451:

Lesson 3: Worship Is Not For Our Entertainment Lesson 3 Worship Is Not For Our Entertainment There is an erroneous idea today that the main reason we attend worship is to "get something out of the service", rather than going there to give our worship to God. This is a selfish motive on our part. This is the reason people cannot be satisfied with the worship service when their emphasis is not on the proper object of worship, God. People want to "do their own thing" in the worship of the church. What the Bible has to say about worship for many people is of little consequence as long as they are happy and feel good. We must be concerned with what God says on how He is ... People had rather worship Christ as a babe in a manger than Christ as their crucified savior. Their worshipping Christ as a babe in a manger requires no commitment on their part. They feel they can put Him in a box and live the rest of the year as they please. But worshipping Christ as our crucified savior requires commitment, a complete change of our life, and a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-3-not-entertainment.htm

31% Size: 10K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

452:

The Interactive Bible: Bible Correspondence course printing originals Doctrinal & Controversial Topics Create Desire For Further Study Length 5 or More Lessons Length 3-4 Lessons Mass Distribution of Lesson #1 Distribute Enrollment Opportunity Personal Contact only Completers Personal Contact Every Enrollee We Pay Return Postage They Pay Return Postage Name and address only at enrollment Get phone # on enrollment coupon Mail Follow-up, (Reminder letters) Personal Phone Follow-up Members involved in running course Preacher Runs Course Preacher Conducts Resultant Studies Members Do Resultant Studies Use Box Number Use Address of Church Building Offer Second Course Offer Personal Bible Study Computer Record Keeping Manual Record Keeping Sloppy Or No Record Keeping Methodical Record Keeping No long term follow-up Phone them every year Go to the Evangelism Website ON LINE!!! https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/ Click to View Download printing originals of the www.bible.ca Bible Course Although Copyrighted, permission is always granted to reproduce as long as not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/bcc/welcome.htm

31% Size: 38K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

453:

The Interactive Bible: On the divine side, of course, Jesus is the head of the church. The New Testament is very clear in setting out the qualifications of the men who are to guide the affairs of the church. There are two separate passages of scripture which give these qualifications. One is I Timothy 3:1-13. The other is found in Titus 1:6-9. Let us first look at the qualifications of elders. Combining the two passages from I Timothy and Titus, it is easy to see that the qualifications of elders fall naturally into three groups. Some are ... Although a preacher could also be an elder or pastor, if he were qualified, it is obvious that preachers did not have to be married nor have believing children to preach, while elders, or pastors, are required to be married and to have believing children. This is but another example of human changes which have been added to religion without God's authority since Bible times. It especially points out the need for a complete return to the direct teachings of the New ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-pastor-qualified.htm

31% Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

454:

Sola Scriptura: The failure of extra-biblical oral church traditions ... Tradition #5: False doctrine tradition. (Mk 7:7-9; Col 2:8; 2 Tim 4:2-5) Click to View Mistakes made by the Apostolic Fathers based upon tradition Oral tradition is inherently unreliable over time We challenge traditionalists to give us one example of one apostolic oral tradition that is still practiced in the church today. Remember, you cannot quote the writings of the apostolic fathers, because that is not oral but written! Since you believe the ecumenical councils were inspired, that doesn't count either. Why should they since they ... Click to View "2 Timothy 2:2 proves apostolic succession and oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The saying of Jesus in Acts 20:35 came from oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The story of Michael and the Devil over Moses in Jude 9, comes from oral tradition." Click to View CLICK HERE Click to View "The prophecy in Matthew 2:23, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene, comes from oral tradition only, not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition.htm

31% Size: 19K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

455:

Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... We therefore expect that the Discipline would be administered, not merely as a legal document, but as a revelation of the Holy Spirit working in and through our people. ... For this reason we wish that the Discipline might be found in every Methodist home, because it contains the Articles of our Religion." (Discipline of The Methodist Church, Council of the Bishops, 1960) The presence of spiritual gifts in a church are a sign of spiritual maturity that ungifted churches are lacking! Same old "spiritual Aryanism" ... In the miraculous age of the first century, Paul wanted them to have love and gifts (12:31; 14:1). "When the perfect comes" refers to Christ. (He is perfect & coming again) "Perfect" is neuter gender; "Christ" is always masculine gender. Does not say, "when He who is perfect comes" but "when THAT" Perfect refers to a thing, not a person and certainly not Christ. Jesus is a person, not a thing! The Greek forbids this interpretation. "Perfect" refers to the second coming or our ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm

31% Size: 50K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

456:

Spital Sermon, Andrew Snape, 1718 AD Of course, the Christian knows from Luke 16:21ff, that memory and computation are a function of the spirit, not the brain or the body. Snape worked at Bedlam and suggested that institutionalized care could cure it: "there is need of Art and Skill, of proper Remedies, and a strict Confinement of the Person so afflicted ... Physick and Diet, and other Management" It is noteworthy that in 1758, William Battie rejected sin as a cause of insanity and adopted the "brain wiring" etiology pioneered in part by a local church minister! Christians today know that thinking hard and deep thought do not cause ... For example George Hickes (1642-1715) chaplain to the King, in 1684 gave the following statistics of the new Bethlem hospital erected in Moorfields in 1676 to the design of Robert Hooke : 'Brought into Bethlem Hospital the last year Distracted Men and Women 75; Cured of their Lunacy, and discharged thence the said year 41; Distracted Persons buried last year 13 ; Now remaining there under ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/spital-sermon-andrew-snape-1718ad.htm

31% Size: 15K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

457:

Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin ... The implication is that your baptism's validity is based upon the faith, qualifications and position of the one who baptized you. Again a mix of faith by proxy and the principles underlying baptismal regeneration. Confirmation A. What is confirmation: Confirmation is usually performed with "Holy Chrism" (olive oil) being anointed to the forehead in the sign of the cross. The official may also give the person a slight blow on the cheek to remind him he must be ready to suffer everything. Lutheran: "Those baptized (as infants) need to confirm the church's action of their behalf in the affirmation of their baptismal covenantor confirmation. This is our acceptance of our responsibility-at an age of reason (age of accountability 8-14), willfully, and determinedly, to be a disciple." (Lutheran church membership and you, Pg 12) Catholic: "Confirmation is the sacrament through which the Holy Ghost comes to us in a special way and enables us to profess faith as strong and perfect Christians ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm

31% Size: 18K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

458:

Before You Place Your Child In Day Care... Has anyone investigated the harm of dropping off a child on the way to work in the morning & then picking him up after work? Two seemingly unrelated news items in the newspaper caught my eye. One was on a 15 year old in Deham, Mass. who is being tried for the baseball-bat bludgeoning death of a 14 yr old classmate. When interviewed ... There are no simple solutions to any of the complex problems which confront our community, but I would like the brethren to meditate on some information brought together by those who must deal with the fruit of the current child-care situation. The debate in the community has mostly centered on funding issues: who should pay? Ms. ... State's attorney Abe Laeser said,' He confessed to pushing the 3 year-old off the balcony, even as the child hung on for dear life. The confession was made as the smiling five year-old ate pizza & Coke." Michael Rutter, in his book, Maternal Deprivation Reassessed, Says the absence of attachment leads to "affectionless ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-daycare-thoughts.htm

31% Size: 9K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

459:

Before You Place Your Child In Day Care... Has anyone investigated the harm of dropping off a child on the way to work in the morning & then picking him up after work? Two seemingly unrelated news items in the newspaper caught my eye. One was on a 15 year old in Deham, Mass. who is being tried for the baseball-bat bludgeoning death of a 14 yr old classmate. When interviewed ... There are no simple solutions to any of the complex problems which confront our community, but I would like the brethren to meditate on some information brought together by those who must deal with the fruit of the current child-care situation. The debate in the community has mostly centered on funding issues: who should pay? Ms. ... State's attorney Abe Laeser said,' He confessed to pushing the 3 year-old off the balcony, even as the child hung on for dear life. The confession was made as the smiling five year-old ate pizza & Coke." Michael Rutter, in his book, Maternal Deprivation Reassessed, Says the absence of attachment leads to "affectionless ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-daycare-thoughts.htm

31% Size: 9K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

460:

PLAY: The Holy Spirit Game: Prove the Holy Spirit is a person ... Now we know that Arians would argue that the Holy Spirit never acts independently of the Father, since they are really one and the same thing, but this begs the question. The problem for Arians is to explain why God chose to invent the entire concept of the Holy Spirit at all. Why was it necessary for God to give "electricity" apparent personality, independence, thoughts, the ability to speak like a person and refer to this energy as a "HE"? If Arians are correct, what God has done in inventing or utilizing the "concept of the Holy Spirit" ... Once each member has a happy face attached to one of their biceps and a game piece numbered 1-19 and a separate copy of the outline called, " The Holy Spirit is a person not an it" here is what you do: Read the six points in section called, "Why we invented the Holy Spirit Game". This sets the background for the game Read out loud for the whole church, the section is called, " The Holy Spirit is a person not an it". Remember to emphasize that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-holy-spirit-game.htm

31% Size: 24K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

461:

Sin can trigger schizophrenia. Psychiatry: Mental Illness in ... ... In the 1960's the term "cognitive dissonance" was invented to describe the effect of a bad conscience without giving any credit to God who revealed it clearly in the Bible 2000 years ago. While such a sinning adulteress puts on the angel act in church every Sunday, it creates a never ending conflict within. The person seeks a solution to their own hypocrisy which often leads them to choose insanity as the only open door where they find comfort and relief from the bad conscience. Living in their own fantasy world, the ... From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil." Isaiah 1:4-6 21. "For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened." Romans 1:21 22. "Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-bible-sin-guilt-conscience-cognitive-dissonance.htm

31% Size: 37K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

462:

Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Alexandrou Nesos, Egypt: May ... year, according to the financial calendar, on Phamenoth ... (as I was talking to) my co-worker, my mantle (which is worth... drachmae) caught Dorotheos' eye, and he took it. When I saw him, (he fled2) to the Jewish prayer hall3 [proseuche] (holding) the mantle, (while I called for help). Lezelmis, a holder of 100 arourai, came up to help (and gave) the mantle to Nikomachos the (prayer hall) official4 to keep till the case was tried. Therefore I beg you, my king, to command Diophanes the magistrate (to write to the) chief of police telling him to order Dorotheos and Nikomachos to hand over the mantle to him, and, if what I write is true (to make him give me ... Master introduction: Summary overview is the place to start to tie it all together. Providence: God's eternal plan: The providential transition from Temple to Synagogue to Church Origin: Synagogues originated at Alexandria Egypt in 280 BC spawned by the Septuagint Jesus the Messiah of the Tanakh: 1. First Century Jewish Messianic ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Alexandrou-Nesos-Fayum-Egypt-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-PtolemyIV-proseuche-sanctuary-asylum-218bc.htm

31% Size: 47K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

463:

The "eternal weekly Sabbath" and "eternal animal sacrifices" ... ... And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. Atonement yearly: Ex 30:10 And Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord. Day of Atonement: Leviticus 23:28-31 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Heave offering: Numbers 15:21 Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations. Tabernacle work: Numbers ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-perpetual.htm

31% Size: 19K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

464:

50 ways Harold Camping's pre-tribulation Rapture contridicts ... ... The Bible indicates prior to this year that date could not be known." The Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to ignore past false predictions by claiming new light that "gets brighter and brighter". Rather it is "black light" or flickering/contradictory light. Camping uses this "new light" "latter rain" theology to justify his previous prediction of 1994 failing. Incredibly Camping says: "In the nineteen years since "1994?" was written, the biblical evidence for 2011 has greatly solidified. Today there is no longer any question, May 21, 2011 is the day in which Jesus Christ will return. B. The Kingdom is the church: The Bible Vs. Premillennialism: The Kingdom ... Jesus starts his kingdom at the second coming. Jesus is reigning now and will abolish the last enemy (death) at the second coming when the dead are raised. Then Jesus will give up the kingdom to God: 1 Cor 15:23-27 Death abolished at 2nd coming death exists after the second coming and during the millennium Death will be abolished ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-contrast-truth.htm

31% Size: 88K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

465:

Noah was saved by water baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 ... "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you. " (Titus 2:11-15) 1. Every man or woman who is born can be saved if they make that choice to become a Christian and live godly lives. Everybody has a chance to go to heaven but few are seeking God. They are all wrapped up in their own selfish lives of materialism and pleasure. They never go to church, partake of the Lord's supper, give money into the church treasury, read the Bible or pray. They live for themselves and ignore God. 2. God loves each person and doesn't want ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/salvation-water-baptism-noah-8-eight-persons-saved-by-water-1-peter-3-21.htm

31% Size: 28K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

466:

The Brain and Mental illness: Modern Psychiatry is neo-Phrenology In this way, he found in a short time, in musicians and mechanics, the development of particular cerebral parts. ... individuals who from birth were stubborn, proud, courageous, thieves, murderers, religious &c., and if he found that the size of some cerebral part was corresponding to these actions, he called these parts of the brain, organ of pride, of firmness, of courage, of theft, of murder, of religion .. . He [Gall] was also bold enough to speak to every person in whose head he observed any distinct protruberance" ... By rubbing the hand over the scull, you can feel the general shape, including bumps. This was then used to calculate a "horoscope style" interpretation of your personality. Click to View Click to View The God Helmet Psychiatrists are using Phonology in the year 2002! Still alive and well! The God Helmet The humour of the male and female brain is actually founded in phrenology. Modern psychiatry is attempting to isolate regions of the brain, like the temporal lobe, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-brain-mind-neo-phrenology.htm

31% Size: 17K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

467:

Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! Weekly Church Attendance is Essential! A. Christians met every Sunday: 1. The Bible warns against forsaking the assembly: Heb 10:25 a. Acts 20:7 tells us they came together for the purpose of breaking bread b. The book of 1 Corinthians gives us strong evidence Christians met weekly: Christians assembled regularly: 1 Cor ... Psalm 122:1 "For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God" Psalm 42:4 "We who had sweet fellowship together, walked in the house of God in the throng." Psalm 55:14 "I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise Thee among a mighty throng." Psalm 35:18 "I have proclaimed ... Yes, church attendance is necessary if a person is to grow in the "Grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ". There are many very valid reasons as to why we should attend the worship services of the church. We might begin by asking ourselves some questions: First: Has God left man to his choice about the matter? The Bible says ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance.htm

31% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

468:

The Hermeneutics of the Bible and United States History! A. By way of introduction, I want to take a few minutes to present some historical events which lead to the development of our nation. B. From these historical events, we will make application concerning the same situation in religion today. C. This Chart will form the basis of logic in this outline. Bible Hermeneutic Bible believers Liberals, Modernists & Denominationalists Early Governmental Issue Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson was not a ... Institutionalists: "God never said one church could not send money to another in evangelism and set up a sponsoring church" 1 Cor. 16:1-2 Christians: "God said to make free will offerings every Sunday Liberals: "God never said the church couldn't raise money from bake sales, tithing or bingo's!" I. Historical Events Regarding the USA A. In the year 1774, when the American colonists could no longer withstand the oppression that was bearing down on them, they began to devise ways and means to rid themselves of the yoke that was upon them. 1. An ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-hermeneutic-strict-constructionist.htm

31% Size: 17K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

469:

Court ordered junk science psychiatric assessments in child custody ... However, there are so many documented cases of mothers falsely charging their former husbands of physical and sexual abuse of them and the children, it has become an epidemic. It is also evil. It is breaking the ten commandments that say: "Thou shalt not bear false witness." But since so many people have stopped going to church, they have no moral values any more and likely have never heard of the "Ten Commandments". One case involved a woman who admitted to making false allegations for the specific purpose of gaining sole custody of the children to the judge. Apart from a few sharp words from the judge, she did not pay for this crime. In ... Sometimes the government will pay for the assessment under some circumstances and in come jurisdictions. These "assessments" cost between $6,000 - $35,000. They take 30-40 hours at $200-$500 per hour, depending on the person doing the assessment. Although it is against the law, there seems to evidence in a few cases of a buddy referral system ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-harms-damages-society-family-court-ordered-psychiatric-assessments-child-custody-disputes.htm

31% Size: 11K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

470:

Will any religion get me to heaven as long as I am Sincere? Will any religion get me to heaven as long as I am Sincere? Apparently many sincere people are trusting in their sincerity for salvation. But is sincerity enough? Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14: 6. Now what could this possibly mean if sincerity alone is sufficient? If there is no other way to salvation than through Christ, as he clearly stated here, then sincerity alone will not do, will it? One of the classical examples of a man who was unquestionably sincere, and yet lost, out of Christ, and even an arch enemy of the early church, is that of Saul of Tarsus. Saul had even participated in ... And as they were searching for a cleansing from this guilt, Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins ... " Acts 2: 38. The role of sincerity is to enable a person to be fair and honest with the truth! Sincerity alone does not determine truth, scientifically, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-sincerity-alone.htm

31% Size: 3K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

471:

Professor Antony Flew confesses his belief in a creator! ... The enormous complexity by which the results were achieved look to me like the work of intelligence." Associated Press distributed a December 9 story by religion writer Richard N. Ostling about Flew's conversion. Flew told AP that his current ideas had some similarity with those of U.S. "intelligent design" theorists, who believe ... We now know that even the simplest functional cell is almost unfathomably complex, containing at least 250 genes and their corresponding proteins." "Darwin's Black Box" is the title of Michael J. Behe's 1996 book. Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, emphasizes the complexity of molecular systems such as the ... He simply believes that science points to the existence of some sort of intelligent designer of the universe. He says evidence from DNA research convinces him that the genetic structure of biological life is too complex to have evolved entirely on its own. Though the 81-year-old philosopher believes Darwinian theory explains a lot, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tracks/converted-to-creation-antony-flew-former-atheist.htm

31% Size: 16K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

472:

Who Is This Man Jesus? It is a story that can be exciting to you and might possibly change your life. Jesus was born in the year 4 B.C., in the city of David, Bethlehem. He was born of the virgin Mary, fathered in her by the Holy Spirit of God. Angels announced to the world in beautiful song, glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased. One angel in particular announced to them, "Behold I bring you good news of great joy, for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord." Thus the shepherds were invited to pay homage to the new King. Wise men were called from afar by the shining of a glorious star. Later old ... On a Thursday night, Jesus met with his apostles, in the city of Jerusalem, to take the Passover meal with them. It was here on a solemn occasion, that Jesus told them He must soon die. That it was God's will that He give His life for His friends. He drank wine and broke bread with them, and told them, to remember Him when they did ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-story-jesus.htm

31% Size: 6K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

473:

Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 250 AD: Cyprian The issue has never been settled because Easter is a man-made holy day that developed long after the apostles died. Had scripture revealed it, we would know exactly how to celebrate it. Christ did not tell Christians to remember his birth at Christmas, but his death... and not once a year at Easter, but every Lord's Day, through communion. "Easter", therefore in the early church was a weekly event! The earliest apostolic fathers considered Sunday the weekly celebration of the Resurrection and the Lord's Supper the weekly remembrance of His ... And that Christ alone ought to be heard, the Father also testifies from heaven, saying, "This is my well-beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him." Wherefore, if Christ alone must be heard, we ought not to give heed to what another before us may have I thought was to be done, but what Christ, who is before all, first did. Neither is it becoming to follow the practice of man, but the truth of God; since God speaks by Isaiah the prophet, and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-cyprian.htm

31% Size: 24K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

474:

Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) Click to View Ellen G. White Prophet? or Plagiarist! The White Lie! By Walter T. Rea The Robert Olson Letter The Seventh-day Adventist church tries to cover up the truth about Ellen G. White's plagairism! Click to View Order Walter Rea's book: "The White Lie" Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. Proprietor of Ellen G. White Publications ... As you all know, there are different individuals over the years who have interested themselves in comparing Mrs. White's writings with the works of other authors, and I suppose that this will continue until the end of time. One of the latest to give his attention to this type of research is Elder Walter Rea, a pastor in the ... His response was that I would probably consider him to be someone more or less on the fringes. Apparently this unknown individual who owns Hanna's "Life of Christ," is a rather intellectual type of person who has quite strong feelings against the White Estate. At least I have come to this conclusion, after talking with Ed Turner. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-Olson-letter.htm

31% Size: 19K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

475:

Official creed of Awana Clubs International (A.W.A.N.A.) We believe that Jesus Christ was fully God in the flesh and fully man, that He was born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He taught and performed mighty works and wonders and signs exactly as revealed in the four gospels. We believe that He was crucified, shed His blood, died to pay the penalty for our sins and was raised bodily from the dead on the third day. Forty days later He ascended to the Father's right hand where He is Head of the Church and intercedes for believers. From there He is coming again personally, bodily and visibly to this earth to set up His millennial kingdom. (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Hebrews 1:1-2, 7:25; Luke 1:30-35; Ephesians 4:8; John 1:1-5, 10-14, 14:3; Colossians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 1:3,11; Revelation 20:4) GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person and is God, possessing all the divine attributes. He convicts of sin, regenerates, indwells, baptizes and seals all believers at the moment of their salvation, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Awana.htm

31% Size: 6K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

476:

"Acts 29" Paul's 4th & 5th Missionary Journeys! ... for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus" 3. Paul didn't leave Trophimus sick here but at the second pass through the following year: 2 Tim. 4:20 E. Paul didn't go to Ephesus 1. Acts 20:37 "And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more." 2. Paul then tells Timothy later that he left Trophimus there sick, a thing Timothy would already know if Timothy and Paul left the city together for Ephesus. Paul's charge to Timothy was to instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, 1 Tim 1:3, directly fulfilling Acts 20:29 about the Ephesian elder's apostasy. 3. Paul later desired to return to Ephesus while in 1 Tim 4:13 13 "Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture" but never made it back thus fulfilling the prophecy of Acts 20:29. F. Colossae 1. From Phile 22 Paul intended on visiting the Colossian church area when he was in Jail in Acts 28 a. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/maps/maps-pauls-acts-29.htm

31% Size: 93K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

477:

Bible Help to Overcome Loneliness! ... If Elijah had answered the question "What doest thou here?, he would have had to say, "Nothing. Absolutely nothing". That was why he had time to feel sorry for himself and be lonely. God involves us in good works to our great advantage. Help those who are sick or shut-in. Call a person on the phone to cheer him up. Mail a card of sunshine to a friend. You and I are in the world to serve, to live, to help, and when we are doing this we just don't have time to feel sorry for ourselves. That's ... He decided to make a plea. "Yet all I have to offer", he told the graduates, "is clothes, room and board, and work. You will be giving one year of your lives for God". When Dr. Grenfall asked for volunteers there was a murmur that went up over the whole crowd. Then he raised his hand for silence and asked, "Are there eight of you who will give one year of your life to my Master?". A moment later about three fourths of that class of nurses stood up. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus said, "Inasmuch as you did ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-loneliness.htm

31% Size: 4K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

478:

Is running away from your parents home the answer? girl must pay the price. In many cases the price is the sacrificing of her moral character. Other forms of mistreatment may occur, even to the loss of life. The question for boys is, how will they live when their money is gone? Jobs are hard to get, especially during the school term when it is unlawful to employ youth of school age during school hours. There is the temptation to steal. If they are driving a car, how will they get the money for gas? If they have stolen a car, the crime becomes more serious when they cross the state line. In most cases they may be picked up by the police. IS THERE A BETTER SOLUTION? The question that every young person should ... Perhaps, the first one to whom you should seek advice is your minister. If you do not know one, turn to the yellow Pages of your phone book and call a minister of the church of Christ. He will be glad to talk with you and assist. There is a national source of help for one who has run away. He is advised where to get shelter, food ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-teens-runaway.htm

31% Size: 6K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

479:

Eliade, Mircea: Encyclopedia of Religion In the immediate post New Testament period of the Apostolic Fathers no attempt was made to work out the God-Christ (Father-Son) relationship in ontological terms.(The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, Trinity, Vol 15, p53-57) It was prompted chiefly by belief in the divinity of Christ and later in the divinity of the Holy ... But we could just as easily say this: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not contain any prohibition against blood transfusions." or better yet: "Theologians agree that the Bible also does not contain any organization larger than the local church! (are you listening Brooklyn?)" Jw's use this quote to create a false ... Further, exegetes and theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity. God the Father is source of all that is (Pantokrator) and also the father of Jesus Christ; "Father" is not a title for the first person of the Trinity but a synonym for God. Early liturgical and creedal formulas ... ... https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Eliade.htm

31% Size: 27K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

480:

Holy Spirit in the Old Testament The Gift of the Holy Spirit person by metonymy when they had supernatural power is Acts 2:39 where the Holy Spirit is said to be given, when in fact it is one of the 9 spiritual gifts. Paul reminded his readers when giving them personal marriage advice, "I also have the Spirit of God" inside him, when in fact he was using this indwelling metaphor of possession of the Holy Spirit to indicate he was inspired (1 Cor 7:40). i. In the New Testament people with the gift of tongues were described as having the Holy Spirit inside them, when in fact they had access to the power of God. 2. Indwelling metaphorically to indicate God's fellowship in Solomon's Temple and the New Testament "church ... I have put My Spirit upon Him r. Isa 59:21 My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth s. Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me 6. Give Spirit to instruct a. Neh 9:20 Thou didst give Thy good Spirit to instruct them 7. don't take Holy Spirit from me a. Ps 51:11 do not take Thy Holy Spirit from ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/holyspirit/Holy-Spirit-in-the-Old-Testament.htm

31% Size: 313K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

481:

Ancient Synagogues: 24 New Testament Synagogues ... in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, 'You are My Son; today i have begotten You.' "As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.' "Therefore He also says in another Psalm, 'You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.' "For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid ... Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Now at this ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ancient-Synagogue-Archeological-Literary-Sources-Bible-Jesus-Israel-diaspora-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Christian-infallible-inspired-Scripture-New-Testament-50ad.htm

31% Size: 205K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

482:

Peace of Mind and Health of Body, Lewis Southcomb, 1750 AD Peace of Mind and Health of Body Lewis Southcomb (church minister) 1750 AD Click to View Click to View See also: History of Psychiatry homepage Introduction: In 1750 AD, Lewis Southcomb, church minister, departed from a long tradition of his fellow preachers and viewed extreme cases of insanity as a medical problem only doctors ... Showing, That all Severity's and Confinement are prejudicial; as are all Endeavours that give Pain, or sink the Spirits ; AND THAT, In the former Case, nothing can relieve them but Divines ; and, in the latter, nothing but the judicious Physician, and Apothecaries that will be true both to Physician and Patient." Southcomb clearly rejects all the moral treatments and torture practiced in Bedlam on the residents there. He also rejected that the worst cases of insanity should have any negative stigma attached to them. Like many in chemical psychiatry today, Southcomb did not hold the insane person responsible any more than if he had a fever. "And, if it be no ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/peace-of-mind-and-health-of-body-lewis-southcomb-1750ad.htm

31% Size: 7K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

483:

Phantasmata or Illusions and Fanaticisms, Richard Robert Madden ... What is interesting about this phenomena, is that it is clearly induced by freewill choices of the minds of a large number of people at the same time. This proves that such mass delusions and hallucinations are not caused by the body, but the mind. Madden understood that if the mind of a single person could induce insanity, so could it happen on a mass scale: "It is with individuals as with nations, they are controlled and restrained by the same influences, or corrupted and perverted by the same wild impulses of passion . . . Hallucinations of various kinds ensue; and imagination dominated by disease will eventually give a being, shape and form, 'a local ... The subject of this work has largely to do with the failings and infirmities and passions of mankind and their accompanying disorders of the imagination, for to these sources must we attribute the epidemic fanaticisms which we meet with in history and elsewhere, simulating at one time an ardent zeal for religion, at another a glowing ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/phantasmata-or-illusions-and-fanaticisms-richard-robert-madden-1857ad.htm

31% Size: 15K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

484:

Is running away from your parents home the answer? girl must pay the price. In many cases the price is the sacrificing of her moral character. Other forms of mistreatment may occur, even to the loss of life. The question for boys is, how will they live when their money is gone? Jobs are hard to get, especially during the school term when it is unlawful to employ youth of school age during school hours. There is the temptation to steal. If they are driving a car, how will they get the money for gas? If they have stolen a car, the crime becomes more serious when they cross the state line. In most cases they may be picked up by the police. IS THERE A BETTER SOLUTION? The question that every young person should ... Perhaps, the first one to whom you should seek advice is your minister. If you do not know one, turn to the yellow Pages of your phone book and call a minister of the church of Christ. He will be glad to talk with you and assist. There is a national source of help for one who has run away. He is advised where to get shelter, food ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-teens-runaway.htm

31% Size: 6K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

485:

Ai, Israel: Khirbet El-Maqatir: Master Index of Free Bible Maps ... This is when Lot chose to live near Sodom and God have Abraham the land. 3. Ai was the second town defeated in the Israeli conquest of 1400 BC. The first time Israel tried take Ai, they were defeated and 36 men were killed, because Achan had hid some gold bars under his tent where was forbidden by God. He was identified by lot and was stoned. The second attempt was successful. 4. This story shows that a single sinful person in a church can have a spiritual impact on others. For example, when a high ... And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city. So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. The men in ambush rose quickly ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/maps/bible-maps-master-index-ai-israel-khirbet-el-maqatir.htm

31% Size: 34K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

486:

Bible Help to Overcome Loneliness! ... If Elijah had answered the question "What doest thou here?, he would have had to say, "Nothing. Absolutely nothing". That was why he had time to feel sorry for himself and be lonely. God involves us in good works to our great advantage. Help those who are sick or shut-in. Call a person on the phone to cheer him up. Mail a card of sunshine to a friend. You and I are in the world to serve, to live, to help, and when we are doing this we just don't have time to feel sorry for ourselves. That's ... He decided to make a plea. "Yet all I have to offer", he told the graduates, "is clothes, room and board, and work. You will be giving one year of your lives for God". When Dr. Grenfall asked for volunteers there was a murmur that went up over the whole crowd. Then he raised his hand for silence and asked, "Are there eight of you who will give one year of your life to my Master?". A moment later about three fourths of that class of nurses stood up. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus said, "Inasmuch as you did ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-loneliness.htm

31% Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

487:

Are You Guilty of Spiritual Child Abuse? But, have you ever heard of a bird abandoning the nest the moment the eggs hatched? We must emphasize that baptism is just the initial step in a new life. Soul-winners sometimes feel that baptism marks the end of their work, yet their work has just begun! Any church that has no tangible follow-up program is truly guilty of spiritual child abuse and neglect. We must give more energy and thought to the area of follow-up. 1 Peter 2:2 says: As newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation. ... There are a number of programs that can be set in place, but the one that will succeed has at its center a one-on-one teaching environment. It is important that at least one other Christian take the initiative to stabilize and ground them. Ideally, this person is the one who either introduced them to the gospel or directly led them to Christ. Yes, the newborn will benefit from the weekly diet of sermons and classes, but these are not ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-sp-child-abuse.htm

31% Size: 10K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

488:

Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods This paper will show that there is nothing sinful for Christians to eat genetically modified foods and will explore what the Bible says, and what the earliest post-biblical church said about it. In the twenty-first century, we are surrounded by disparate groups that forbid certain kinds of food on moral or religious grounds. ... Some permit meat only when the farmer or rancher had treated the animal with kindness and consideration and given them only the food of which these animal rights activists approve. Some of them are more vocal than people who are activated by religion, but both groups would force their dietary prohibitions on others. As a result, ... Consensus Early that all Meat is Clean What the Bible says. The early general consensus was that no food is common/unclean for Christians. Jesus Himself taught in Mark 7: "There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him" (verse 6) and "'Do you not ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm

31% Size: 56K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

489:

First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Sardis, Asia 49 BC commercial center of the former capital of the Persian empire which dates back as far as 536 BC, is matched by the Jewish synagogue in Sardis with a continuous 665 year occupation history (49 BC - 616 AD) 4. Although inscriptional evidence from Josephus Antiquities 14.235 makes the existence of a synagogue building certain in 49 ... the Book of Revelation which was written in 66 AD to warn the Jews in Jerusalem to flee the city or die in 70 AD. The strong Jewish tradition of the city made it easy for the Jerusalem Jewish converts to Christianity to feel at home in Sardis, when they followed the Church deacon who brought the letter to Jerusalem, back to Sardis. ... Upon their petition therefore to me, that these might be lawful for them, I give order that these their privileges be preserved, and they be permitted to do accordingly." (Josephus Antiquities 14.235: decree of 49 BC) b. 48 BC: "The decree of the Sardians. "This decree was made by the senate and people upon the representation of ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Sardis-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Rev3-table-of-scrolls-niche-shrine-eagle-lions-mosaics-earthquake-Lydia-49bc.htm

31% Size: 83K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

490:

Legalities of teaching Creation in the Science Classroom Overreaction to decisions by the courts regarding prayer and religion in the public schools has led some overly cautious schools to prevent students from doing what they have a Constitutional right to do in the free exercise of their religion. To clarify this confusion, Foundation for Traditional Values has prepared the following "Student Bill of Rights," which represents the current state of the law and lets you know what you can and cannot do. (The purpose of this document is informational and is not intended to give you specific legal advice). Prayer. You may pray anytime, anyplace, silently or out loud, provided that there is not ... "On many past occasions we have had no difficulty finding a secular purpose for governmental action far more likely to advance religion than the Balanced Treatment Act... tax deductions for expenses of religious education ... tax exemptions for church property ...textbook loans to students in religious schools." If secular purpose can easily be found in ... ... https://www.bible.ca/tracks/legalities.htm

31% Size: 49K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

491:

Praying And Looking For Seekers! ... "Well," he admitted, "since the first of the year, my wife has been trying to get us to go to church somewhere. I don't think I would be interested, but if you call her, she might be." An initial contact was made; then more contacts followed, some including other young Christians. As a result, the patrolman's wife has been present more than once at a gospel meeting which is now in progress, and her husband was with her last night. Last word is that she was baptized. Several years later, I personally met this couple in Ocala Florida and even saw the "offending tinted glass" with my own eyes! They are still faithful to this day! Praise God! Click to View STORY #2 A few years ago, my wife and I were to attend a banquet for local hunting club. We had prayed that the Lord would lead us to meet some seeker whom we could teach the gospel. Our primary concern was to be seated beside the seeker. So we milled around for 15 minutes looking for a person who looked like they would be interested ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-pray-look.htm

31% Size: 8K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

492:

Official creed of Church of the Nazarene Mt 1:20-25; Lu 1:26-35; Joh 1:1-18; Ac 2:22-36; Ro 8:3; 8:32-34; Gal 4:4-5; Php 2:5-11; Col 1:12-22; 1Ti 6:14-16; Heb 1:1-5; 7:22-28; 1Jo 1:1-3; 4:2,3,15 III. THE HOLY SPIRIT 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 of sin, regenerating those who repent and believe, sanctifying believers, and guiding into all truth as it is in Jesus. Joh 7:39; 14:15-18,26; 16:7-15; Ac 2:33; 15:8,9; Ro 8:1-27; Gal 3:1-14; 4:6; ... We believe that Christian baptism, commanded by our Lord, is a sacrament signifying acceptance of the benefits of the atonement of Jesus Christ, to be administered to believers and declarative of their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior, and full purpose of obedience in holiness and righteousness. Baptism being a symbol of the new covenant, young children may be baptized, upon request of parents or guardians who shall give assurance for them of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-Nazarene.htm

31% Size: 21K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

493:

Evangelistic, Small-group Home Bible Studies ... Originally designed for one-on-one studies, they are also an effective method for small-group studies. With this method, a book of the Bible is chosen (Luke or Acts are excellent), and the readings are divided so that it is completed in about eight to ten weeks. Each person present is invited to read a predetermined portion and then paraphrase the basic message of the text. The teacher is especially interested in challenging the readers to give their personal evaluation of the text. Everyone present is encouraged to ask the leader for clarification of any question relating ... Hard-hitting lessons on sin, obedience, and commitment are also excellent topics. Examining the strengths and weaknesses of Bible characters is always a winner. However, strictly doctrinal topics like baptism, instrumental music, identity of the New Testament church, a variety of false doctrines, and general church basing are not recommended for two reasons. First, these topics do not easily lend themselves ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-sm-grp-formats.htm

30% Size: 12K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

494:

Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... The most dangerous result I see from the many divergent discussions in the church today, has to do with what I call the Cheap Gospel.". . We must trust in the finished work of Christ; but of equal importance we must, with Christ's help, be ready to obey This means being willing to give up on ourselves and submit to the authority of Christ's body -the Church. I know this is difficult to do when you are doing so well with your practice and financial investments. 3 Clearly this supersalesmam of the system would like to share a ... Meanwhile, until the supersalesmen are unmasked, perhaps the best advice on how to deal with them and their "truth" was given by Robert J. Ringer: Ignore all neurotic remarks and actions of normal people and all remarks and actions of neurotic people. In cases where a neurotic person persists, notwithstanding your lack of attention, take swift and positive action to eliminate him from your life altogether. You have no obligation to deal with irrational ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-CH12-incidents.htm

30% Size: 24K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

495:

pre-earthquakes-history-data Buy the book either from the bookstore or directly from the authors as listed below! So next time you hear some TV evangelist or your pastor excitedly saying that the end is near because earthquakes have increased this century, print this file and give it to him! see also: Rapture & Premillennialism Refuted 7. You can see from the ... Maintaining that Christ's statement regarding "great earthquakes" (Luke chapter 21, verse 11) has seen its true fulfillment only since 1914, the Watch Tower Society claims that we have experienced an enormous increase in such earthquakes since that year: The frequency of major earthquakes has increased about 20 times what it was on ... Do we have any indication that the "major" (7.0 and more in magnitude) and "great" (8.0 and more) earthquakes have increased in number and magnitude during the period it has been possible to measure them instrumentally, that is, since the end of the last century onward? If we were to believe a recent claim by the Worldwide Church ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-earthquakes-history-data.htm

30% Size: 298K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

496:

Psychiatry's practice of seeking answers already within the patient ... I am convinced that you have everything in you-good judgment and a good sense of what all the implications are and what the situation is really like-to make a good decision, really better than I can. But what I can do is provide some guidance in thinking through these complicated questions and be a kind of sounding-board." (James Dittes, The Church In the Way, 1967, p 279-280) Click to View Discussion: 1. ... The Christian knows that God warned explicitly in the Bible that no answers come from within only from God or other Christians who have learned God's pattern of moral conduct. Why would you pay an expert who never gives you any advice? Yet this is exactly what happens. Secular counseling is a farce! Find a Christian who knows his Bible and he will give you better advice for free in one hour, than you ever get with 50 paid sessions with a professional councilor at $125 per half hour. Try the "Free, three session" counseling system. By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-atheistic-anti-christian-seek-answers-within-not-god.htm

30% Size: 8K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

497:

Attending church for the wrong reasons! In an attempt to increase numbers, they advertise pot-lucks, dinner theatres, bake sales, soup kitchens, bingo, camping trips, exercise classes and various support groups ... things which have nothing to do with religion or the Bible. If it brings in the numbers, they will do it. Yes, these churches are full every Sunday, but most members would quit if the "cake and ice cream" that initially attracted them were no longer offered. There are many people today who attend church because they are "bread seekers" rather than genuine Christ seekers. Is the reason why you attend with your church listed below? 26 Wrong Reasons to ... to say, "Take my yoke upon you" as a spiritual metaphor while holding an actual wooden yoke he made and sold for oxen. a. "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."" ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance-wrong-reasons.htm

30% Size: 27K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

498:

Sola Scriptura: All-sufficient: The Bible alone is a blueprint ... ... in the New Testament: "At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem" John 10:22. Another human origin celebration was that of Jephthah's daughter: "Thus it became a custom in Israel, that the daughters of Israel went yearly to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year." (Judges 11:39-40) The key is that if the Jews stopped celebrating Hanukkah or the 4 days of commemoration for the daughter of Jephthah, God would not get angry. ... The reason why different denominations, with very different forms of church government, can all claim to be based on the "New Testament model" is that the New Testament is not very specific about how the Church is to be organized or how services are to be conducted. It would be a grave mistake, however, to infer from this that the early Church had no definite structure or patterns of worship. The New Testament does not give a detailed plan of Church government, because the Church already existed when the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-all-sufficient-blueprint.htm

30% Size: 15K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

499:

Could my children's faith in Santa destroy their faith in God ... My heart still goes out to Jamie. Yet in reality most children learn that Santa-Claus doesn't really exist by mocking of older children or peers as in Jamie's case. Older siblings love to laugh at younger siblings when parents give approval to "pop" the Santa-Claus bubble of the young and faithful. Now this is where the danger lies. Every year, millions of children suddenly have their faith "shattered" in this "all knowing", "omni-present", "all-powerful" Santa-Claus. This must damage their ability to have faith in the one true God who really does ... Otherwise, imagine this: Your 13 year old hears the preacher talk about God the Father, as an all knowing, all powerful giver of the gift of eternal salvation in his Sunday sermon. The preacher then encourages all to have faith in God. But "once bitten, twice shy". Your young teen thinks to himself, "Dejavu! I know when I am an adult, that I will learn that Jesus was just a myth and that church is just a game, just like Santa-Claus". ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-Santa=God.htm

30% Size: 6K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

500:

Introduction of New Catholic doctrines not found in the Bible The Doctrine of Purgatory popularized from the Apocrypha by Gregory the Great 600 AD First use of Latin in worship (Gregory I) Beginning of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic church as we know it today in its present organization. 607 AD Click to View First Pope: Boniface III is the first person to take the title of "universal Bishop" by decree of Emperor Phocas. 608 AD Pope Boniface IV. turns the Pantheon in Rome into a temple of Mary ad martyres: the pagan Olympus into a Christian ... Mass universally said in Latin (see 600 AD) 1547 AD Confirmation 1560 AD Personal opinions of Pope Pius IV imposed as the official creed 1864 AD Syllabus Errorum [Syllabus of Errors] proclaimed that "Catholic countries" could not tolerate other religions, (no freedom of religion), conscience, separation of church and State condemned, asserted the Pope's temporal authority over all civil rulers (Ratified by Pope Pius IX and Vatican Council) condemned 1870 AD Infallibility of Pope (Vatican council) 1908 AD All ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm

30% Size: 14K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents

www.bible.ca: EN ESPAÑOL

www.bible.ca: IN ENGLISH