... writing on stone happened in ancient times the amount of text tended to be small. The most famous of these stellae was the rosetta stone contained a decree in praise of Ptolemy III in three languages. ...
... Whitefields, the Wesleys and the Pullingers, to the earliest times of faith and consider one called "the father of faith": Abraham. Abraham lived 175 years and in that time he did very little. You could ...
... that it has been part of the Christian Church since very early times. The cathedral, for example, at Chartres includes a fine labyrinth picked out in tiles that is still in use today. One of the worrying ...
... is repeated several times and the outworking of that commission is not only modelled by Jesus but actively taught to the first disciples. I would suggest that mission is in the must have category. In comparison ...
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But day to day I let other things crowd that out.
2) Not realizing who God is
There was a famous monastery which had fallen on very hard times. Formerly its many buildings were filled with young ...
... was changed by this event and others to the point that our assumptions are close to the reality that Jesus was addressing.
- The crowd looked at the situation and didn't see the reality. How many times ...
... is someone for you.
Then when you find someone who may be the right person, there are the dates, the meals, the gifts. The time spent with that person.
There are sometimes many false starts on the ...
... worked tirelessly, like his friend Wesley, embarassing in his zeal. He usually rose at 4:00am and spent whole nights in reading and devotions, sometimes getting up after going to bed at his usual hour ...
... itself with explaining the Institute's name, its aim or its current status, ie that it is open, no less than 7 times. That is seven out of ten issues has one of these explanations.32. This was no doubt ...
... on the benches. Coming to the altar, many fall prostrate under the powerof God, and often come out speaking in tongues. Sometimes the power falls on people and they are wrought upon by the Spirit during ...
... to go through a process - coming out to the anxious seat/room etc. Pretty much in the similar shallow way in which we sometimes lead people through the sinners prayer.
Generally reading this stuff it ...
... for a while the congregation began to tremble "and, at times, they were affected with the power of God with a mighty shaking; and were occasionally exercised in singing, shouting, or walking the floor, ...
... truth has been exemplified. Sometimes the reading of a sermon has been the means of awakening careless sinners, when at other times the most solemn and argumentative preaching has been in vain. Sometimes ...
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George Whitefield worked his body into the ground under the task of evangelism. He covered the whole of Britain preaching on average several times a day. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean several times preaching ...
... relationship between conversion and the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is emphasized as well as his coming at other times. In Paul there is little or no mention of a coming of the Spirit after ...
... by the head of the household - Gen 22
- however this meant that at times a number of other Gods were worshiped cf Gen 35
- During the wilderness/exodus period the distinctive cultus was formed
- ...
Dealing with Difficult passages
The bible contains a variety of material that is arranged in a narrative. At times the writer is drawing a scene and inviting the reader to join them in an understanding ...
... reading is the link in the number three between the questions here and the number of times Peter denied knowing Jesus.
Release and Ministry:
1) Acts 2:14
· What happened before this?
· Why ...
Governance Models for the Covenant Community
It is sometimes easy to think that the way we do things in our church is the only way and that our way is the God given way from the bible. Looking the period ...
... careful reading of Paul's epistles it seems that he had a team of workers such as Timothy, Titus and John Mark who were sent to specific churches to lead at specific times or to deal with specific problems. ...