The year 2014 has been a significant year for me. I have received the encounter of my life. I’m lost for words but my heart is full. Looking back‚ I was trembling in great fear yet I felt strengthened from within. The moment when I had a peek of His affections‚ everything became trivial. I was overjoyed. A peek of His eyes has become my secret place of worship. Jesus said anyone who has seen me has seen the Father (John 14:9) and that He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation
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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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Cornelius I like good people and nearly all my life I have been around good people. Oh‚ I have known a scalawag now and then‚ but most of the people I have known have been very fine people and I have enjoyed being with them. I like to read about good people and I have a number of volumes in my library about great men who were pioneers; who a long time ago made possible the work that is going on‚ even today‚ in the church. And I enjoy reading those books. But‚ the best man that I have ever read
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somewhat similar yet carry some differences. The same is true spiritually. God and Jesus are one and yet are different in some areas. They are the same in: a) reputation: they are both hated as Jesus reported in John 15:24; b) resemblance: the Son is “the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person…” (Heb. 1:3). c) character: “who did no sin‚ neither was guile found in his mouth” (I Peter 2:22). d) title: “In the beginning was the Word‚ and the Word was with God and the Word
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In the oxford English dictionary materialism is described as a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. This theory is far more than a simple focus on material possessions. It states that everything in the universe is matter‚ without any true spiritual or intellectual existence. We live in a world surrounded by and composed of matter. It is natural; therefore‚ that we may become distracted from spiritual or intellectual pursuits by material
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Jesus Christ is considered the Son‚ the Father‚ the Holy Ghost‚ and the Messiah‚ to millions of Christians around the world‚ but the debate still continues on whether or not Jesus is a rebel. A rebel is a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance to change the existing ideas or government. During his time‚ Jesus was a rebel‚ because he threatened the High Priest financial powers‚ and he challenged the upper class on how they treated the lower class and the social outcasts. The High Priest
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1 Jesus of Montreal In the movie‚ Jesus of Montreal‚ Daniel experiences conflict between the institutional church and commercial media culture. The film parallels the life of Jesus‚ as the Passion Play and the film itself overlap. One of the major themes in the film is the decrease in traditional and spiritual culture in Quebec‚ and the increase in consumer culture where relationships don’t hold enough self-gratification and where human beings‚ especially artists‚ are turned into a world
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Professor Romesburg Freshman Comp. 1 December 16‚ 2015 Jesus Camp Jesus Camp is a documentary about a Pentecostal Christian children’s summer camp in North Dakota‚ called “Kids on Fire.” The camp is run by a minister named Becky Fischer. It’s directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. The filmmakers follow three pre-teens‚ Levi‚ Rachael and Tory‚ around the country as they attend the camp‚ sit in on one of Ted Haggard’s sermons in his New Life mega church in Colorado Springs‚ CO and travel to Washington
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This is a listing of the many Names of God as found in His Word the Bible. The list is quite extensive as we have such an Awesome God! | . | THE NAMES OF GOD OLD TESTAMENT NAMES FOR GOD ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1‚ Psalm 19:1 "God"‚ a reference to God’s power & might. ADONAI......Malachi 1:6 meaning "Lord"‚ a reference to the Lordship of God. JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4 a reference to God’s divine salvation. JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM...Exodus 31:13 meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
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familiar experience which is told in order to illustrate a spiritual truth. An earthly story with a heavenly meaning. The word comes from Greek‚ parabole‚ which means comparison or analogy. A parable is thus a comparison drawn from nature or daily life‚ which is designed to illuminate some spirtual truth. The parable is a mode of speech which applies a metaphorical process to a narrative form. This metaphor is not the pictorial mode of expression‚ it does not consist of clothing an idea. It is
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