This has caused a great deal of hurt, feelings of betrayal and has left us shunned with no way to seek reconciliation. To complicate things more, this has had a huge devastating effect on our church group. With the exception of one person who did actually come to us with love and patien...
This leads to a recognition of sin and a reconciliation with Jesus. But no one in the crowd is willing to accept this offer. Jesus returns to the crowd and sets before them a far more difficult problem. Jesus has not merely the power of Judgment. Perhaps a mere man could judge. There...
The first thing to note about the context of reconciliation is that the New Testament places it in the all-encompassing framework of the kingdom of God which was revealed in Christ’s coming. Reconciliation is not just a matter between God and the individual person, but must be understood fr...
9). Justin Martyr also, who lived within half a century of the apostles, and is himself credited with being the author of a work on Christian Psalmody, mentions the songs and hymns of the Ephesian Christians: "We manifest our gratitude to him by worshipping him in spiritual songs and ...
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.” Many Christians have read the word “led” into “judged“ when it comes to Deborah. But to do so ignores the Biblical principle that ...
and love. The major themes about mankind relate to man’s rebellion, his estrangement and perversion. Man’s redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation, the gifts of grace, the new life, the coming kingdom, and the final consummation of man’s hope are all viewed as the gracious works of God...
until their final reconciliation with the' Church of Rome in 1182, when it was renounced by them. The doctrine that Jesus Christ possesses only one simple nature, being not truly man, but the divine Spirit in a human body, has recently been revived by Henry Ward Beecher in his Life of ...
Man’s redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation, the gifts of grace, the new life, the coming kingdom, and the final consummation of man’s hope are all viewed as the gracious works of God. The Old Testament contains several types of literature: there are narratives combined with rules and ...
Christians who wish to be faithful to the scientific community are then faced with the need for reconciliation between what is taught in the Bible with MAP. So, they choose to redefine Genesis as some figurative myth and say “oh, the Bible isn’t a science book” and “the Bible tells ...
It is an expression of the relationship between God and the believer, and it is through worship that Christians seek to deepen this relationship. One of the key principles of worship in Christianity is the regulatory principle. The regulatory principle states that worship must be regulated by ...