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| 351: | Attending church for the wrong reasons!
from heart-felt worship to Hollywood style entertainment complete with special effects. Churches that once focused on good Bible study classes, now compete against one-another like businesses for new members. 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 ... Only members get to use the Auditorium for weddings. The ultimate excuse for not attending didn't work on Jesus! Imagine that you asked the boss for the day off to attend your father's funeral, and he refused. You might consider him so unreasonable that you might quit on the spot. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-weekly-attendance-wrong-reasons.htm | 36%  Size: 27K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 352: | Official creed of the Wesleyan Church Wesleyan Beliefs The Wesleyan Church is an evangelical, Protestant, holiness denomination organized to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. The technical name for our church's theological heritage is Arminian-Wesleyan. This refers to the teachings of James Arminius and John Wesley. Arminius (1560-1609), a ... Christ rose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and there intercedes for us at the Father's right hand until He returns to judge all men at the last day. Ps. 16:8-10; Matt. 1:21, 23; 11:27; 16:28; 27:62-66; 28:5-9, 16-17; Mark 10:45; 15; 16:6-7; Luke 1:27, 31, 35; 24:4-8, 23; John 1:1, 14, 18; 3:16-17; 20:26-29; 21; Acts 1:2-3; 2:24-31; 4:12; 10:40; Rom. 5:10, 18; ... A local church is a body of believers formally organized on gospel principles, meeting regularly for the purposes of evangelism, nurture, fellowship, and worship. The Wesleyan Church is a denomination consisting of those members within district conferences and local churches who, as members of the body of ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-wesleyan.htm | 36% Size: 39K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 353: | Ellen G. White found guilty of plagiarism (copying) ... be sold if I would keep a low profile inasmuch as they didn't think my volumes would be accepted on a broad scale anyway. In subsequent years, however, tens of thousands were sold. While working on my projected volume four (Ellen White's quotations on Bible doctrines), I happened across something interesting at Orlando, Florida, where I was pastor of the Kress Memorial Church, named for Doctors Daniel H. and Lauretta E. Kress, noted pioneers in the Adventist medical work. The Kress family gave me an old book by Ellen White, Sketches from the Life of Paul, published in 1883 but never reprinted. When I showed this book to a church member one day, I was told that ... I t was written by William J. Conybeare and John S. Howson and had been published first in London (1851-52) and later in New York. Mrs. White's Sketches was never reprinted after its issuance in 1883 until a facsimile reproduction was made in 1974 by the Review and Herald Publishing Association. 3. Alfred Edersheim, Elisha ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-prologue.htm | 36% Size: 24K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 354: | Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church Collective Names of Synagogues House of Prayer, Temple, Church First Century Synagogues and churches "On this Rock, I will build My church" Ancient Synagogue Worship and the Church Synagogue worship was the prototype for Christian Church. COLLECTIVE NAMES OF SYNAGOGUES A. Collective names of the church 1. Technically the church has no name but is described in a collection of metaphors. 2. God never named the church, but collectively there are many metaphoric terms ... the assembly, not in the church building]." (1 Corinthians 14:35) 4. The church is a collective term that includes living and dead Christians and all Old Testament saints. 5. While it is true that the New Testament never uses the word "church" in reference to a physical building, it is used in a special collective sense of gathering together for communion on the first day of the week. a. In other words, we are "in church Sunday morning at 11 AM", but we ARE NOT "in church" when we are home or at work during the week. b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Names-Collective-House-Prayer-Synagogue-proseuche-Sanctuary-Temple-first-century-early-Christian-Church-New-Testament-worship-patterned-prototype-ancient.htm | 36% Size: 95K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 355: | The Apostolic Fathers referred to false doctrine as bad tradition ... The "church fathers" would point out that the Gnostic theology differed from scripture and the Gnostic tradition differed from the church's apostolic tradition. The reference to the tradition of Corbin in Mk 7:11 is particularly applicable to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since they have a large number of human traditions that actually change the revealed law of God in scripture! A. Scripture references to false doctrine as tradition: 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. "For Moses said, 'Honor your ... Mark 7:7-13 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ." Colossians 2:8 "preach the word; be ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-tradition-5-types-5-false-doctrine.htm | 36% Size: 10K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 356: | The Bible & How to Properly Discipline your Child First, effective discipline is consistent, but it is next to impossible to be perfectly consistent. Personal feelings often spoil our efforts to be consistent. One day because mother has a headache, the child must toe the mark. The following day when everything is going well, the child ... God gave a high compliment to Abraham when he said of him, "I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord", Genesis 18:19. This good father led by character and example. Joshua admonished Israel, "Choose you this day whom you will serve," then he added the strong words, "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," Joshua 24:15. He was a ... Paul refers to an attitude of some teachers who multiply rules such as "do not touch, do not taste, do not handle", which, he says, have a show of wisdom in will-worship but have no value against the indulgence of the flesh (Colossians 2:20-23). Parents may profit from this word. The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-child-discipline.htm | 36% Size: 8K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 357: | The organization of the Roman Catholic church ... But every Roman Catholic could chose to attend a Parish where a priest preaches every Sunday or where a Bishop preaches every Sunday or where the Pope preaches every Sunday. In this way, you can see that the Roman Catholic church is simple groupings of local churches with three different levels of ... Vatican City State Servant of the Servants of God Priest of St. John Lateran Basilica (Parish priest) Notice that the Pope actually holds three positions in the Catholic church: 1. Priest who preaches at the pulpit of St. John Lateran Basilica on a day to day basis just like any other parish priest. 2. Bishop of the Diocese of the city of Rome. 3. Pope: head of the universal church. ... Deacon: An ordained member of the clergy, ranked under bishops and priests. A deacon can either be transitional (a step while studying for the priesthood) or permanent (ordained only for the diaconate). Only permanent deacons may be married, and only if they were married at the time of their ordination. If ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/catholic-church-hierarchy-organization.htm | 36% Size: 31K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 358: | 4 Competing Views of Church Organization ... The papacy stands between the age of the patriarchal hierarchy and the age of the Reformation, like the Mosaic theocracy between the patriarchal period and the advent of Christianity. Protestantism rejects at once the papal monarchy and the patriarchal oligarchy, and thus can justify the former as well as the latter for a certain time and a certain stage in the progress of the Christian world." (Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, book 3, ch 5) "The apostolical organization of the first century now gives place to the old Catholic episcopal system [one bishop heading each church]; and this, in its turn, passes into the metropolitan [one diocesan bishop over many churches], and after the fourth century into the patriarchal [one bishop over many other diocesan bishops]. Here the Greek church stopped, and is governed to this day by a hierarchical oligarchy of patriarchs equal in rank and jurisdiction; while the Latin church went a step further, and produced in the middle ages ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-perspective.htm | 36% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 359: | 10 Things young people can do for God. Today, Communists make their strongest sales pitch to youth, because they know of the influence and dedication of the young. Now, much of the mission work of the church is being done by young adults. And the church needs consecrated young people. ... Jesus says to young and old alike, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" (Mark 8:34). Here are ten things that you can do to serve God and gain life's greatest blessing: (1) OBEY THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST Christ commands us to believe in Him (John 8:24), to repent of our sins (Acts 2:38), to confess His name (Matthew 10:32-33), and to be baptized into Him for the remission of our sins (Romans 6:3-6). Study Tape # 46, "How Can a Man Be justified With God?", for further information about this most important step. Every young person who can understand these commands should obey them. There is nothing you will ever do that will mean so much to you in coming years. (2) KEEP THYSELF PURE (I Timothy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/f-teens-10things.htm | 36% Size: 5K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 360: | 10 Things young people can do for God. Today, Communists make their strongest sales pitch to youth, because they know of the influence and dedication of the young. Now, much of the mission work of the church is being done by young adults. And the church needs consecrated young people. ... Jesus says to young and old alike, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" (Mark 8:34). Here are ten things that you can do to serve God and gain life's greatest blessing: (1) OBEY THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST Christ commands us to believe in Him (John 8:24), to repent of our sins (Acts 2:38), to confess His name (Matthew 10:32-33), and to be baptized into Him for the remission of our sins (Romans 6:3-6). Study Tape # 46, "How Can a Man Be justified With God?", for further information about this most important step. Every young person who can understand these commands should obey them. There is nothing you will ever do that will mean so much to you in coming years. (2) KEEP THYSELF PURE (I Timothy ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-teens-10things.htm | 36% Size: 5K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 361: | Sola Scriptura and the Apostolic Fathers: 200 AD: Tertullian ... Orthodox are surprised by this and would have expected Tertullian to merely say, "its not what our current church tradition is". "And how long shall we draw the saw to and fro through this line, when we have an ancient practice, which by anticipation has made for us the state, i.e., of the question? If no passage of Scripture has prescribed it, assuredly custom, which without doubt flowed ... We take also, in congregations before daybreak, and from the hand of none but the presidents, the sacrament of the Eucharist, which the Lord both commanded to be eaten at meal-times, and enjoined to be taken by all alike. As often as the anniversary comes round, we make offerings for the dead as birthday honours. We count fasting or kneeling in worship on the Lord's day to be unlawful. We rejoice in the same privilege also from Easter to Whitsunday. We feel pained should any wine or bread, even though our own, be cast upon the ground. At every forward step and movement, at every going in and out, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-apostolic-fathers-tertullian.htm | 36% Size: 25K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 362: | Mental Illness cures: 155 Sins in the Bible ... of communicating in a quiet respectful submissive whisper, children disobeying or disrespecting parents, parents who abandon their children, not valuing your spouse as more important than yourself, husbands who do not provide for the financial needs of their family, wives who fail to "keep house" or manage their homes. ... doctrine not taught in the Bible blueprint, taking God's name in vain by saying, "Oh my God" or "Jesus Christ" when not saying it to God, loving pleasure rather than God, vow breaking, failing to eat the Lord's supper every Sunday, not giving money weekly to church from your abundance, adding to or subtracting from the Bible, insubordination towards God. ... Jeremiah 17:9 7. "And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2:17 8. "God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. " (Psalm 147:3) By Steve Rudd: Contact the author for comments, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-cures-DSM-7-divine-sin-manual-inventory-of-155-sinful-behaviours.htm | 36% Size: 31K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 363: | The Bible & How to Properly Discipline your Child First, effective discipline is consistent ...but it is next to impossible to be perfectly consistent. Personal feelings often spoil our efforts to be consistent. One day because mother has a headache, the child must toe the mark. The following day when everything is going well, the child ... God gave a high compliment to Abraham when he said of him, "I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord", Genesis 18:19. This good father led by character and example. Joshua admonished Israel, "Choose you this day whom you will serve," then he added the strong words, "but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," Joshua 24:15. He was a ... Paul refers to an attitude of some teachers who multiply rules such as "do not touch, do not taste, do not handle", which, he says, have a show of wisdom in will-worship but have no value against the indulgence of the flesh (Colossians 2:20-23). Parents may profit from this word. The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/marriage/f-child-discipline.htm | 36% Size: 8K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 364: | Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Alexandrou Nesos, Egypt: May ... 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 ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...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 | 36% Size: 47K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 365: | Official creed of Associated Gospel Churches (AGC) Gen. 1:26; 3:22; 11:6-8; John 1:1-4; Isa. 63:8-10; Acts 5:3+4; Matt. 28:19-20; 2 Cor.13:14; Mark 12:29; Rev. 1:4-6; Heb. 1:1-3 We believe that God exists in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that these three are eternal and are one. We also believe that God is the sole Creator of the ... We believe that He was crucified, dying as a penalty for our sins and was bodily raised from the dead on the third day as the scriptures declare. Later, He ascended to heaven where He is Head of the Church and intercedes for believers. From there He will come again personally and bodily and visibly to this earth to set up an earthly kingdom, afterward to reign forever as King in His ... to their spiritual need, and, in consequence, many independent groups of earnest Christians are being gathered together for fellowship and worship; WE DO THEREFORE declare anew our Faith and Doctrine herein contained, and, looking to Him for strength, resolve to go forward in the work whereunto ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-AGC.htm | 36% Size: 20K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 366: | Introduction: Standardized Architectural Synagogue Signature ... Tabernacle and Temple Brass was basin for cleansing Every synagogue had a nearby Mikveh for full immersion for ritual purity. Many Jews became Christians in their synagogue Mikvehs. Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pe 3:21 Ritual purity by washing away sins through the blood of Christ in obedience ... "Ark of Covenant" inside was the ten commandments on the side was the Torah "Ark of the Scrolls" wooden cart, cabinet sometimes placed in a niche in a outside wall. Architectural Prototype of the Church Apse Table of the Scrolls Table of shewbread Stone or wooden table scroll were placed upon during worship services. Prototype of the Lord's supper table Introduction: A. Defining standardized pattern ... 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Architectural-Introduction-master-Summary-chart-ancient-synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-prototype-spiritualized-similarities-into-church.htm | 36% Size: 79K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 367: | Eternal Salvation: lesson #1 This is a very important question, and one that will have lasting eternal consequences. If you were to die today, do you know for certain that you would go to heaven? This is a question about which we cannot afford to be wrong, because eternity is very permanent. One day each of us will face the true answer to this question, "For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ", Romans 14:10. Every one of us have two appointments that have already been made for us and that we will definitely keep, whether we want to or not. They are, "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after ... All we have to do is to look around at all of the many differing doctrines that are being taught, and then compare them to what God says in the Bible, and we can see a great difference. Our Lord says in Mark 7:7, "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men". Our worship is vain if it comes from the doctrines of men and not from God. Can we say that all these many ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-1-eternal-salvation.htm | 36% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 368: | Roman Empire Caesar and Emperor Tiberius tribute Coins of Jesus ... For Judean governors and kings like Herod, Pilate, Felix, Festus, Agrippa see our Judean governor page. The Caesars of Roman Empire were the fourth and final human empire predicted by Daniel and Isaiah who prophesied that God would set up his "church/kingdom" on the Day of Pentecost, 33 AD. Jesus and all the Apostles used the coins of these ... II. Chronology of New Testament and Roman events 49 BC Julius Caesar (Emperor 1) crosses the Rubicon river, becomes dictator 44 BC Julius Caesar murdered. Octavian is Julius' only heir 36 BC Mark Antony kills Antigonus, ending Hasmonean rule 31 BC Octavian (Augustus) defeats Antony in Battle of Actium becomes emperor 31 BC - ... And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away." (Matthew 22:15-22) 37-41 Caesar Caligula 41-54 Caesar Claudius 54-68 Caesar Nero (Nron Qsr = "666", Greek transliterated into Hebrew) "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/coins/Jesus-coins-of-the-bible-Roman-Empire-Caesar-31-476AD.htm | 36% Size: 17K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 369: | Apostate church organization: 150-250AD: The rise of the single ... ... The apostolical organization of the first century now gives place to the old Catholic episcopal system [one bishop heading each church]; and this, in its turn, passes into the metropolitan [one diocesan bishop over many churches], and after the fourth century into the patriarchal [one bishop over many other diocesan bishops]. Here the Greek church stopped, and is governed to this day by a hierarchical oligarchy of patriarchs equal in rank and jurisdiction; while the Latin church went a step further, and produced in the middle ages the papal ... Be obedient to the bishop ..." (Ignatius to the Magnesians 13:1-2) 250 AD "... some persons have the bishop's name on their lips, but in everything act apart from him. Such men appear to me not to keep a good conscience, forasmuch as they do not assemble themselves together lawfully ..." (Ignatius to the Magnesians 4:1) 250 AD I have had the privilege of seeing you, through Damas your most worthy bishop, and through your worthy presbyters ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ntx-organization-historical-development-papal-patriarchal-systems-150-250AD.htm | 36% Size: 54K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 370: | The Temple in Jerusalem over the threshing floor which is presently ... In 325 AD Constantine tore down the Temple of Jupiter and assumed Hadrian built the temple of Jupiter on top of the spot where the temple of Solomon once stood. Constantine built an octagon church on the site. In 700 AD the Muslims found the ... Tuvia Sagiv's theory focuses on Hadrian building a Temple of Jupiter on the temple mount in 135 AD. Hadrian had built many large scale projects including the Jupiter on the Temple in Baalbek, Lebanon, that is still standing to this day. Sagiv, being ... From 2 Macc 6, we learn that in 167 BC, Antiochus IV Epiphanes attacked Jerusalem setting up a temple to Jupiter and offering pig sacrifices. He ordered the Jews to worship idols and stop keeping the Sabbath and practicing circumcision. A major theme ... Perhaps Constantine wanted to keep the statues of Hadrian on the site as a reminder to the Jews that God was unhappy with them for crucifying His Son Jesus. Here is the text of the Bordeaux Pilgrim from 333 AD, "Here is also the corner of an ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor.htm | 36% Size: 43K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 371: | The Sinner's Prayer: Modern apostasy and false teaching that ... ... Large religious bodies sold out on their reservations toward these new conversion practices to reap the benefits of potential converts from the crusades because of the allure of success. Both Dwight Moody and Billy Sunday admitted they were somewhat ignorant of church history by the time they had already latched on to their perspectives. This is highly significant because the Anxious Seat phenomenon and offshoot practices were not rooted in Scripture nor in the early church. Billy Graham, Bill Bright Billy Graham and his crusades were the next step in the evolution of things. Billy Graham was converted in 1936 at a Sunday-styled crusade. By the late 1940s ... Most evangelicals are ignorant of where their practice came from or how Christians from other periods viewed biblical conversion. C.S. Lewis regarded it as chronological snobbery when we don't review our beliefs against the conclusions of others: "Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-sinners-prayer.htm | 36% Size: 29K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 372: | Fat And Blood, treatment of Neurasthenia And Hysteria, S. Weir ... ... The patient has pain, -a tender spine, for example ; she is urged to give it rest. She cannot read; the self-constituted nurse reads to her. At last light hurts her eyes; the mother or sister remains shut up with her all day in a darkened room. A draught of air is supposed to do harm, and ... Mitchell's solution is to replace the sympathetic relative who is deceived into a slavery of needless service of a faker, with order, discipline and obedience: "The first step needful is to break up the companionship, and to substitute the firm kindness of a well-trained hired nurse." He warns to keep a look out for the faker hysteric who is "always able to do what it pleases her to do, and who is tired by what ... If the case did not begin with uterine troubles, they soon appear, and are usually treated in vain if the general means employed to build up the bodily health fail, as in many of these cases they do fail. The same re-mark applies to the dyspepsias and constipation which further annoy the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/fat-and-blood-treatment-of-neurasthenia-and-hysteria-s-weir-mitchell-1902ad.htm | 36% Size: 68K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 373: | How Does the Devil Control Human Life? He is very sophisticated and specialized. He is the greatest under-cover agent of all times., Biblical descriptions of him include everything from an angel of light to a ravenous beast. Anyone is a welcome challenge to him, from Adam to Jesus himself. Nobody is too good or powerful for his advances. He was ... "The devil has a file on you." He knows your name and shudders every time you confess Christ. He wants to destroy your desire to live a holy life. In short, he wants you to worship him. You may recoil at the spectacle of an organized "Church of Satan", but there are many other ways in which you can pay homage to him. An egocentric preoccupation with self is one of his ... God's arsenal is open to us. The battle array comes in all sizes. "Wherefore take unto you the whole amour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-devil-control.htm | 36% Size: 4K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 374: | Tradition wars: The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make ... The Catholics reject several of the specific canons of the early ecumenical councils, but the orthodox accept them as inspired. Catholics and Orthodox disagree on the dates of Christmas and Easter. While the Orthodox church claims council at Nice was ... The Orthodox disagrees and says the change takes place at prayer. Catholics use unleavened bread, while Orthodox use leavened bread. Orthodox must keep a ridged schedule of fasts in order to have communion every week, but the most common practice is a minimum of four times a year during the four Orthodox Lents "Christmas, Easter, Peter and Paul, The virgin Mary. Catholics on the other hand, must not eat the hour before, to have communion every day. In the end, Orthodox offer communion weekly and ... Transubstantiation is a false doctrine that says the bread and grape juice of the Lord's supper actually molecularly change to become the flesh and blood of Jesus. Of course this old doctrine was formulated before the advent of molecular microscopes ... ... https://www.bible.ca/catholic-vs-orthodox.htm | 36% Size: 16K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 375: | Gifts ceased: Encyclopedia of Pentecostal objections and their ... ... Now that they know it, on what basis can they separate themselves from the Shakers since both exhibit identical manifestions! John Wesley said: "Spiritual gifts are for this day and the only reason for their scarcity is that Christians have become heathen again, with only a dead form left" This is a common ... Same old "spiritual Aryanism" slur Pentecostals label non-charismatic churches with. "We are more mature and just plain closer to God than you." Sometimes proponents of current charismatic activity claim that having spiritual gifts is a mark of Christian maturity. Nothing could be further from the truth. The church in Corinth had more in the way of spiritual gifts than any other ... This is a ridiculous argument that says more about the quality of Pentecostal leaders to properly interpret the Bible than their false doctrine itself! Seventh-day Adventists use this identical false argument in order to incorrectly prove that we must keep the weekly sabbath [Saturday] even though Col 2:16 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-ceased-pentecostal-arguments-refuted.htm | 36% Size: 50K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 376: | Non-Catholic churchgoers before 1965 AD will be cast into hell ... ... "Strong in this faith, unshakably established on this Peter, We turn the eyes of Our soul both to the heavy obligations of this holy primacy and at the same time to the strength divinely imparted to Our heart. In peace We wait for those to be silent who are loudly proclaiming that the Catholic Church has had her day, ... For if, as they continually state, they long to be united with Us and ours, why do they not hasten to enter the Church, 'the Mother and mistress of all Christ's faithful?' Let them hear Lactantius crying out: 'The Catholic Church is alone in keeping the true worship. This is the fount of truth, this is the house of Faith, this is the temple of God: if any ... Thomas R. Ryan, C.S.S.P. said of this Collective Pastoral letter later: "The American bishops in their Collective Pastoral Letter of 1969 said: 'Outside of Christ there is no salvation...Outside the Church no salvation.'" (Fr. Thomas R. Ryan, C.S.S.P., Orestes A. Brownson: A Definitive Biography, Our Sunday Visitor, ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cath-one-true-church.htm | 36% Size: 21K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 377: | Scientology: Hubbard believed he was Satan incarnate! ... He had a direct pipeline of communication and power with him. My father wouldn't have worshipped anything, I mean. When you think you're the most powerful being in the universe, you have no respect for anything let alone worship. "... The one super-secret sentence that Scientology is built on is: 'Do as thou wilt. That is the whole ... Just a month before, he had been in London, where he had finally been able to quench his thirst; to fill his cup with the true, raw, naked power of magic. The lust of centuries at his very fingertips. "To stroke and taste the environs of the Great Beast, to fondle Crowley's books, papers, and memorabilia had filled him with pure ecstasy! In London he had acquired, at last, the final keys; enabling him to take his place upon the Throne of the Beast,' to which he firmly believed himself to be the rightful heir. The tech gushed forth and resulted in the Philadelphia Doctorate Course lectures." Courtesy of Mike Go to church of Scientology EXPOSED website (The ... ... https://www.bible.ca/scientology-satanism-Hubbard-jr.htm | 36% Size: 6K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 378: | The Bema: Prototype Of The Church Pulpit: Neh 8 Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. He read from it before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until ... They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading." (Nehemiah 8:1-8) d. The bema in the earliest church buildings can be directly traced back to a standard feature in the earliest synagogues which in turn were likely influenced by the example of "Ezra's podium" in the city gate. This also strengthens the idea that many of the functions that happen in synagogues, (worship, reading the Bible, courts, civic meetings to discuss spiritual ... In other words, half of the holy place interior is lost JUST FOR THE STAIRS. Some try to lessen this problem by creating a smaller raised are AND reducing the ceiling above the Most holy place. Which leads us to the obvious. Just keep the floor the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Bema-Prototype-Christian-Pulpit-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-into-church.htm | 36% Size: 83K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 379: | First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Capernaum 30 AD ... up Scotty" ends up on the shore of Capernaum: John 6:17 9. Peter's mother-in-law healed in his house: Matt 8:14-16: Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41 D. Excavation details: 1. "The excavations date this early synagogue (I) to the first century CE, based on the pottery found under and in the cobbled basalt pavement. ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...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 | 36% Size: 63K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 380: | Security of Bulla and Seals Judah Israel. Creation of ancient ... ... Wall painting tomb of Rekhamire at Thebes: 1475-1448 BC 2. Egyptian Scribe's palette 1000 B.C. Thebes 3. Egyptian scribe with papyrus roll 5th Dynasty, Saqqara Scribes, high priests and kings were familial and dynastic positions passed from father to son. For example, during the time of Jeremiah the Shaphan and Neriah families were the scribes of the day: Scribes were instrumental in the crucifixion of Christ: "Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;" (Mark 14:1) Many scribes converted to Christianity and immediately filled the role we know today as "church minister" or "Sunday pulpit preacher" in the first century. "And Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old."" (Matthew 13:52) Something old = expounding and teaching Christians all the things ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-bulla-seals-security-creation-manufacture-of-ancient-legal-documents-sealed-papyrus-paper-rolled-folded-tied-string-knots-rosa-Terra-Rossa-clay-soil-israel-judah.htm | 36% Size: 68K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 381: | Noah was saved by water baptism: 1 Peter 3:21 ... 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 ... God has already given the blood of His Son to forgive your sins. God has offered you this salvation every day of your life, but you keep saying, "No"! Yet "Today is the day of salvation!" 4. As sinners, we all deserve to spend eternity in hell, but God shows us grace and mercy by offing us a chance to be saved. If you chose to reject God after He ... 1. You must believe Jesus is the Son of God: ""He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. " (Mark 16:16) 2. You must repent of your sins (stop willful sin): "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. " ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ark/salvation-water-baptism-noah-8-eight-persons-saved-by-water-1-peter-3-21.htm | 36% Size: 28K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 382: | Bible Tongue Speaking and Modern Impostors! Prayed for interpretation. I Cor. 14:13 Today - pray for tongue speaking. Spoke to instruct. I Cor.14:13 Revel in confusion - no instruction. Believed Gospel. Mark 16:16 Deny gospel because getting new revelation. Spoke to benefit hearers. I Cor. 14:9 No so today. Benefit in glory of speaker. Interpret ... Highly Questionable, Always Internal and unseen tongues Bible modern pentecostals Real Human Language Acts 2:8 Total Gibberish And Nonsense Max Of 3 In Church 1 Cor 14:27 More Than 3 Speak (visitors view as madness: 14:23) Each Must Speak In Turn 14:27 Many Speak Simultaneously If No Interpreter Keep Silent 14:28 Rarely Any "Interpreter" Only One Interpretation Possible Often Interpretations Vary Emphasis On Public Demonstration Emphasis On Private Devotion Considered a childish gift of lesser importance 14:5 Stressed As A Sign Of Spirituality A Sign To Unbelievers 14:22 A Sign To Believers Modern Day Tongue Speaking Is Not From God! In the Los Angeles area which consists of about 12 ... ... https://www.bible.ca/su-tongues-today.htm | 36% Size: 18K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 383: | Will you pass the Self-Evaluation test for Christians? ... How much time do you spend with the Bible on a private basis? Do you study the Bible for in depth information? Do you read it daily just to keep familiar with the basic content of the scriptures? The time you spend with the Bible is an external indication of how much faith you ... "Now concerning the collection for the saints...On the first day of every week let each one of you lay by in store as he may be prospered." (1 Corinthians 16:1-2) Christians are under the obligation to give money into the church's treasury every Sunday. Money is a touchy subject because it is closely connected with the material things we desire most. It represents the most tangible form of self sacrifice. The Bible teaches that Christians should know in advance, the amount they will give. In practice, however, many merely give the loose change in their pockets when the collection plate is passed. They simply "tip" the Lord. The reason people do not give to the church as God expects is found in 2 Cor 8:5. ... ... https://www.bible.ca/g-commit-test.htm | 36% Size: 9K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 384: | Sola Scriptura debate charts by Pat Donahue ... Idols, prophets, and unclean spirits passing out of the land at the end of the world doesn't make any sense, because there won't be any land left to pass out of at that time - it will all be destroyed. Everything (not just idols, prophets, and unclean spirits) will pass away at that time. Conclusion: "In That Day" in Zech ... The verse is talking about "out of the land" of the Messiah's rule. In the Jewish age, one could commit idolatry and still be a child of God, because he was a child of God simply by being born a Jew. This is not true in the church age, the worship of idols does not exist among true children of God (by spiritual birth), because if one commits ... So ... a false statement knowingly made to one who has not a right to the truth will not be a lie. Catholic Encyclopedia, X, 195: ... we are ... under an obligation to keep secrets faithfully, and sometimes the easiest way of fulfilling that duty is to say what is false, or to tell a lie. How can you trust someone for the ... ... https://www.bible.ca/sola-scriptura-debates-donahue.htm | 36% Size: 73K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 385: | Gospel Meetings: The Edification vs. The Evangelistic types Today, the supply of sermons far exceeds the demand. People can tune into radio or television any day and hear countless sermons. Additionally, local churches offer several sermons in their own buildings each week. Why would someone from another ... Topics Meaty, doctrinal, motivational Christ and Him crucified, meeting human needs with Christ. Length One week or longer One Sunday AM only preacher Choice Outside preacher Local preacher Primary Success Standard Attendance by Christians Attendance ... In our meetings, we have traditionally left it up to the visiting preacher to choose the subjects for his lessons. If the meeting is designed to edify the local church, how can an outside preacher really know the needs of a church he has never ... Another necessary departure from tradition is that the evangelistic meeting is ideally held on a single Sunday morning during the worship period. Make sure the Bible class (auditorium) ends 30 minutes before worship so visitors arriving will not feel ... ... https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-gospel-meet-2-types.htm | 36% Size: 13K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 386: | Ancient Synagogue Apamea, Laodicea, Pergamus, Adramyttium Marcus ... ... He delivered more than 150 speeches (58 extant), wrote 800 letters and authored more than 25 titles on philosophy, rhetoric and religion. The breadth, excellence and profundity of his work are the mark of a keen intellect and a mind of boundless energy. The quantity alone necessitates that most histories on ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Cicero-Apamea-Laodicea-Adramyttium-Pergamom-synagogue-literary-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-stealing-gold-Flaccus-Praetor-59bc.htm | 36% Size: 58K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 387: | The Septuagint, LXX, origin, textual transmission 282 BC God has protected his inspired word from corruption because it is the legal standard that will judge us on the last day: "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw ... second at Bethel 723 BC: Ten northern tribe of Israel go extinct in Assyrian captivity: 670 BC: Samaritans come into existence: Worship YHWH and Idols at Bethel and Mt. Gerizim 623 BC: Birth of the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP): Samaritans obtain copy of Paleo-Hebrew Torah from Josiah: 587 BC: Transition from temple to Church begins: God's eternal plan from Temple to Synagogue to Church 561-533 BC: The Great Samaritan conversion to YHWH monotheism. 533 ... The MT and LXX versions of Jeremiah are two inspired authentic versions, the same way the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are four different inspired accounts of the same basic story. Notable variants include the diatribe against the 9 nations in chapter 46-50 are not only ... ... https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/septuagint.htm | 36% Size: 161K Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 388: | Lesson 1: The Purpose Of Our Worship Of God ... Our salvation is a very serious matter and will not happen by accident. We must work it out "with fear and trembling". Our salvation depends on whether our worship is pleasing to God or not. On the Day of Judgment it will be too late to make any corrections. Worship should cause us to ... B God who gave us life and breath and made all things. C Mankind, since man has become so great. 8) T F Since we evolved by accident there is no God to worship. 9) (Philippians 2:12) How are we to work out our own salvation? A With fear and trembling. B Any way we want to. C Let the church do it for me. 10) T F God will determine our eternal destiny. 11) (James 4:8) If we draw near to God A He will not draw near to ... C We should develop our own mind the way we want. 14) T F We should not try to imitate the mind of Christ. 15) (Romans 12:2) How do we not become conformed to this world? A By the renewing of our mind as we study and meditate on God's word. B By being a rebel. C There is no way to keep ... ... https://www.bible.ca/interactive/worship-1-purpose.htm | 36% Size: 17K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 389: | First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Magdala, Taricheae 50 BC ... And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that something should be given her to eat. Jesus went out from there and came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him." (Mark 5:21-6:1) D. Occupation history: 1. Home town of Josephus: a. "But as for the inhabitants of ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Magdala-Taracheae-Migdal-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Mary-Magdelene-heart-table-4-freestanding-columns-50bc.htm | 36% Size: 76K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 390: | Christians can eat test tube meat and genetically modified foods ... This persecution was the most thoroughgoing, widespread and efficient that Christians had experienced to date, after decades of toleration,[ii] with decreasing dedication among the clergy. The persecution resulted in internal chaos in the church[iii] and an unprecedented mass apostasy, with multitudes ... The numbers of Christians, including the most dedicated, were further thinned by the catastrophic, Empire-wide, epidemic of AD 251. It killed two-thirds of the population of Alexandria and five thousand people a day in the City of Rome, and hit rural areas just as hard.[iv] The years 250-251 also mark the end of the writing and preaching ministry of Origen, who was the most influential ... The only mainline Christian reservations about food before A.D. 250 were blood, flesh that had been sacrificed to idols, and strangled animals. These were set forth at the Council of Jerusalem recorded in Acts 15, where the apostles wrote to the new Gentile Christians that they need not keep kosher but ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/s-christians-can-eat-genetically-modified-food.htm | 36% Size: 56K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 391: | Synagogue Perimeter Benches: Metaphor of Equality in Christ: ... Synagogue Triclinium Perimeter Benches Metaphor of our Equality in Christ Jas 2:1-4; Gal 3:27 Architectural Similarities between Ancient Synagogues and the Church Christians borrowed from Jewish synagogues, not the other way around. Standardized ... Gamla had the most extensive layout, with four benches on four sides, an aisle in back, and a single bench against the northeastern wall. 2. Synagogue perimeter seating was a dramatic departure from Temple worship: a. Synagogue seating emphasized ... sit together in groups: a. "Now these laws they are taught at other times, indeed, but most especially on the seventh day, for the seventh day is accounted sacred, on which they abstain from all other employments, and frequent the sacred places ... pillars: a. "In His teaching He was saying: "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets," (Mark 12:38-39) b. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Benches-triclinium-seating-Metaphor-Equality-Christ-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-design-incorporated-adopted-similarities-church.htm | 36% Size: 72K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 392: | First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Migdal, Taracheae 50 BC ... To do this, the original floor environment was partially torn and the slabs reused to pave the raised central portion of the plan that came to rest on the second step of the bank. On the remaining three sides, restorers erected large contoured blocks of bare. A sluice which probably existed the entrance to ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Migdal-Taracheae-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-heart-shaped-columns-Roman-springhouse-ceramic-tile-roof-50bc.htm | 36% Size: 67K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 393: | First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Ostia, Seaport of Rome, Italy ... ... and (c) that K was an independent "private house."" (Reading the Ostia Synagogue: A Reply to A. Runesson, L. Michael White, Harvard Theological review, Vol 92, No 4, p 423, 1999 AD) Conclusion: 1. Current excavation director at Ostio, Michael White, says the synagogue did not exist until the "late ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ostia-Port-Rome-Italy-bible-ancient-synagogues-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-Jesus-archeology-top-plan-Mazzot-oven-unleavened-bread-ark-of-scrolls-bema-Mikveh-50ad.htm | 36% Size: 85K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 394: | Official creed of the Evangelical church ... immediately pass into glory; and our bodies, being still united in Christ, rest in their graves, till the resurrection; and at the resurrection, we shall be raised up in glory, we shall openly be acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. ... If the civil magistrate oversteps the boundaries established for him in Scripture one result can be various forms of theft, including oppressive taxation. Constitution Preamble In the church of God all things are to be done decently and in order. This pertains to the government of the church as much as to the corporate worship. Convinced that Jesus ... The Elders will appoint one of their number to moderate the meetings of the Elders, and one to record the minutes of the meetings. The moderator will not be an Elder whose principal duties include teaching the church on Sunday. 3. Responsibilities of Individual Elders Elders are responsible for those duties delegated to ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-evangelical.htm | 36% Size: 86K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 395: | What Early Christians believed about DEACONS They [in the vision] that have the spots are the deacons that exercised their office ill, and plundered the livelihood of widows and orphans, and made gain for themselves from the ministrations which they had received to perform. REFERENCES IN 2ND-3RD CENTURY WRITERS Justin, 1 Apol. 67 [describing their Sunday worship] And there is a ... But deacons ought to remember that the Lord chose apostles, that is bishops and overseers; while apostles appointed for themselves deacons after the ascent of the Lord into heaven, as minsters of their episcopacy and of the church. REFERENCES IN 4TH CENTURY WRITERS Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Tim 3:8ff Some have thought that this [1 ... Let others of them watch the multitude,a nd keep them silent. But let that deacon who is at the high prienst's hand say to the peope, Let no one have any quarrel against another; let no one come in hypocrisy. 3.15. Let not therefore either a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, defile his tongue with calumny. 3.15. O bishop, do ... ... https://www.bible.ca/H-deacons.htm | 36% Size: 11K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 396: | The New Testament Jewish Sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes ... ... Jackson 12), but it is doubtful that many Jews before the Pharisees held to a doctrine of resurrection. That is why, while we tend to label such beliefs A liberal@ and think of the Sadducees as the liberals of their day, many scholars view the Sadducees as the conservatives (e.g., Russell 52). Stereotypical ... They refused even to handle a coin with the image of a man on it, believing it was idolatry even to look at it (Bruce 90). Since anything could become an idol, it is a wonder they didn= t poke their eyes out to keep from idolatry. Had they heard Mark 9:47, perhaps they would have. If you thought the Pharisees were strict about Sabbath keeping (Luke ... TraditionalistsB believed in the authority of oral tradition: In this respect, we would call the Pharisees A liberals@ and the Sadducees A conservatives.@ Mark 7:5. Like the Catholics adhere to the teachings of the church fathers, the Pharisees held to the teachings of their fathers. Josephus wrote that A the Pharisees ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/d-jewish-sects-pharisees-sadducees-essenes-zealots.htm | 36% Size: 55K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 397: | The Interactive Bible: ... Read II Timothy 3:17. Additionally, I Corinthians 4:6 warns us against going beyond that which has been written. Other markings of the Lord's church are having Christ as its head rather than some earthly person or office; having its headquarters in ... Simply by doing the same thing as was expected of people in the first century: For the words of the apostles are to all mankind of any race and any century. They are for us. One first and obvious step is to believe that Jesus is the Christ and that through Him, and Him only, mankind can be saved. But, contrary to the teachings of man, we must go on beyond this simple belief or acknowledgment. We must be obedient to the commandments of Christ, for Jesus said, "If' you love me, keep my ... Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls . . . And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved". Thus, you cannot join the Lord's church in the sense ... ... https://www.bible.ca/r-non-denominational.htm | 36% Size: 5K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 398: | Geographic variation caused New Testament canon variation from ... ... They had to rely upon the verbal inspiration and revelations of the apostles. (Luke 21:12-15) 33 - 49 AD On the day of Pentecost, Peter promised the same inspiration to believers in general saying that the promise of Joel 2:28 would be sent also upon ... points to their widespread usage in the congregations, probably in worship from an early date, though we do not know exactly when. Yet, it must be acknowledged that a given book may have been accepted at different times in different regions. It is likely that the "canons" of the different regions influenced one another. The boundaries of the canon were fluid in the second and the third centuries. To sum up, the church recognized as scripture in the fourth century those writings that had ... first few centuries of the Christian church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Geoffrey Mark Hahneman, The Muratorian Fragment and the Origins of the New Testament Canon, p 380, 2002) The shared assumption was that ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/b-canon-why-varied-geography-30-400AD.htm | 36% Size: 27K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 399: | Basic Tenets of Buddhism If Buddha had been born today, he would have received reconstructive plastic surgery from a highly trained medical doctor and would have lived a normal life as just another average taxi driver. But in 563 BC, the residents of what is modern day ... Jesus Christ, and worship creatures instead of the all powerful invisible God. The 32 Auspicious signs of a Mahapurusa: (an individual of extraordinary destiny, distinguished by certain physical traits or marks) Webbed fingers and toes joined by a membrane up to the first joint. An odd lump on the top of his skull (cranial protrusion) "like a royal turban". He has eyelashes like an ox (Pali: gopa mukho). He has feet with a level sole (Pali: supati thapado). He has the mark of a thousand-spoked ... VII. Right Concentration: Concentration is the ability to quickly discard distracting thoughts and views which come into the mind that keep one from being focused on the immediate task at hand. Some schools of Buddhism use meditation to develop and ... ... https://www.bible.ca/cr-buddhism.htm | 36% Size: 16K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 400: | The Jerusalem Water Aqueduct from the Solomon's Pools: ... And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition." (Mark 7:1-9) The "living water" rule is just another example of what Jesus was talking about. If God wanted the priests to only use "running spring water" at the temple, he would have told us ... In the Salt Chamber they put the salt for the offerings; in the Parwah Chamber they salted the hides of the animal-offerings, and on its roof was the place of immersion for the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. The Rinsing Chamber [was so named] because there they rinsed the inwards of the animal-offerings; and a passage-way led from it to the roof of the Parwah Chamber. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-jerusalem-temple-mount-threshing-floor-aqueduct.htm | 36% Size: 83K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
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