THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NIGERIA SERMON CRAFT FOR ELDERS By REV DR. OKEKE O NDU WHAT IS SERMON? Sermon is the principle of giving voice to the written word of god so that god will act to bless the believers. “Bless the LORD ye his angels that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the VOICE OF HIS WORD”. Psalm 103:20 “And they went forth and PREACHED EVERYWHERE and while the Lord worked with them and CONFIRMED THE MESSAGE BY THE SIGNS that attended it, AMEN Mark 16:20
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understanding in the Bible and gave us more insight on the history of Judaism and Christianity. The scrolls also contained many hymns that we wouldn’t have known otherwise. The scrolls contain mystical formulas, commentaries, and an early version of the Ten Commandments. Many people could argue that the Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important sacred texts found in the western world. Parts of every book of the Hebrew Canon (Old Testament) contain some writings from the Dead Sea Scrolls. When:
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University of Perpetual Help System Dalta Office of The Religion Affairs Dep’t In Partial Fulfillment on The Assignment Number 1 (Midterm) The Groups of People During The Time of Jesus Submitted by: Cristellesen D. Abara (MWF 10:11am FCL 302) Submitted to: Sir. Manny Cagata PHARISEE Conflicts between the Pharisees and the Sadducees took place in the context of much broader and longstanding social and religious conflicts among Jews dating
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“The Bible” in part as… The Bible is not a series of… Propositions & imperatives it is not simply a collection of “Sayings from Chairman God” pg 22 5. Know the kinds of “communication” mentioned that God uses to convey his Word. Narrative history, genealogies, chronicles, laws of all kinds, poetry of all kinds, proverbs, prophetic oracles, riddles, drama,biographical sketches, parables, letters, sermons, & apocalypses. Pg 22 6. “To interpret properly the “then and there” of the biblical
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Christianity Baptist Churches were established in the American colonies from the mid-17th century. In 1639, Roger Williams founded a church on Baptist principles in Providence, Rhode Island, and this is usually regarded as the beginning of American Baptist history. Also established in the 17th century was a small group known as the Seventh Day Baptists, who required rest and worship on Saturday based on the fourth commandment. Even though this true, I go to church on Sunday. This is because Jesus rose from
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2 Samuel is the fifth book of history in the Old Testament. Author is unknown, but could have been written by Samuel, Nathan or Gad. Its themes are David the King, David the sinner and David the man after God’s own heart. The book open with David mourning the death of his friend Saul and Jonathon. David had forgotten all that Saul had done to him and only remembered the good that Saul had done. This show the attributes of Jesus Christ how He forgave us in spite of our sins, He didn’t count them against
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Judah. Another disadvantage Christian theologians suffer is their lack of knowledge concerning Israel and Judah. Christian theologians are unaware that most of the prophecies in Revelation and Daniel are fulfilled, with the evidence being, Jewish history. Some theologians might call my views Preterism, a Christian belief that
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Here, George Washington, a famed Revolutionary War general was sworn in as the first President of the new nation on April 30, 1789. This began the custom of formal inauguration being a public event, where civilians were invited to witness Washington sworn in as their first leader on the balcony of Federal Hall, rather than having the occasion private amongst the Hall’s occupants. Before his fellow Americans, Washington was sworn as president on the building’s second floor balcony in front of the
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CHARISMATIC GIFTS DEBATE 1 CHARISMATIC GIFTS DEBATE Robert Johnson THEO 350 – D06 201530 summer 2015 08/1/15 Charismatic
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 History of Eschatology 3 Eschatology in Antiquity 3 Modern Developments in Eschatology 4 Contemporary Eschatology 4 Scripture 8 Support for Dispensational Premillennialism 8 Refutation of Dispensational Premillennialism 8 Theological Implications of Dispensationalism 10 Conclusions 11 Bibliography 13 Introduction Within the past few decades the interest in eschatology has shattered all previous interest in the subject. This has been in part
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