Matthew the Evangelist

The role of the son or Jesus is the savior and teacher. The role of the Holy Spirit is the empowerer and evangelist. All these roles combined equal a mystical element that describes the Trinity or another name is Godhead. To understand the Trinity, God is the sun that shines while Jesus is the rays of the sun and the Holy Spirit is the warmth that is felt from

This world can appear to be a very large place when looking at the perspective of the earth on a globe. We notice the many continents and the vast country places, which exist within in it. The blueness of the seas that stretches from one end to the other is overwhelming within itself. It’s an elementary fact that life is prevalent on the dry places on the earth. However, another fact is true. Every society wants to establish its importance along with its reason for living and existing. The

presence in many of our modern-day congregations. After visiting Grace Covenant Church of Austin, Texas, much of the contributions that have been emphasized in books such as The American Evangelical Story by Douglas Sweeney and American Apocalypse by Matthew Sutton, I experienced while at Grace. “We are a church transformed by grace, connected through relationships and committed to service” is their mission statement and as is everything down in Texas, they are big! They have a large campus with several

role. THE EARLY LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST The Gospel According to Luke provides clear details of the early life of John the Baptist, to include the foretelling of his birth. The uniqueness of his birth coincides with a similar account expressed by Matthew about the story of Jesus’ birth. Gabriel, the angel, appeared unto Zechariah with an answer to his long awaited prayer that his wife would bear a son and would name him John (Lk

In reading once again the story of the Canaanite woman – I read deeper and I came to this conclusion. At first sight Jesus seems to behaving in a way that is not at all characteristic of him. Unless we had this story in the Gospels we would surely not imagine Jesus ever behaving as he does in this story. When the woman asks for his help Jesus doesn 't even answer her. He ignores her completely. He is, we might say, willfully deaf to her heartfelt cry for help, even when she persists with it

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ…” (Ephesians 4:11-12). This passage in Ephesians establishes the ability to be a pastor and teacher as a gift. The pastor is often looked at as the face of a local church. This is evidenced by the fact that when people are discussing a church, someone will almost certainly ask the question:

Over the centuries, there have been many conflicts, in both the historical and theological fields because there is little documented historical information regarding the life and times of Jesus. Many have attempted using the tools of emerging biblical criticism, modern historiography, plus their considerable knowledge of ancient Judaism, in order to paint a portrait of a Jesus by detaching Him from Christian faith; refusing to study Jesus as a divine figure, but as a Jewish man, who was born as a

When considering a “call” to ministry, let me encourage you to not dichotomize too sharply between the secular and sacred. God wants to use all kinds of vocations to both “disciple the nations” ( Matt. 28:19 ) and be salt and light in the culture ( Matthew 5:13-16) and “have dominion and manage the earth” (Genesis 1:26-28) Inner Calling and External Confirmation: Subjective and Objective Criterion Is a call to

Loving the family of believers is something that God put in place for His children. We were never meant to walk this life alone. I know that I have tried that and the results were not great. God has given us the local church for different reasons, but one of the big ones is to build each other up. The go-to verse that comes to mind here is Hebrews 10:24-25. The writer says, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are

as well as the secular parts of our society. After visiting Grace Covenant Church of Austin, Texas, many of the attributes that have been emphasized in books such as Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage by Donald Dayton and American Apocalypse by Matthew Sutton, I experienced while visiting Grace. “We are a church transformed by grace, connected through relationships and committed to service” is their mission statement and as is everything down in Texas, they are big! They have a large campus with