Tag: Christianity
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What People Think About the Bible
Last week I conducted a survey on what people thought about the Bible. I set out to survey ten and got forty instead, and I was pleasantly surprised by the responses. Most people used positive and fitting words to describe the Bible. There were a lot of answers like “the word of God” and “divinely […]
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How the Ressurection Changed My Life
I want to stress what I came to understand – that I am a sinner, that Jesus Christ died for my sins and rose again, and I had to trust in Christ alone to save me, not my church attendance, good works, or Christian upbringing. As my boss, Dr. Ramesh Richard says, “You think about it. […]
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How Can We as Christians Aid Lonely People?
Let’s talk about millennials (which includes me). We are the foremost generation exposed from juvenile to the postmodern worldview of standards, understandings, and detestations. Justice, for example, is defined as acceptance in which moral values have misplaced objectivity to the individual and reserved agreement. We live in a biosphere where community has been forgone to […]
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By What Means Did This Occur? The Most Christians Nation in the World is Progressively Becoming one of the Furthermost Secular.
The colonial era of American history was a far more biblically sophisticated and knowledgeable world than ours today. While several did not hold Christian faith, they were formed and existed within its value system. The colonial-era birthed the national tenet of “God Bless America”, moments of silence, and “In God We Trust”. Yet our era […]
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Martin Luther: Passion, Abilities, and Circumstances
I chose to write about Martin Luther for this blog because he was successful, due to his passion, abilities to execute and the circumstances he was granted to make it possible for his passion to come to fruition. This spells a person who made an impact on this world. Passion Martin Luther was born of […]
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 13: Grace
Grace After His resurrection, Jesus spent time with those whom He had chosen (John 15:16), providing instructions for the new form of the theocratic administration or kingdom (Mark 16:15). The basis of this instruction was the Kingdom now involved both the Jew and Gentile and the Holy Spirit would be with them and all believers (John […]
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 3: Human Government
Human Government This administration starts with God giving Noah the same responsibility He gave to Adam: to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:1). Verse two goes on to say that “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bid of the heavens, upon […]
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How does the New Testament believer relate to the New Covenant?
As New Testament believers we relate to the New Covenant by receiving only in the spiritual blessings of the Covenant, but not the material blessings that are promised to Israel. Spiritual blessings: relationship with God forgiveness of sins a new mind a new heart the Holy Spirit Material blessings: restoration to the land rebuilding of […]
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What is the Relationship Between Each of the Four Main Covenants? Part 5: Conclusion
In conclusion, the Abrahamic Covenant lays the foundation for the following covenants. God promises Abraham land, seed and blessings. From there, the Mosaic Covenant concentrates on how Abraham’s people are to live in the land and worship their God. The Davidic Covenant emphasizes and furthers the seed portion of the Abrahamic Covenant. The New Covenant […]
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The Palestinian Covenant: Weaknesses
To start with, the way Pentecost writes in his books (Thy Kingdom Come: Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenant Promises Throughout History and Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology) he makes it seem as thought the Palestinian covenant is literally confined to Deuteronomy 30:1-10. Although I consider it the heart of the prediction […]
Surrendered and Free 