Protestants claim the Bible is the only rule of faith, meaning that it contains all of the material one needs for theology and that this material is sufficiently clear that one does not need apostolic tradition or the Church’s magisterium (teaching authority) to help one understand it. In th...
Eventually, the antichrist will be revealed for who he is. But preceding this event, a “falling away” will occur. There will be the spirit of apostasy within the church. Indeed, this has happened over the life of the church. Hundreds of denominations were created by “falling away” from...
It is commonplace for Bible scholars and theologians to take church tradition as their starting point and assume that the Gospel parables actually originated as stories told by the historical Jesus in more-or-less the same form we read them today. How they found their way into the Gospels —...
This is why Scripture has been enough to satisfy the Church for two thousand years, why I still read with a highlighter on my eleventh time through. The more you plumb the depths of Scripture, the more you begin to realize how right Pope Gregory the Great was: “Scripture is like a ...
Dedication to God and the Spiritual Journey Biblical Strategies for Dealing with a Toxic Supervisor What it Means to Be Spiritual When Jesus was Forsaken by the Father God the Son Came Down The Great Lie The Free Gift of God is Eternal Life Why Volition Matters: Belief in Jesus ...
religious service. When an altar does not relate to worship or to specific associations with one’s church, it often connotes sacrifice (e.g., letting go of something, symbolically letting go of parts of oneself), dedication (e.g., entering into a marriage), or new beginnings (renewal)....
O My People 331 A Voice Cries Out 343 Wait for the Lord 340 On Jordan's Bank 344 People, Look East 337 Like a Shepherd 332 How Firm a Foundation 587 Though the Mountains May Fall 595 The Church of Christ 665 Be Not Afraid 596 In Christ There Is No East or West 726 Though the Mo...
Someone who tends to be forgetful, tardy, or generally unreliable, may not be suited for life in the priesthood. To become a priest takes drive and dedication. It is not something you can simply do when you feel like it. If the members of a Parish can not rely on their priest for ad...
DEDICATION This little book is being written by an ordinary guy who has grown a bit weary of cheesy, clueless, and crassly commercial exploitation of a really sacred day. A day we use in our calendars to mark the most dramatic turning point in human history. In our culture, everything tha...
Jesus Christ, the one who gave his life for us, and for the whole world. Acts 3:1-8 and sermon, “Worship That is Life Changing” by Reverend Huntley Halvorson Suncook United Methodist Church Suncook, NH June 7, 2009 Trinity Sunday...