developmentreligionVanuatuEighty per cent of the world's population profess religious faith, making religious belief a common human characteristic found in all cultures and societies. Within development studies' literature and practice, religion...
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “...
Ephesians 2:10 would stillnotbe teaching that good works have anything to do with receiving, keeping, or proving that we have eternal life. Instead the verse would be about how to follow Jesus on the path of discipleship after we receive eternal life. Yes, God wants us to obey Him and ...
I’ve been excitedly sharing with anyone who will listen that we humans are creative beings, made in the image of a creative God. In her book, Emily points out that in Ephesians 2:10 (“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ...
2 Corinthians 5:5NowHe who has prepared usfor this very thingisGod, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. Ephesians 2:10For we areHisworkmanship, created in Christ Jesusfor good works,which God prepared beforehandthat we should walk in them. ...
Created for Divine Love In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able...
When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. It is interesting to compare Genesis 5:1 with Matthew 1:1. In Genesis, we have “the book of the generations of Adam” (KJV), a record of the descendants of the first Adam, most of whom rejected God. “The book of...
needs to be involved in genuine worship. Jerry Kerns[2] Kerns would have us fully engaged–first to bless God’s heart and then to elevate the experience for us also. How? Seethe majesty and splendor of God on his throne–in your imagination.Thisis who you are worshiping[3]!
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.Amplified BibleAnd we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for ...
An atheist might insist that the relationship between cause and effect means an eternal God can't have created time. Let's check.