In the face of global turmoil and opposition, Christians are called to trust in God's ultimate plan and His anointed King, Jesus Christ.The Importance of Aligning with God's WillInstead of plotting against God, individuals and nations are encouraged to seek alignment with His will, recognizing...
however, He made not only to them but also to us who, thanks to them, have come to believe in his name.” Now notice once more this us does not refer to all Christians but rather to these persons who have gathered at the Council and perhaps also to those who agree...
Ok, so…stopping there, I want to condense what we have thus far so that it’s concise and hopefully understandable. We are called by Jesus, to go out into the World, to make disciples of all nations, through not just baptizing them with the Holy Spirit, yet also by teaching. We are...
An example of this would be if the child’s parents are both in jail, then the child would be a criminal as well; or if both parents are saints than the child will be an innocent being. As Berger says, children are innately good or bad in the view of people who see nature as ...
He says, I’m not saying to myself at this time I’m not going to be a Christian because Christians are rubes and I want to plant myself firmly in the meritocratic masterclass. Rather, he says, socialization operates in more subtle but more powerful ways at this point. I’m just ...
How do Christians do Halloween? Carve pumpkins into hope-filled shapes and words. This is such an easy one! ... Stories of the saints – by candlelight. Modern Halloween has its roots in two festivals. ... Harvest feast and collection. ... ...
(or no beard!) and wears a purple cloak. He is the King of Tarsus/Macedonia and Egypt. Balthazar represents the gift of Myrrh that was brought to Jesus. Myrrh is a perfume that is put on dead bodies to make them smell nice; Christians believe that it showed that Jesus would suffer ...
Sweet breads are also a tradition, especially with the conclusion of Lent, a period when many people do not indulge in sweets. For Christians, the resurrected Christ is called “the bread of life” (John 6:35), in whom believers will find their daily spiritual sustenance. ...
” So look, let Origen be Origen. If Origen wanted to say, oh, don’t pray to God alone, pray to the angels, pray to the saints, he could have said that, but that isn’t what he said. He says, pray to God alone. And if praying to angels or praying to deceased Christians ...
ON THE evening before All Saints’ Day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg. In those days a thesis was simply a position one wanted to argue. Luther, an Augustinian friar, asserted that Christians could not buy their way to heaven. Today a doct...