Gospel: Matthew 3: 13-17 Homily: The gospel today was just like the gospel last Sunday. But today we celebrate the baptism of Jesus Christ. We celebrate Happy Three Kings‚ but now we celebrate it as epiphany meaning knowing Jesus. In the gospel today John doesn’t want to baptize Jesus. But why? Our priest told us that John doesn’t want to baptize Jesus because Jesus doesn’t have sins‚ and he told us also Jesus wants to be baptized because he took our sins. Jesus wants us to be saved from our sins
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JOHN 19 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him: Pilate effectively proclaimed Jesus "not blameworthy‚" so to scourge Him now was a gross bad form. In doing this‚ maybe Pilate figured he could help Jesus‚ and that the horde would be happy with the scourging and ridiculing. Scourged Him: The ruthless demonstration of scourging had three purposes. To begin with‚ it was utilized to beat the detainee as a type of discipline. Second‚ it was utilized to separate an admission from the detainee. At
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nine key points of the significance of the resurrection of Christ. His nine key points were the ultimate apologetic: (1) validation of the miracles of the Bible‚ (2) proof that God is the God of the living and is a living God‚ (3) fulfillment of Jesus’ prediction and of Scripture‚ (4) an essential part of the gospel‚ (5) implicit demonstration of Christ’s deity‚ (6) guarantee of believer’s resurrection‚
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religious in nature and pertain to the life and death of Jesus Christ. Both works explore different themes on the same subject. Crivelli’s Madonna and Child represents a more human representation as the setting takes place in a room with familiar scenery and objects. The only hint of divine beings is the ever so light haloes around mother and child. Bellini’s Pieta‚ on the other hand‚ is encased in other worldly gold cameo of grief after Jesus is removed from the cross. Life‚ death‚ and divinity are
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apologist and serves as Assistant Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Biola University‚ while also still teaching at the high school level. McDowell discusses attending a seminar hosted by The Reformation Project‚ an organization founded by Matthew Vines‚ a man who has made a name as a practicing homosexual Christian. Vines claims that scripture does not conflict with monogamous committed homosexual relationships‚ and his organization seeks to train others on this idea‚ and have them move into
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The issue of the crucifixion and death of Jesus (Isa) is important to Muslims as they believe that Jesus will return before the end of time. Muslims believe Jesus was not crucified‚ but was raised bodily to heaven by God‚ a belief also found in the Gospel of Basilides. However‚ this view is disregarded as agnostic by Christians who only accept the 4 gospels contained in the New Testament as genuine. The other 28‚ seldom publicised‚ are viewed as heretical. Depending on the interpretation of the
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Jesus Against Socrates Socrates‚ known as the famous Greek philosopher and one of the wisest people around‚ was looked at as being a very strong willed and “stand-by-his-opinion” kind of man. Jesus‚ on the other hand‚ was a man who went through his life not by blatantly expressing and sharing his wisdom‚ but by making his “students” think things through for themselves in order to gain understanding and wisdom in certain topics. Based on what is known about Jesus and Socrates‚ two major moral
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seems like everything in Revelations is coming true. We need Jesus now more than ever. The opening scene of the documentary was very misleading: just think… if you were an “outsider” looking in… and had no idea what Christianity or who this‚ Jesus person‚ they keep talking about was. You would think this woman is crazy‚ and she is manipulating these kids. Well that’s exactly how they feel. Fischer is emphasizing that they must fight for Jesus but also accusing the Muslim race for teaching their kids
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The Second Coming of Jesus Christ Praise the Lord. Respected judges and my dear friends‚ greetings to you all in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the church‚ the grand climax of the gospel. The Savior’s coming will be literal‚ personal‚ visible‚ and worldwide. When He returns‚ the righteous dead will be resurrected‚ and together with the righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven‚ but the unrighteous will remain
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Jesus Is Our Spiritual Foundations The term “foundation” has been borrowed from the language of building and achitecture. It refers to the very first thing we do in build—we prepare a solid and stable support for the superstucture. Since the foundation bears the weight of the entire structure‚ it must be done well. More than one building has later dagged or even fallen because of a faulty foundation. The taller the building is to be the deeper the foundation must be. Which are: (1) Repentance
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