day I will learn not to be so nervous, but speaking to my husband with him being in the Bishopric a while back, he said that he never got used to it. They asked us to speak on Gratitude centered around Discipleship and Kindness. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Discipleship and Kindness is Brigg. He is always thinking of others. He is always doing one project or another to help someone in our ward, family, friends. He gets that from his father who set an example for him
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Biblical Equality for Women In The 21st Century” Ministry for years have been circumventing the biblical equality for women. Moreover, setting the stage historically, women played an important role in the earliest days of Christianity. In fact, Jesus of the Bible spoke directly to women and refused to treat them differently from men. Furthermore, the gospels portray them as disciples during Jesus’ ministry and the first witnesses of the resurrection. Again, they were also mentioned in
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that you have to be a disciple. This came down to me having to remember that if God will bring me to any problem or challenge, then He will certainly bring me through it. I have recently felt the Holy Spirit pulling me towards more of an urban discipleship versus the traditional path, and this will bring come challenges. As a Christian each of us must be willing to participate fully in the church to help spread the Word of God and to bring others to Christ, this much all of us know. But how can
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1) Elements of a basic Christian foundation of discipleship and morality should consist of love of God. If a person knows of and learns to love God and trust in him they will do their best to be good. They will choose right over wrong more often than not. We must recognize how much God loves us and be appreciative of everything that he created. His love is unconditional and great, and we should strive to love him and others in the same manner. Putting God first will allow us to learn how to love
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Introduction: Successful multicultural congregations must be willing to subjugate their culture and language to a biblical standard in order to meet the spiritual needs of the younger generations. Multiethnic and Multigenerational churches face enormous challenges in America. Non-dominant-group (meaning non-Anglo) churches struggle with external challenges of language, cultural differences, discrimination, marginalization and socioeconomic differences. These external challenges of non-English
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* A unique characteristic of Christianity in comparison with other religions is which of the following: * According to Romans 8:28-29, which of the following is notmentioned as God’s purpose for Christians? * According to John 10:1-18, which of the following does not describe Jesus as the Good Shepherd? * According to the Christian worldview, since this is God’s universe and God is good, God can do what He wants and is not obligated to explain Himself to humanity. * Which of the
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Man is by his own nature dry and barren, but we draw power from God which is new, which does not proceed from ourselves. We are crafted in His image alone. (Christnotes.org, 2013) The second question is what this passage of John teaches about discipleship? These passages teach us that Jesus is the vine and His disciples are the branches. “The branches derive their life from the vine; the vine produces its fruit through the branches” (Carson, 2012, p. 514). In John 15:1, he states “I am the vine
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Teaching Experience Brigette Davila Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V March 22, 2015 Teaching Experience Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn, these are the words of Benjamin Franklin. Teaching a young adult church group of African-American young ladies ages 18-25 about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can be challenging yet, if learning was a success in only one person, then teaching was achieved. In the next few paragraphs the teacher will summarize
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Introduction The cultural landscape has shifted dramatically over the last decade in the United States. Globalization is connecting the United States to the outside world in ways never experienced before. Technological advancements in communication and information sharing have broken long-standing barriers once separating countries and cultures. As a result, diversification is being experienced throughout our neighborhoods, schools and places of work. People of different religious backgrounds and
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ANALYSIS PAPER # 1 Submitted to Dr. Rick Garner in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion DSMN 630 Small Group Ministries by Jeffrey W. Moore November 4, 2015 Contents Summary - Comiskey (Chapters 2-4) 3 “God’s Trinitarian Nature,” (Chapter 2) 3 “The Family of God” (Chapter 3) 3 “REVELATION: Jesus and His Method of Ministry” (Chapter 4) 4 Biblical Basis for Small Group Ministry 5 Principles from
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