John D. MorrisMaster Books
Just as the work of the temple was started by Zerubbabel and would be completed by him, so the work of building the church which was started by Jesus, will be completed by Him. “…I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Matt. 16:18b This ...
The scripture translation team adopted a collaborative approach, building upon the model used during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It combined the "two-step collaboration" and "three-step collaboration," supplemented by a supervisory trans- lation system led by the "Ten Great Virtues" (Shida...
Domestic Violence is so much easier to combat at this stage, because long before his hand is around her throat, the abuser has already absorbed years of input from his culture about what is acceptable and what is not. He has learned what will be sanctioned or punished, what will be ignore...
Thus, when the apostle calls Jesus Christ a "foundation," and speaks of building upon this foundation "gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble," adding that "every man's work shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is;" and, fu...
Sometimes we get the idea that a life of ministry is about positioning ourselves, building a name for ourselves, building our own kingdom. But the scripture says: Jesus has made us a kingdom. Notice the order: You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign...
Sanctification: Sanctification is the ongoing character-building process of yielding to God's will in order to become more like Christ. Only through the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit can we strive to live a godly life (Romans 8:29; 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 3:18; 6:14-...
Ephesians 4:11-13 “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to matu...
be spoken only by people living completely within the Church, who have fully assimilated the religious ideal of the Church, which consists not in a new academic teaching, but in a new life of saved humanity, built by the Holy Spirit upon the foundation of the Incarnation of the Son of ...
“Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for...