. It reminds us whose mission it is, that radical inclusion is anticipated, that evangelism is an important aspect of but is not in itself mission, and that the Holy Spirit plays a fundamental and essential role in mission and effective evangelism. Acts 8:26-40 confirms that Missio Dei – is literally and unambiguously God’s mission. It was God who had previously drawn the Ethiopian eunuch to himself in

There are several assumptions with which I will begin prior to discussing my confession. The first assumption is that Jesus, who was crucified, is Lord and that God has raised him from the dead. A second assumption is that apart from the first assumption, any and all other aspects of my confession could be flawed or wrong. My beliefs about the nature of Scripture, God, Creation, Humanity and Sin, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Holy Spirit, and the Church, though related to the centrality of the gospel

of Jesus Christ, the Churches are committed to the proclamation of the good news of the Gospel to the whole creation. In practice, this is based on the revelation contained in Holy Scripture and the Catholic creeds and is interpreted in light of Christian tradition, scholarship, reason, and

The effect of insufficient training of caregivers on the church This growing complexity within spiritual leadership is to find a working balance in therapeutic effort to help others. The spiritual caregiver must have the strength to withstand emotional, physical and spiritual storms within the congregation but also possess much more than abilities. As one member describing the ability of the pastor, “our pastor is so gifted, he seems to have an answer for everything.” Yet, the price paid for the

Barth Barth’s definition of the trinity greatly relies on Christian’s understanding the way in which God must reveal himself to us. For this reason it is important that the Son and Spirit cannot be seen as subordinate to God. This rationale leads Barth to disagree with Augustine’s lexical choice to refer to the parts of the trinity as “persons.” Barth argues that “persons” may denote a separation between the Father, Son, and Spirit. Barth then gives a historical account revealing how referring

his teachings. They are known as the standard operating models for human beings. Catholics, however, also use the term narrowly to refer to special holy men and women who entered Heaven through extraordinary lives of virtue. Because a saint is holy, they know both the bad news of sin and the good news of salvation. Catholics honor the saints because they are known as model Christians and practiced great virtue during their life on Earth. We can honor the saints by imitating their holy lives, praying

Stopped at # 11 profreading Today we look at three  more of the seven churches, in our study of the “History of the Christian Church. “ http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com Please feel free to forward to your friends if these are of any help to you.    PERGAMOS The Altar of Pergamun Its origins have been lost in time, Greek in flavor and influence. A very progressive city by 420 B.C. This was a strong financial city which minted   its own money.  Its hot spring was also known for its healing

Although I have been a Presbyterian for twenty years, I grew up in a very different denomination of Christianity. My dad received a call to ministry later in life and became a Baptist minister. He worked primarily with youth ministries, and outreach in a small black Baptist church in Louisville, Kentucky. My mom raised me in the Apostolic Pentecostal Church tradition and for 18 years we attended a small predominately African-American Church in a little town called Vine Grove, Kentucky. Somehow through

As stated there are many letters said to be written (ascribed) Paul, but were not. There are two major categories: the undisputed letters of Paul and the disputed pseudonymous letters. Scholars look at the style of the letter to determine if Paul wrote it. In order to decide whether the letter was written by Paul or not you must look at history during the time of Paul’s letters and compare letters ascribed to Paul with letters written by others of the same time. According to our class lecture, The

The Apostles and the Early Church J.Trimble GBST 164 In the Gospel of Matthew the term “apostles” is only used when introducing the list of twelve apostles commissioned to follow Christ. “Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; Simon the Canaanite, and