Much as institutional church leaders may hold strong dogmatic viewpoints as to what constitutes a legitimate "church", the Bible really doesn't have much to say on this question other than what the word "church" means in the original Greek. Namely a "church" as simply an assembly of believe...
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Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. He who attempts to control another is a governor, an aggressor, an invader; and the nature of such invasion is not ch...
Kristi Walker has been a missionary in Berlin, Germany, for over 15 years working with an international church as the Director of Student Ministries. She is the author of two books, Disappointment: A Subtle Path Away from Christ and Convinced. Applying Biblical Principles to Life’s Choices....
(or job descriptions) for the missionary engagement of the VCC, which are linked to the previous chapters. These propositions do not mean to be separated when applying them. I. Redirecting Missio Inter Gentes Proposition 1: The Vietnamese Catholic Church is the church proceeded from missio Dei...
The Acts of the Apostles: What Really Happened in the Earliest Days of the Church – By Gerd LüdemannS. marcescenslipasesecretionmutantNalobin AV, Kalinin MG.doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2008.00324_29.xWilliam Sanger CampbellJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Religious Studies Review...
SeeActs 15:1-5 An attempt to mix the law and the gospel. Christ plus anything is legalism and false religion. V. Paul’s Authority 8-12 A. Don’t Believe Me if I Change My Message! 8-9 It’s a terrible thing to believe error. ...
Without these, it cannot be called a church” (ibid., 3:1–2). “He that is within the sanctuary is pure; but he that is outside the sanctuary is not pure. In other words, anyone who acts without the bishop and the presbytery and the deacons does not have a clear conscience” (...
The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. Cult Adherents of an exclu...
Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the atheistic Church of Satan in the United States in 1966, although a few historical precedents exist. Atheism Disbelief or lack of belief in the exi...