student on the Muslim-Christian Dialogue Committee at Benedictine University‚ I already had some background information about Catholicism‚ but not a good idea of how the actual services take place. This trip was more of a practical visualization of everything I had heard about in the Muslim-Christian dialogues. My preconceived notions were based off what I had seen in movies‚ which was pretty generic since as an outsider I can’t differentiate between Churches of different Christian denominations. I knew
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The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in this and every age. Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are called to show the reality of their discipleship by humbly and faithfully obeying God’s written Word. To stray from Scripture in faith or conduct is disloyalty to our Master. Recognition of the total truth and trustworthiness of Holy Scripture is essential to a full grasp and adequate confession of its authority. The following Statement affirms
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The word “pastor” comes from a Latin word which means shepherd. The New Testament presents two offices that constitute church leadership—elder/overseer and deacon. Paul lists the qualifications for elder/overseer in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. Notice that in the 1 Timothy passage‚ Paul refers to them as overseers (episcopos in the Greek) and in Titus he refers to them as elders (presbuteros in Greek). From this it can be concluded that there is one office with different designations. The word
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this area. And I attached the topics and proposals. Thank you for your unreserved backing! I expect your replays after a week. God bless you! Yours in Christian Mesfin mekonnen 1st Topic: - Christian Ministry Ethics: Concepts‚ Challenges and Lessons (The case of EECMY-CS) Thesis Statement:-Even though Christian Ministry Ethics is very unique from other ethics‚ the majority of ministers could not understand the concept‚ lessons and its Challenges .Especially ministers
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Church Government in a Changing Environment Submitted to Dr. Samuel Hoyt‚ in partial of fulfilment of the requirements for the course Summer 201420 THEO 530-B05-LUO Systematic Theology II by Marlinda M. House Rhodes Lynchburg‚ Virginia May 29‚ 2014 Thesis Statement This paper will support that trained leaders‚ upgrading organizational designs‚ functions‚ and services are essential
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PURITY IN CHURCH (Transcript of April 6th Message) This spiritual purity has become the necessary ingredient for the existence of the church; for the survival of the church - meaning without spiritual purity‚ there is no church. Everything that took place on the Cross was indeed the defining‚ the establishment of spiritual purity in the life of the church. Consecration‚ holy segregation‚ covenant with GOD and He says‚ “Separateness” that all of them were meant to boil down to one thing—to boil down
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Destiny James My church means everything to me because I am committed to worshiping and serving God. It’s a place where I can pray and ask God to help with my struggles in life. My church is a place where I am secure‚ cared for‚ and loved by the people around me. Most kids my age rarely attend church and dread waking up going and praising god. I consider myself one of the fortunate kids who have parents that have raised me to love church and to be happy to go and give thanks and worship the
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Lindsey Heap Ms. Dyer WRTG 150 6 December 2012 Same-Sex Attraction Within the Mormon Church The Situation The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) has always made an effort to stay out of the political arena until recently with the debate over homosexuality and marriage. The debate over homosexuality and marriage is extremely intense and emotional issue for both sides. As disciples of Christ we have a responsibility to be accurate in our awareness on this topic. In order
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Christmas holiday Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl‚ which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages—Navidad in Spanish‚ Natale in Italian‚ Noël in French—all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.” Since the early 20th century
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part of their religious life because they it determines the way in which they live their lives. These people live by a set of rules and ethics set by the Bible because they want to have the favorable experience after death that was outlined in the Christian Eschatology. In Christianity‚ death is thought to be the point at which the soul leaves its earthly body and the soul is at rest until judgment day. Death is God’s punishment imposed upon humans resulting from Adam eating the forbidden fruit
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