believes deep in his heart that church is something for women and children, not men. Cliff is not alone. Men have believed this for centuries. In the 1800s, Charles Spurgeon said, “There has got abroad a notion, somehow, that if you become a Christian you must sink your manliness and turn milksop.” Cliff sees Christianity as incongruous with his manhood. It’s a women’s thing. CHURCH ...A WOMEN’S THING? We’re only in chapter 1, and I know I’m already in trouble with a lot of you. I can just
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their is anyone here who doesn’t accept you as their savior may you allow them to get rid of all their excuses and accept you. After he said that I looked over at my buddy Ron and smiled. Even though Ron was the only one in there who knew I wasn’t Christian I definitely would say it was still the most uncomfortable thing that happened today. The Pastor then started talking about Acts chapter 1 verse 8. The verse is “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses
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there is one type of sin, Original Sin. Original sin is the sin you are naturally born with. Christians believe that they are born with this sin because God placed Adam and Eve in the garden with the tree that Adam had ate the apple from the tree !1 known as, The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. From Adam’s disobedience of eating the forbidden apple, we have all “inherited” this sin. “Christians must worship God but also live their entire lives in God’s will. Jesus affirmed that the main
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10 Awesome Attributes of God by David Peach on September 17, 2011 · Print · Email When we talk about the attributes of God we are talking about His nature—who God is in His manifested character. These 10 attributes are not the only ones set forth in scripture. However, these will give you a better appreciation of who God is. Omniscient God knows everything and His knowledge is complete. This is called His omniscience. Isaiah said that Israel had not seen everything that God had planned (Isaiah
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Kyle Jordan Estanislao TREDTWO C37 2/17/2015 The Clutches of Sin Sin as we all know is formally defined as the infraction against the word of God. With every sinful act we commit, it is like we are distancing ourselves from God. Despite this, it seems that nobody could still stay away from the clutches of sin. Nobody is perfect. We live in an imperfect world filled with temptations and bad influences. Unfortunately no matter how hard we try to stay away and fight off these negative inducements
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through other theologians if this assessment is viable. I will also use those same theologians to assess the idea for humanity to need, want and receive grace from God. “The concept of the imago Dei has been widely recognized as central to a Christian understanding of human beings, yet the paucity of biblical references has left the way open for a wide variety of philosophical and theological interpretations of this notion. “[3] Natural image of God according to Wesley’s sermon, The New
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In 1661 Edward Burrough wrote a letter to King Charles II, “A Declaration of the Sad and Great Persecution and Martyrdom of the People of God, Called Quakers, in New England, for the Worshipping of God.” Burrough constantly ridicules the unfairness and unjustness of the Puritans- otherwise known as the “Petitioners”- and tries to convince King Charles II that the Quakers are of “innocent blood” (3). Burrough strategically insinuates that the Petitioners are bad and selfish by comparing both the Quakers’
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The Messiah means the anointed one. And several times it is used in the Old Testament, 28 of those times it refers to kings. So the anointed one mostly referred to kings but also referred to priests and prophets. You can just file this in your mind, many messiahs in the Old Testament. Everyone who was anointed into a mediating of position in the theocratic kingdom of Israel could be called a messiah, with a small m. A messiah is one who has been anointed. He has been chosen for a very high
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An Exegesis of Matthew An Exegesis of Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12, commonly known as the Beatitudes, has been loved by every generation since first pronounced by Christ two thousand years ago. Matthew writes this record of the life, ministry and teaching of Jesus, and he places this message soon after Jesus' baptism and calling of the disciples. The Beatitudes are the opening section of the Sermon on the Mount, the longest recorded teaching during Christ's lifetime. We will begin by looking
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entire life. It was not until I was ten years old that I chose to commit my heart to Him and follow and serve Him in a more intimate way. Up until that point I went to church I would say all the Christian things and acted the Christian way, because that was how I was raised. When a counselor at a Christian children’s summer camp explained to me it didn’t matter that I was born into Christianity, but that I must accept Christ in my heart and acknowledge His sacrifice of giving up His son, Jesus, for
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