THE ROLE OF USHERING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH The Scriptural Foundation for Ushering Ushering in your local church involves much more than shaking hands and shining your shoes. Some churches think that ushers are just bucket passers‚ so they grab anybody to pass the bucket. “Let’s just grab ol’ Larry when he comes walking in. Let’s just get anybody.” You don’t want to get just anybody‚ because you don’t want an anybody offering. You have been selected as an usher; you are in the ministry of
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the recognition of the canonical books? Furthermore‚ what methodology was used by the applicable individuals and councils that deemed these 66 books the inspired Word of God? In her work titled‚ “The Establishment of Christian Orthodoxy of the Holy Bible”‚ Kathy McFarland gives us a very in depth understanding of the foundation of orthodoxy and the establishment of canon. I will begin by reviewing her thought about the foundation of orthodoxy. McFarland states‚ “Both Christians and pagans were
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• Baptism in (or with) the Holy Spirit is a very important‚ distinctive Christian experience in the life of the believer. The basis is found in the book of Acts‚ specifically the event of Pentecost. • John the Baptist preached baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (Mk. 1:4) • Later he declared about Jesus‚ “I baptize with water‚ but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (1:8) • 3 yrs later‚ shortly before Pentecost‚ Jesus talked with the apostles about a gift promised by the father
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spirit‚ and logos‚ meaning doctrine‚ make up the word pneumatology. Pneumatology is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit (Bere and Horton 169). The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He enters into a person’s heart when they except Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It is impossible to live a triumphant Christian life without being aware and knowing the works of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is a person‚ just like God and Jesus. Some proof of this is that He was given a proper name. In John
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Christian Spirituality has been challenged and confused by different practical options .In the book The Holy Longing‚ the author Rolheiser mentions four nonnegotiable essentials that are important to develop a Christian spiritual life. According to the book‚ Jesus mentions these four components as the pillars of the Christian discipleship. The first essential of Christian Spirituality is private prayer and private morality. I agree with the author when he refers to this pillar as an important feature
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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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Gifts of the Holy Spirit Gifts of the Holy Spirit enable us to live a holy Christian life. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are: 1. Wisdom - desire for the things of God‚ and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory 2. Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith 3. Counsel - warn us of the deceits of the devil‚ and of the dangers to salvation 4. Fortitude - strengthen us to do the will of God in all things 5. Knowledge - enable us to discover
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(Peace be upon him) was the last messenger of God to the whole world. The Holy Prophet was born in Arabia‘ in 571 A. D. He was named Muhammad (Peace be upon him). The Arabs were a race of wild tribes. They led a cruel life. They burried their newly-born daughters alive. They ill-treated women‚ orphans and slaves. They worshipped Idols. They were addicted to wine‚ adultery gambling‚ and bloody quarrels. The Holy Prophet was sent by God to set these bad people right. He hated their cruel ways
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Heresies in Church Heresy is the refutation of the truth as taught by the church. Heretic safeguards the manifestation and existence of Christianity but denies the principle and the true meaning of Christianity. A heretic will pursues a bogus belief for desire of human approval while keeping the outward appearance of Christianity. In the medieval foundations orthodox‚ Christianity was the most important essence of the church. The experience of Christians for more than a thousand years drew a line
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Virtues of the HOLY QUR’AAN a C Revised translation of z.? the Urdu book Faza’il-e-Qur’aan ;b Eg Tx by Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kaandhlawi translated by Aziz-ud-Din CONTENTS z ca FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 :‚a O 2 M o ’ 3 h -5 = PART 1 -FORTY AHADITH >x Hadith No: Page No: 1 Who is the best person?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 Blessings of recitation and virtues of the Word of Allah
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