251:

Official Creed of the United Church of God, an international ... This is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the beliefs of the Church. Questions about doctrine and belief will be addressed by a process adopted by the Council of Elders (Council) and approved by the General Conference of Elders (General Conference). FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS We believe in one God, the Father, eternally existing, who is a Spirit, a personal Being of supreme intelligence, knowledge, love, justice, power and authority. He, through Jesus Christ, is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. He is the Source of ... We believe that Satan is a spirit being who is the adversary of God and the children of God. Satan has been given dominion over the world for a specific period of time. Satan has deceived humanity into rejecting God ... Thus, the General Conference of Elders is responsible to God to ensure that His people are served and their needs attended to. The General Conference of Elders shall, with prayer and fasting, set apart from among ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-united-church-of-god-international.htm

67% Size: 37K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

252:

Lesson 24: The Lord's Church the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers." The church the Lord built is to be overseen by a plurality of elders. The qualifications of elders who are to oversee each congregation of the Lord's church are given in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and in Titus 1:3-9. Is each congregation of the church you belong to overseen by a plurality of elders? If not, why not? If it is to be the Lord's church and has men who qualify, each congregation is to be overseen by a plurality of elders. If we really accept the Bible as our only authority, we will want to worship God only as He has specified. We ... of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ." It would be a tragedy to find out on Judgment Day we have been cheated of our eternal reward in heaven because we followed the doctrines of men; but it will be too late then. II Thessalonians 1:12 tells us "That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-24-lords-church.htm

67% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

253:

Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY AN AMERICAN FOLLOWER IN THEIR TRACK AND ADMIRER OF THEIR SPIRIT AND WORK. CONTENTS. TITLE PAGE 1 DEDICATION 3 ... And for now well-nigh twenty centuries the location of Kadesh-barnea has been a matter of doubt and discussion among Jewish and Christian ... A study of Kadesh-barnea in its varied biblical associations involves a study of the story of God s peculiar people, from the days of their ... the beginning in the time of the Father of the Faithful of the yet progressing strug gle of the world-powers with the kingdom of God on earth. ... It is chosen by Saint Paul 2 as the likeness of the corres ponding failures of the first efforts of the primitive Christian church; the one ... Nor is there cause for wonder that in such a move as this, u the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the road ; " as would not ... Rock was Christ." 2 The tradition according to the rabbins was, that a natural rock followed them to supply their bodily thirst. The truth ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-henry-clay-trumbull-1884ad.htm

67% Size: 1.1M Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

254:

Trinity proof texts: John 17:3 Click to View John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. (John 17:3 represents the primary proof text that ... Jesus was not creating a point of distinction between Himself and the Father in the expression, "only true God", but between the Father and any other "so called god" like idols. Jesus had lived among the Romans with their many ... Jesus is the corner stone in the church!: 1 Pet 2:6ff Conclusion: If we excluded Jesus Christ from the function of ROCK because of the language of Isa 44:8; Deut 32:4,12; Ps 62:2, it would be ... Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. 1 Timothy 6:15 He who is the blessed and ... Yet such language did not exclude Jesus Christ from also being called good with the approval of the Holy Spirit: Mt 23:8-10 "But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john17-3.htm

67% Size: 63K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

255:

Official Declaration of beliefs of the church of God, International ... Since that inauspicious start, the Church of God has become an international church with a membership approaching 4 million. The Church of God is a grassroots organization with an appeal to and a concern for the common man and his needs." WE BELIEVE: In the verbal inspiration of the Bible. In one God eternally existing in three persons: namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the ... In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart. In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism in the ... Furthermore, our submission must be a manifestation of the spiritual grace of humility (Ephesians 5:21; 1 Peter 5:5, 6). Finally, we are to avoid affiliation with oath-bound societies. ... We are to avoid places and practices which are of this world. Consequently, a Christian must not be a part of any other types of entertainment which appeal to the fleshly nature and/or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-church-of-God-international-cleveland-TN.htm

67% Size: 26K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

256:

Official creed of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) It was (the) use of creeds as 'tests of fellowship' that the Disciples' founding fathers fingered as the major cause of division among Christians...(So) unlike most other churches, we Disciples do not have an official doctrinal statement we can refer to when someone asks, 'What does the Christian Church believe?'" Kenneth Teegarden The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a community of believers who through baptism into Jesus Christ are bound by covenant to God and to one another. Disciples draw their inspiration from Scripture and the Holy Spirit, celebrating around the Lord's Table the life, death and resurrection, and continuing presence of Christ. We proclaim the good ... The Design for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) "As members of the Christian Church, we confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and proclaim him Lord and Savior of the world. In Christ's name and by his grace we accept our mission of witness and service to all people. We ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Disciples-C.htm

67% Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

257:

Review of what the Canadian Christian Missionary Alliance church ... It is very similar to Baptist with Wesleyan mix. They are classed among the "conservative Protestant" churches. Our examination reveals that only 6 of the 11 articles in the statement of Faith are true from the Bible, the other 5 are false doctrine. Article #1: correctly states the nature of God where Jesus is not a creature and the Holy Spirit is a person. They are Trinitarian and this is correct. Article #2: correctly states the nature of Christ being both uncreated God and man and the virgin birth and the second coming. Article #3: teaches false doctrine about the work of the Holy Spirit. It says, "The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to indwell, guide, teach and empower the believer, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment" ... When the Christian Missionary Alliance church applies this to believers today, it is equal to claiming direct inspiration. It also destructive to truth, because individuals in the Christian Missionary Alliance church ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Christian-Missionary-Alliance.htm

67% Size: 13K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

258:

495-399 BC: The Judean Elephantine Egyptian Papyrus letters to ... ... of Egypt by the Persians." (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Elephantine Papyri, 2005 AD) 5. "The first group of papyri was ... Some fled to foreign countries of Moab, Ammon and Edom: "Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom ... the temple at Elephantine, if it existed at this time, would not likely be pagan-free monument to pure Mosaic Judaism pleasing to God. c. ... An express messenger came to Nineveh to report to me. I became very angry on account of these happenings, my soul was aflame. I lifted my ... The glamor of my kingship with which the gods of heaven and nether world have endowed me, dazzled him and he left Memphis and fled, to save ... "She is my wife and I am husband forever" "Contend with your mother, contend, For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; And let her ... The Lord's Supper is an antitype of the Jewish Passover. Communion bread represents the body of Jesus Christ and corresponds to the Passover lamb. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Elephantine-papyrus-Egypt-Aswan-Syene-Darius-persian-Jewish-colony-temple-burned-Bagohi-Sanballat-passover-wine-fortress-Ezek29-10-495-399BC.htm

67% Size: 249K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

259:

Official creed of Church of the Nazarene for action, Because it is the official statement of the faith and practice of the church and is consistent with the teachings of the Scriptures, we expect our people every ... With the Bible as our supreme Guide, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, and the Manual as our official agreed-upon statement of faith, practice, and polity, we look forward to the new quadrennium with joy and unswerving faith in Jesus Christ. The Board of General Superintendents Theological Tradition The Church of the Nazarene is the largest denomination in the Wesleyan-Arminian (Holiness) theological tradition. ARTICLES OF FAITH: I. THE TRIUNE GOD We believe in one ... We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Triune Godhead, that He is ever present and efficiently active in and with the Church of Christ, convincing the world ... FIRST. By doing that which is enjoined in the Word of God, which is our rule of both faith and practice, including . . . (1) Loving God with all the heart, soul, mind, and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Nazarene.htm

66% Size: 21K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

260:

Interactive Bible Home Page www.bible.ca Fundamental Bible Doctrines What the Bible teaches on doctrinal subjects Do you know what your church teaches: Official teachings of almost every church. Sin and Morality How God expects you to live to get to heaven. Early Christians Speak! Historical documentation of what early Christians believed Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Family Life Marriage, parenting, teens, dating, loneliness, low-self esteem etc. The Supernatural God, Holy Spirit, angels, demons, Deity of Christ, heaven, hell, soul, spirit How to Be Saved You need the blood of Christ! Here is how to apply it to your soul! Systems of False Doctrine: Do ... Searching for New Testament Christianity Seek and you will find! Anti-Sola Scriptura Those who try to destroy the Bible Lies of the devil: Doctrine doesn't matter Tares among the wheat! Archeology: Digging up Bible stories! The Exodus Route Discovered and More! Reaching out for help & Comments: Ask a Bible question??? Get a Bible answer! ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bible.htm

66% Size: 15K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

261:

Ministers Fellowship International (MFI) Every fellowship of ministers is distinct because of a common heritage, spiritual belief system or focus. Even as the Children of Israel in biblical times were all one people of God and yet had distinct tribes, so it is with the Body of Christ today. From God's perspective, there is only one Church. It includes all believers living and dead all over the world who have ... We believe that prophecy and the ministry of the prophet are to be fully operational in the Church today. If the church is going to be filled with vision and under the full direction of Jesus, the ... If that is the name that God has chosen for His house, prayer should be a major focus of every church. Prayer is a pipeline through which the Spirit to moves. Local Church. We believe that the local ... If a pastor has no elder board, then he should be submitted to the accountability of another "mother" church while that elder board is in the process of forming. MFI does not seek to cover churches or ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/cr-ministers-fellowship-international.htm

66% Size: 18K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

262:

Official creed of the Salvation Army We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made an atonement for the whole world so that whosoever will may be saved. We believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, are necessary to salvation. We believe that we are justified by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and that he that believeth hath the witness in himself. We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ. We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be wholly sanctified, and that their whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked. In 1890 AD, William Booth, church minister and founder of the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Salv-Army.htm

66% Size: 6K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

263:

Book of Mormon Witnesses all later DENIED its truthfulness! The Mormon Church The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints Click to View The valueless testimony of the Book of Mormon Witnesses Click to View Click to View The 8 Witnesses of the ... The Testimony Of Three Witnesses: BE IT KNOWN unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which ... And we give our names unto the world, to witness unto the world that which we have seen. And we lie not, God bearing witness of it. Click to View Signed: Christian Whitmer & Hiram Page & ... Brigham Young) In 1846, (after his excommunication in 1837) Martin Harris was preaching among the Saints in England for the Apostate James J. Strang. (Church Chronology, Andrew Jensen, ... The Mormons stated of Martin Harris and a few other men within the pages of the church's official newspaper at the time, "a lying deceptive spirit attend them...they are of their father, the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-witness-book.htm

66% Size: 15K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

264:

Pre-tribulation Rapture: The Kingdom is the church They literally twist the text and dream up "kingdom toes". "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed [fulfilled in Eph 3:21 and Heb ... For the Rapture false teachers who view the church as a temporary "parenthesis", this verse refutes them and proves the kingdom is the church: "to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all ... the rapture or in 1988 AD as false teacher Harold Camping once taught before his end of the world prophecy failed for May 21, 2011 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I ... Acts 1:8 fulfills Isa 2:2-4 because the gospel started in Jerusalem and went global: "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in ... Notice that the tense of the verge for "receiving" is active present tense. This is exactly correct because the kingdom is the church and every time a new soul believes and is baptized into ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/premillennialism-rapture-replacement-theology-supersessionism-kingdom-is-church.htm

66% Size: 72K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

265:

Catalogue and List of Divine Titles of God Click to View New Testament names for Father Click to View New Testament names for Son Click to View New Testament names for Holy Spirit The following will send shivers up the spine of every Jehovah's ... From Moses to Christ, God's name was YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah). For Christians the name of God is JESUS! "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Certainly the Jews never foresaw the time when YHWH would no longer be used as the name for God and it would be replace with Jesus! But ... God ordained that YHWH would never once be found in the original Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. Of course the New World Translation (sectarian paraphrase used only by JW's) adds YHWH into the ... The First And The Last: (Revelation 22:13) The Beginning And The End: (Revelation 22:13) The Head Of The Body, The Church: (Colossians 1:18) Head Over All Things: (Ephesians 1:22) Heir Of All Things: ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-definition-god-titles.htm

66% Size: 35K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

266:

Mad-Doctors: William Battie: 1703-1776 AD Lukes asylum, was caustically hostile to Christianity and religion in general, like modern chemical psychiatry today. His A Treatise on Madness, never mentions the words: soul, spirit, God, Jesus. The only time Christianity is brought into the subject is his ... the many nervous filaments ... stomach, intestines, and uterus, are frequently the real seats of Madness" It is important to realize that as an agnostic who didn't attend church, Battie rejected the idea that anxiety was a spiritual problem. ... Battie gets the credit because of his connection with one St. Luke's, one of the largest mad houses in the world. Battie was the first to view madness in two categories: original and consequential. Battie invented these two terms, but the ... Example misleading "hero statements" by modern psychiatry: "He [William Battie, 1758] was among the first to try to dispense with the multiplication of labels for madness- melancholy, spleen, vapours, and so on-and preferred two simple ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-mad-doctors-william-battie-1703-1776ad.htm

66% Size: 107K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

267:

Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ... We believe in one Triune God eternally existing in three persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-- co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections (Deuteronomy. 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14). 3. THE PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST a. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and ... We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, and, that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all ... We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted (John 15:7; 1 John 5:14,15). 12. THE CHURCH a. We believe that the ... We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-independant-fundamental-(IFCA).htm

66% Size: 12K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

268:

Origin of Ancient synagogues: Architectural prototype of the ... The Greek Tanakh (LXX) was the "standard issue, Jerusalem certified" translation used in every synagogue because Hebrew was functionally extinct in the world by 100 BC. This book, published in ... It was God's providential plan at the beginning of the Babylonian captivity in 605 BC to prepare the children of Abraham for the coming of Jesus their Messiah through the synagogue which was the prototype of the Church of Christ which began on resurrection Sunday morning on ... Archeology without a Bible foundation is just a pile of worthless sand. Without faith it is impossible to please God and without faith in the historical accuracy of the New Testament it is impossible to discover the origin and purpose of Synagogue worship. This rejection of Jesus as the messiah has produced an absurd consensus among ... Of course they are delighted that such a conclusion trashes the inspiration and historicity of the Christian Bible. Let me guide you with the spirit of Christ into the truth about the origin ... ... https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/welcome.htm

66% Size: 391K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

269:

How to be attain Sanctification! The New Testament also gives great emphasis to sanctification. The Apostle Paul's prayer for Christians at Thessalonica was: "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" I Thess. 5: 23. One of the greatest announcements is the "good news that every person who responds to Jesus Christ can personally become ... that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust" II Peter 1: 3-4. The New Testament becomes even more specific as to how we can participate in.God's nature, how we can know his holiness in our lives. ... For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" Phil. 2: 12-13. This is the same balance between the human and the divine that Paul reveals when he talks in terms of Christ's sanctification of the church. "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ ... ... https://www.bible.ca/d-sanctification.htm

66% Size: 5K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

270:

Official creed of the Unity/Unitarian Church Unity Church Unity Beliefs Deity: Unity has abandoned the popular image that God is an elderly, superhuman male with a white flowing beard who lives in a remote place "up there". We do not ... God is present throughout creation: in humans, plants, animals, the earth itself, etc. [And, all things are present in God, hence panENtheism... WM] Jesus Christ: Unity rejects the traditional Christian view that Jesus is a ... Charles Fillmore definedit as "a state of consciousness in which the soul and the body are in harmony with Divine Mind". One does not have to wait until death. Heaven can thus be enjoyed at ... After death the soul is believed to leave the body, and to live again in another human body. This is/was a common belief among: present day Eastern religions the early Christian Church prior ... Rather we encourage every believer to attain a Spiritual Baptism which is a deeply personal event, a cleansing "prayer experience with Spirit, an ultimate dialogue between an individual and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Unity.htm

66% Size: 10K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

271:

The Error of the Catholic Nicene Trinity Catholic Trinity Not taught in the Bible In the Bible, we see an affirmation of the deity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit combined with a mono-theistic view of God, but without any explanation as to how the whole thing fits together and works. The simple affirmation of the "three-ness of God", seen at the Baptism of Jesus and the baptism of every Christian, is the Economic Trinity. Vs. The ... Elemental Trinity Doctrine Vs. Developed Trinity doctrine Economic Trinity: The observed activity of God in the World (that is, early Christians perceived and believed God to have directly ... Biblical witness to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. ... But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-catholic-nicene.htm

66% Size: 31K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

272:

Trinity: Arius and the Nicene Creed Christ is not truly divine but a created being. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979, Arianism, Vol. I, p.509) "Arianism: Up to this point the Trinitarian debate had taken place entirely in the West. We now move to the East, where the debate became a great controversy. It lasted sixty years, involved the entire eastern church, ... He taught that the Logos or Reason of God dwelt in the man Jesus. This Logos had also been in Moses and in the prophets; in Jesus, however, it was present in much larger measure. As a ... The Son (or Logos) had a beginning; God created the Logos in order that he might create the world. Since the Logos was the first and highest of all created ... Not so the Jesus of Arius. In his teaching, Jesus had a human body but not a human soul. The Logos took the place of the human soul in Jesus. He was therefore a ... concern of Arius was and remained disputing the oneness of essence of the Son and the Holy Spirit with God the Father, in order to preserve the oneness of God. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-arius.htm

66% Size: 17K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

273:

Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) Isa. 7:14 John 5:39 Matt. 1:18-23 Acts 1:11; 17:2+3; 18:28; Luke 1:35; Acts 26:22+23; 28:23 We believe that Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and man, that He was born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He ... IV. The Personality, Deity and Present Mission of The Holy Spirit We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Personality-The third Person of the Trinity-who is now, throughout this age of Grace, here present in the true Church, having been sent for the express purpose of revealing Christ Jesus to the members of the Church, that they may be comforted, instructed, and built up in their most holy faith, and to the world that sinners may be convicted of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. John 7:38+39; 14:16+17; 15:26; ... We believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, according to the Scriptures, in bodily form, and thus became the firstfruits of them that sleep; that upon His return He will raise out from among the dead those that have died in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm

66% Size: 20K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

274:

Commentary on what the early Christians believed about the Trinity and that of the Holy Spirit less clearly. They offered no trinitarian doctrine and saw no trinitarian problem. (The Triune God, Edmund Fortman, introduction, p.xv, p43, p59-61) The Apostolic Fathers: The Apostolic Fathers wrote between A.D. 90 and 140. Their discussion of the person of Jesus Christ simply repeated the teaching of the New Testament. None of the Apostolic Fathers presented a definite doctrine on this point. In this respect the New Testament, the Apostolic Fathers, and the Apostles' Creed stand in one line. (A Short History of the Early Church, Harry R. Boer, p108-110) The ... Paul's recurrent use of the terms God, Lord, and Spirit. (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965, "Trinity, in the Bible", p306) "To End of 2d Century. Among the Apostolic Fathers, Clement of Rome, for ... by generation; they, accordingly, stood to the Father in a relationship of Subordination; they represented the means of mediation between the transcendent God the Father and the terrestrial world. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-history-apostolic-fathers.htm

66% Size: 25K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

275:

Can Ordinary People Understand The Bible? We especially recommend the message "INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE", and "DO WE REALLY HAVE THE BIBLE TODAY?", also "DID THE BIBLE COME FROM GOD OR MAN?" So now with the safe assumption that the Bible is truly the Word of God, let us examine its clear ... thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." After the church had been established, this expectation and requirement for uniform understanding of the doctrine of Christ was voiced by the apostle, Paul, as he addressed the Christians of the church at Corinth: I Corinthians "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you." Jesus' prayer and Paul's admonition to the Corinthians are neatly summed in Ephesians 4:2-6: "With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/b-understand-common-man.htm

65% Size: 7K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

276:

Archeology of the Greek language at the Time of Christ Archeology of the Greek language at the Time of Jesus Christ The Greek Septuagint was Essential for Jewish worship SCRIPTURES | SYNAGOGUE INSCRIPTIONS | COINS | TOMBSTONES "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, ... The Greek Septuagint filled a huge gap in the general Jewish population in their thirst for the word of God. b. In God's providence, he provided for the world a translation of the holy scriptures into Greek in 282 BC c. Hebrew was functionally extinct among the Jews so the Hebrew scriptures were only being used by the High priest and the Sadducees. d. After ... The introduction of piyyut into the liturgy was parallel to and perhaps even influenced by similar developments in the Byzantine church. One rabbinic tradition reports that in at least one fourth-century ... Apparently for a great part of the Jewish population the daily language was Greek, even in Palestine. This is impressive testimony to the impact of Hellenistic culture on Jews in their mother country, to say ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Archeology-of-Bible-languages-Greek-Tanakh-synagogue-inscriptions-coins-Jewish-grave-tombstones-first-century-time-Jesus.htm

65% Size: 91K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

277:

beliefs Living Hope Christian Assembly on 1045 Garth St. Hamilton ... The church of the Bible featured a plurality of equal elders, none of which were higher or lower in rank or authority than the other. B. False doctrines taught and practice by Living Hope Christian Assembly Hamilton 1. The head Pastor and leaders are directly inspired by God as prophets and claim ... world to see. 1 Cor 13:8-12. 2. Slain in the Spirit is a non-biblical practice where a leader causes a person to fall backwards and lay paralyzed on the floor. No one in the Bible was ever thrown backwards by the power of God. There are examples of being thrown forward to the ground by the Holy Spirit, but these were the enemies of God at the arrest of Jesus as ... Tithing: Tithing is an Old Testament Jewish practice that is abolished by Christ at the cross. (Col 2:14) Tithing is forbidden in the New Testament: 2 Cor ... called overseers and elders) must be married men with believing children among a long is of other requirements. 1 Tim 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9. This checklist of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/creed-about-statement-of-faith-beliefs-Living-Hope-Christian-Assembly-1045-Garth-St-Hamilton-Ontario.htm

65% Size: 26K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

278:

Trinity proof texts: John 10:30-33 Trinity Proof Texts Click to View John 10:25-39 If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in ... a man, make Yourself out to be God." Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? "If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I ... God was foreshadowing by way of antitype in Ps 82, the fact that certain men can function among humanity as though they were God himself. Acting on behalf of God as his ... Anti-Trinitarian rebuttals: Rebuttal #1 by Anti-Trinitarian Modalists (United Pentecostal Church, UPCI) When Jesus said in John 10:30, "I and the Father are one.", it ... The disciples one in unity but remain many separate persons. God is one in unity, but remain three separate persons in Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is the meaning ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john10-30.htm

65% Size: 34K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

279:

Grant, Robert M.: Gods and the One God Gives false impression that author has no Biblical basis for believing in the divinity of Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit (Biblical trinity) Grant, Robert M.: Gods and ... Before Nicaea, Christian theology was almost universally subordinationist." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. Grant, as quoted by Anti-Trinitarians) In any event, the passage [Phil 2:6-8] makes it plain that before Christ Jesus emptied himself he was not human but divine." (Gods and the One God, Robert M. ... Full Text: "An anonymous author of the late second century discusses some of the apologists among those who held doctrines like his. Since he himself refers to "our compassionate God and Lord, Jesus Christ" as well as to "the compassionate Church of the merciful Christ," he obviously represents a "high" Christology. He ... In Philo a Logos doctrine had bridged the gap between his transcendent, abstract God and the world. It also explained how theophanies could be included in the Old Testament ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Grant.htm

65% Size: 12K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

280:

First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Capernaum 30 AD Synagogues in the world Capernaum 30 AD Click photos for high resolution Introduction: 1. Capernaum is one of the most important first century cities and Jesus preached in the synagogue His great messianic sermon: Jesus is Manna that came out of heaven: John 6:24-71 a. Peter's mother in law lived there. ... Jesus lived in a ceramic tile roofed house in Capernaum. d. Detailed outline: JESUS' HOUSE IN CAPERNAUM e. Master builder Stonemason Jesus: "Upon this Rock I will build My church" 2. The first century black ... Building on another's foundation: a. "According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ... up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Capernaum-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-basalt-foundation-peters-house-paralytic-manna-demon-healed-30ad.htm

65% Size: 63K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

281:

Death of the Anti-Black Doctrine, Salt Lake City Messenger, December ... ... church, the Negro never held the priesthood. There's really nothing we can do to change this. It's a law of God.'" (Seattle Magazine, December 1967, p. 60) The Mormon apologist John L. Lund wrote the following: "Brigham Young revealed that the Negroes will not receive the Priesthood until a great while after the second advent of Jesus Christ,.. our present prophets are in complete agreement with Brigham Young and other past leaders on the question of the Negro and the Priesthood.... "Social pressure and even government sanctions cannot be expected to bring forth a new revelation... all the social pressure in the world will not change ... To accept the anti-Negro doctrine is to deny the spirit of revelation. If we allow others to do our thinking on this vital issue it could lead to violence or bloodshed. Be ... backward in its outlook on a segment of the human race that is also supposed to be among our brothers... "The revelation that the church is talking about with respect to the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/mor-blacks-racism.htm

65% Size: 92K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

282:

Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: The Tabernacle/Temple Messianic ... ... I. The Tabernacle as a Messianic prophecy of Christ, Christians and the church: 1. Tabernacle is replaced by Church/Christian's body: a. "Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, ... built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) 2. Ten Commandments, Law of Moses is replaced by Law of Christ: a. "to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of ... For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You have not desired, But a body ... For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Tabernacle-church-double-dual-messianic-bible-prophecy-Midrashic-type-antitype-veil-heaven-law-baptism-priests.htm

65% Size: 71K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

283:

Lesson 22: Only The Saved Are In The Lord's Church Master index of 23 studies: "Determine if you worship in Spirit and Truth!" Click to View Lesson 22 Only The Saved Are In The Lord's Church In order to be in the one ... The Lord only adds the saved to His church. There are no unsaved people in His church. The Lord makes no mistakes. We are not saved just because we think or say we are. We are saved only when we have done what God has said we must do. Jesus says in Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone who says to Me Lord, Lord shall enter into ... But men have tried to change what the Lord has said. Men today say that all you have to do is "to accept Christ as your personal Saviour" and you will be saved. This ... In Acts 20:28 the apostle Paul was talking to the elders from the church at Ephesus and told them, "Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock, among ... anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ." ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-22-only-church-saved.htm

65% Size: 19K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

284:

Pre-tribulation Rapture Gap Theory refuted. The church age ... Camping is so ill informed of the gospel, that he thinks he can discard the local church and keep the universal church. This is heresy. 3. Countless Old Testament prophesies describe the church. God planned the church from before creation and was not an afterthought after the Jews rejected Jesus as their earthly king. In fact the church was part of God's eternal purpose in Jesus Christ. ... glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. " (Colossians 1:24-27) 7. The church is the bride of Christ after judgment day in heaven for an eternal marriage. ... And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and ... Then at the 11th hour, you stop the clock for 2000 years and start it again because of a guess based on some world event like Israel becoming a nation. 3. Physical Israel becoming a physical nation ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/pre-tribulation-rapture-gap-theory-church-age-parentheses-dispensationalists-premillenarians.htm

65% Size: 45K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

285:

Trinity proof texts: John 8:58 ... Which one of you convicts Me of sin? v46 You have a demon v48 THE I am not of this world v23 Who are You? v25 When you lift me up, then you will know that I ... This is what Jesus meant when He said, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." (John 8:56) click here for detailed look at ... But they pay excessive reverence to one who has but lately appeared among men, and they think it no offence against God if they worship also His servant." To this we reply, that if Celsus had known that ... "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul," that he may understand the meaning of the saying, "I and My Father are one." ... Again He says, "I am the truth; " and surely none of us is so simple as to suppose that truth did not exist before the time when Christ appeared. We worship, ... Since the Jehovah's Witnesses teach a view of John 8:58 that was never advocated before the 20th century, we would ask why would the Holy Spirit wait 1900 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-texts-john8-58.htm

65% Size: 210K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

286:

Fortman, Edmund: The Triune God If we take the New Testament writers together they tell us there is only one God, the creator and lord of the universe, who is the Father of Jesus. They call Jesus the Son of God, ... Holy Spirit to a dogmatic formulation of a doctrine of the Triune God, we look first to the Eastern Church where most of this development took place. The Apostolic Fathers were witnesses to the Biblical data and the traditional faith rather than theologians, but they furnished useful insights into the lines along which the Church's unconscious theology was developing. Most of them indicated quite clearly a belief in the divinity of Christ, less ... 'the Word was with God and the Word was God,' the 'Word was made flesh and dwelt among us,' 'the Father and I are one,' 'the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the ... The Word was God and was the only-begotten Son of God in the bosom of the Father. The Word took part in the creation of the world. The Father sent His Son to the world, and the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Fortman.htm

65% Size: 76K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

287:

Jewish Messianic Expectation at the time of Christ What do you say about yourself?"" (John 1:20-22). d. The Jews at the time of Jesus Christ misunderstood much of what the Messianic prophecy was really predicting. They never dreamed the land promise was heaven, the restored temple was the body of Christ, the restored kingdom was the church and that the ... At the birth of Christ the world was 5554 years old. b. Broad window of messianic expectation: 4292-6000 AC. The "broad window" of the messiah's arrival started between the death ... oracle of the man whose eye is opened, The oracle of him who hears the words of God, And knows the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, ... Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) II. Non-Biblical, 1st century Jewish Messianic beliefs: ... The same date from the Masoretic text of their own Bible dates Saturday, 23 September 2017 AD = 6191 AC (After Creation) e. This same idea continues today among many ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Jewish-Messiah-Jesus-coming-Days-Coins-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Seder-Olam-Talmud-Revelation-Gog-magog-dragon-war-1000-years-Hell-judgment-resurrection.htm

65% Size: 230K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

288:

Rapture Refuted: Harold Campinng's numerology date setting end ... That prize to goes to Darby. Prior to 1830, no church taught it in their creed, catechism or statement of faith. 2. Harold Camping owns 55 Radio stations with ... is the day in which Jesus Christ will return. What proof is there for the date of May 21, 2011? The date May 21, 2011 was derived solely from evidence found in the Bible. Mr. Camping saw God had placed, in Scripture, many important signs and proofs. These proofs alert believers that May 21st of 2011 is the date Christ will return for His people and begin a period of the final destruction of the world." 3. "In 1992, Harold Camping published the book 1994? Like Miller, he rejected the historic understanding of Daniel 8. The prophecy clearly describes the rise of the kingdom of Greece under Alexander the Great and the division of his empire among four successors. ... in favor of his own mix of theology he invented because he believes the Holy Spirit whispers truth in his ear... like his failed date of May 21, 2011. Obviously, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/rapture-harold-camping-2011-official-end-of-the-world-time-rapture-chart-numerology-date-setter-may-21-2011.htm

65% Size: 70K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

289:

Do animals go to heaven? Animals have both a soul and a spirit I have put My Spirit [spirit/ruwach] upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations." (Isaiah 42:1) b. "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."" (John 4:24) c. "Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul [soul/nephesh] will ... the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed." (Jude 10) 3. Both man and animal are trichotomous, having both a soul and a spirit: "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) a. ... And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever," (Revelation 4:5-9) 5. Even though the specific context of each of these messianic passages is in the church while on earth under the union of Christ in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/su-do-animals-have-souls-spirit-will-spot-be-in-heaven.htm

65% Size: 39K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

290:

Ralph P. Martin: The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians The eternal Son of God, however, faced with a parallel temptation, renounced what was his by right, and could actually have become his possession by the seizure of it, viz. equality with God, and ... part. (See Hawthorne for a variant.) Grayston gives the admirable rendering: 'Think this way among yourselves, which also you think in Christ Jesus, i.e. as members of His church', commenting 'This attitude of mind (described in verses 1-4) they ... moral example, but means 'in your church fellowship', so sorely harassed by strife and plagued by arrogance. Paul, by the citation of the hymn to Christ in verses 6-11, would show, in an unforgettable and convincing manner, that the community created by the incarnate and enthroned Lord must share his spirit, and be controlled by the pattern ... This title could mean' on this reading, not his humanity but his transcendental state as the heavenly man who came to earth to accomplish a saving mission for the world. The doctrine of the heavenly ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Martin.htm

65% Size: 31K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

291:

pre-earthquakes-history-data ... In his book Good-bye Planet Earth (1976), Seventh Day Adventist author Robert H. Pierson has a subheading "A Shaking, Quaking Planet." Under it he states: With increasing frequency and intensity Mother Earth has been shaking and quaking. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives. Multiplied thousands more will perish in greater earth spasms ahead. Never since the days of Noah has the world been so badly battered. Again God is speaking to us - He is seeking to tell us that our time is short. His Son, Jesus Christ... If we were to believe a recent claim by the Worldwide Church of God, an increasingly vocal organization proclaiming the speedy end of the age, the answer would be 'Yes.' On page 7 of the April, 1986, issue of its monthly The Good ... Tower Society itself has created by adding up the number of deaths in only 24 major earthquakes, selected_from among literally thousands of destructive quakes that took place in the 1,059 years before 1914! The new figure first ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-earthquakes-history-data.htm

65% Size: 298K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

292:

Kittel, Gerhard: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament ... This proves meaning is not on derivation but on his uniqueness and special place in the heart of Abraham. Therefore to quote Kittel as proof that "only-begotten" means that Jesus is a creature, is simply dishonest and ... in the baptismal formula in Mt. 28:19; Did., 7. 1 and 3. Perhaps recollection of the many triads of the surrounding polytheistic world contributed to the formation of these threefold formulae. More likely, however, is the influence of Jewish models. For in Judaism, as in the early Church, we find triadic formulae, and even formulae with four or more members. Justin combines the triad God, Christ and angel, with that of Father, Son and Spirit, to produce the fourfold (Apol., 1, 6). Eph. 4:4 ff. has spirit and lord, and then God. ... Isaac is the Mono-genes, of Abraham (11:17), in Lk. the dead man raised up again at Nain is the only son of his mother (7:12). the daughter of Jairus is the only child (8:42), and the demoniac boy is the only son of his father ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Kittel.htm

65% Size: 18K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

293:

Official creed of Anglican/Episcopal Church ... And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following: The Third Book of Esdras [I Esdras] The Fourth Book of Esdras [II Esdras] The Book of Tobias The Book of Judith The rest of the Book of Esther The Book of Wisdom Jesus the ... The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for in both the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefor ther ... far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born in this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. ... XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but rather is a Sacrament of our ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Anglican.htm

65% Size: 54K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

294:

Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture A refutation of the tract called, "What's Going On? An Extraordinary Visitation of God!" By Dr. Shirley A. Elenbaas of White Horse Christian ... think of anything throughout the church age that would,' Wimber writes. 'So I feel no obligation to try to explain it. It's just phenomena. It's just people responding to God.'" "There is no place in the Bible where people were lined up and Jesus or Paul or anyone else went along ... "Spiritual Phenomena: Slain In The Spirit -- Part 1," Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Anaheim, CA, 1981, audiotape) Benny Hinn actually said: "You have so much today that is pure flesh, yet people have labeled it as the Spirit. It's not the Spirit, because it's not centered on Christ. ... around the world. Many people when they experience this very personal touch by God have physical reactions called manifestations of the Holy Spirit. These manifestations have been somewhat controversial and caused many questions among Christians of various religious backgrounds. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm

65% Size: 23K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

295:

Early Christians always met on the First day (Sunday) and never ... They said the reason they worshipped on the first day, was because it was a weekly memorial of the day Jesus rose from the dead! They outright state that ... God gave a covenant at Mt. Sinai through Moses to the Jews. It is called the first/old covenant/testament. The ten commandments are the foremost visible representation of this first/old covenant was replaced by a new covenant called, among other things "the law of Christ". 100% of the old covenant was abolished. No part of the Old Covenant remains in force. No one prior ... Sabbatarians owe a debt of gratitude to these Sabbath pioneers whose work later influenced the origin of the Seventh-day Baptist church. The latter ... made in which, when I have rested [heaven: Heb 4] from all things, I will make the beginning of the eighth day which is the beginning of another world.' ... And for all the things with which we are supplied we bless the Maker of all through his Son Jesus Christ and through his Holy Spirit. And on the day ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-sunday.htm

65% Size: 47K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

296:

Official creed of Assemblies of God The Bible is our all-sufficient rule for faith and practice. This Statement of Fundamental Truths is intended simply as a basis of fellowship among us (i.e., that we all speak the same thing, I Cor. 1:10; Acts 2:42). The ... It is never applied, in the New Testament, either to the Father or to the Holy Ghost. It therefore belongs exclusively to the Son of God Rom 1:1-3, 7; 2 John 3 (f) The Lord Jesus Christ, God with Us The Lord Jesus Christ, as to His divine and eternal nature, is the ... The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4:24; Titus 2:12). 6. Ordinances of the Church (a) Baptism in Water The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded in the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-assemblies-of-god.htm

65% Size: 17K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

297:

Lesson 10: Attendance Of Worship When we forsake the assembly of the church, except for sickness or circumstances beyond our control, we are not only disobeying God, but we are robbing ourselves of all the benefits of worship which would have helped us to grow ... "Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?" ... Only if we remain faithful are we promised eternal life. Some people may ask, do I have to attend Sunday night and Wednesday night services? If we really love God and Christ we will never ask such questions. Jesus says in Luke 17:10, "So likewise you, when you have done all ... Our eternal fate is sealed forever when we draw our last breath. Why do people endanger and gamble with their souls? Our soul is worth more than the whole world. Our Lord says in Mark 8:36-37, "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-10-weekly-attendance.htm

65% Size: 23K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

298:

Neo-Montanism: Pentecostalism is the ancient heresy of Montanism ... He believed that he was the first restored apostle to The Church, and later came to believe he was the prophet Elijah, the restorer, sent to pave the way for the return of Christ which he too believed was immanent. He ... April 4, 1906 a revival began and 1,000's of people came to 312 Azusa to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This revival lasted from 1906 to 1913 (Burgess, Stanley, Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, Zondervan Publishers, 1988, pg. 31) and during these nine years 1,000's of Pentecostal missionaries went forth establishing ministries around the world. Among most Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians, Azusa is revered as a genuine move of the God in restoring the Church to true power and authority. However, it is also ... movement: Modalism - Jesus is the only person of God; Doctrine of "trinity" considered to be demonic; Speaking in tongues is an essential sign of salvation; Denial of the existence of Christ prior to the incarnation. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tongues-neo-montanism.htm

65% Size: 34K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

299:

Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ... others calling them "inspired" yet the Watchtower organization does call themselves "God's Spirit-directed Prophet" what is the difference? Is there such a thing as an "uninspired prophet"? ... If the name Jehovah is so important, then why is it never used in the entire Greek New Testament? If men edited out the name of God, "YHWH" when they copied the New Testament, as only the ... If the name "Jehovah" is so important, then why does Acts 4:12 say, "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name [v10 Jesus Christ] under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved"? Would this not ... If chapter 7 of Revelation is to be taken literally, where then does the Bible say that the 144,000 will come from? (See Rev 7:5- 8). If the soul is the body, why does Jesus make a ... So the dear elder opened his mouth and inserted his foot. So the non-JW told him that he had spoken to a former Bethelite who worked at the World Headquarters of JW's aka "1" who indicated ... ... https://www.bible.ca/jw-questions.htm

65% Size: 29K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

300:

30-150AD: Church organization the same as in the Bible Blueprint ... This proves that the bishop of Rome really was not a central authority during the first century. While mentioning four other regions of churches, God never even gave Rome honorable ... congregation had equal power world wide. In practical terms, each local church had control only over itself, and over no other church. There were no organizational ties between local churches and one set of elders in a local church never had any control over any other local churches. Each local congregation was self-governing under Jesus Christ as its head. The concept of a diocese (groups of local churches ruled by one bishop) and even more so "mother churches" (patriarchs), simply did not exist in the Bible. Historically, it wasn't until about 150 AD that we first see a single bishop ruling over the local church. ... The episcopal title, on the other hand, the name overseer, or bishop, was of Gentile origin, having been used among the Greeks to indicate an office involving a species of oversight. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-33-150AD.htm

65% Size: 28K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

www.bible.ca: EN ESPAÑOL

www.bible.ca: IN ENGLISH