speaking in tongues as the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues according to Acts 1:8 Jesus says “but you shall receive power when you the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you shall be my witnesses to me in jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”. The Holy Spirit doesn't just offer us “tongues” the Holy spirit which many people overlook also offers us power. The power from the Holy Spirit involves courage, boldness,confidence,insight, and authority. The disciples
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No Problem, Sir Once I stood before the senior Chaplain, a full-bird Colonel, over a misunderstanding. After he sternly related the issue to me I replied: “No problem, Sir.” Then, there was further misunderstanding: I meant that he did not to worry about the issue being an issue. What he heard was that I took lightly the issue upon which he had just expounded. What a word or phrase means to me may not mean the same to you. Our Gospel Reading found Jesus before the Roman Governor, Pilate
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EKALESIA LOCAL CHURCH COMPARISON GROUP PROJECT: KEALAOKAMALAMALAMA CHURCH We interviewed the kahu of the church, Kina Akana. The church we went to was Kealaokamalamalama Church, a Hawaiian Christian church. Scripture is used in their church every Sunday morning when they have service or convention. Each day they recite one of the scriptures in the bible and present it to their whole group. After they present it, they talk about the true meaning of it and give realistic examples of what it means
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Muhammad “I know that you are troubled by the truth of the us Christians, so you want to find a companion for your lie, that we said that God sent them, written, down from heaven just as you say about your P’urkan, although we are also not uninformed that ‘Umar, Abu Turab, and Salman the Persian wrote your [scripture]. And yet you, lying, spread rumor that God sent it down from heave. These were some tough times between early Christians and early Muslims to understand each other when the religion
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God said. 2. We worked as entertainers in the past for a noble purpose. Why would God not honor our godly intention? Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life. (Proverbs 10:2 , NIV) As a servant of God and from a Christian point of view, occupation in clubs and bars are considered sinful because the women
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“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” This is what Billy Graham believed, and he stuck to this belief throughout his life. He demonstrated this belief through his actions. In 1952, his salary was only $15,000 because he would take no more from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He valued his character more than life itself. It was fall, of 1918 when Billy Graham was born to his parents: William and Morrow Graham
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which refers to the ultimate destination of humankind. This doctrine examines the aspect of what is yet to come, what we can anticipate happening in the future based on scriptures. Some Christians agree on their thoughts dealing with the end time, while others are not. But one thing is for certain all Christians are unified in the following belief and agreement: there is life after death; where mankind will spend eternity; Christ is coming again and will judge the righteous and ungodly. We all
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across several groups of Christians who have not wanted to use technology to its full potential. Paul Crouch, is by no means a member of those groups. From the beginning Crouch was interested in broadcasting his voice around the world. At the age of twelve, he was learning how to use a HAM radio from a family friend. He would get responses back from all around the world. That is when he realized that what broadcasting could be used for. Paul Crouch was a Pentecostal Christian who graduated from Central
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I love that Paul calls Philemon up. Paul calls him to forgive Onesimus even though society said you should beat and maybe even kill a runaway slave. Paul calls Philemon to revolt against what society said he should do. Quietly forgiving the unforgivable just like Christ did for us. Even though society said Philemon should punish Onesimus, Paul requested he live out his faith and respond the way God had responded to Philemon: in love, mercy, and forgiveness. By forgiving Onesimus Philemon would be
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This Author Howard Thurman deals with the life of Jesus of Nazareth. He lets us know that even now people needs profound words in order to keep on living in the age that we are in now. In this chapter he states that Christian’s words are often muffled, and confused, and vague. This author lets us know that the extent of religion that was born of people that was acquainted with persecution and suffering has became the cornerstone of a civilization and of nations whose very positions in modern life
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