As followers of Christ, we identify ourselves as children of God. We accept God as our Heavenly Father, meaning that He is a father figure in our lives. We look to Him to guide us and protect us just like a father would for his children. In “Legacy Peak,” Jason holds onto his po...
Assign a rating to each expense based on how well it aligns with your church’s core values.It’s important to recognize that most church values come with some inherent tension. For instance, a new ministry might score highly on “community service” but lower on “stewardship....
There is some debate about the statue's reign as master of the temple. While some sources claim that the statue was placed in the temple around 450 B.C., others estimate the date 430 B.C. With Christianity's encroaching threat to the ancient gods, some Greeks paid to have their beloved...
These days I enjoy a lot of diversity in my friendships. I have friends who self-identify as Christian, Buddhist, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim, New Age, atheist, agnostic, etc. Do your best not to dismiss potential friends or relationship partners based on their spiritual beliefs. Get to know pe...
Purposive sampling was used to initially identify eleven mid-life women for face-to-face interviews. Data analysis used the constant comparative method to uncover emerging commonalities and themes among the participants. Validity was ensured through using multiple sources: interviewing, participant ...
Evolution is a “fact,” but evolutionists have no mechanism, no “how” to explain it. We have the how, the Word of God. What two meanings can we give for the phrase “Word of God?” Even in creation, we are reminded of Christ. With this insight, try to identify all three person...
Hypnotists may also tap dormant memories to aid inlaw enforcement. In this practice, calledforensic hypnotism, investigators access a subject's deep, repressed memories of a past crime to help identify a suspect or fill in details of the case. Since hypnotists may lead subjects to form false ...
it is an identity based on being in Christand finding our life in him. Any performance involved is his performance at Calvary; on our part, it is being instead of doing. In other words,as we identify ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, we begin to live out of our new and true ...
Heinrich Schmidt, a large, powerful-looking student in the back, stands to speak: “Not every Jew has these qualities. Some don’t have the expected Jewish nose, but do have the expected Jewish ears. Some Jews don’t have flat feet, but they do have Jewish-looking eyes. Some don’t ...
Still today, God sometimes validates the message through supernatural dreams and visions. If you spend any time overseas among Christians who work with Muslims, you will be inundated with stories of Muslims who have come to faith in Christ through dreams and visions. ...