The appalling
fact about ministry in today's inner city is that there are so many targets one must try to hit all at once.
Not exact matches
From the outset of his
ministry he announces that God is
about to invade the world and smash Satan's strongholds; in
fact, one of the commonest nuances of evangelion, the word usually translated as «gospel, «is «good news from the battlefield.»
Churches do nt require their members to belong to any party, in
fact the pastors are usually so busy and barraged with requests for help and running food
ministries for the poor, they do nt have time to be curious
about party affiliation.
He told Premier
about how Christians balance the power of God and the
fact that we live in a fallen world: «We do believe that God heals and it's quite clear from scripture that prayer for the sick is part of the
ministry of the church but at no point does it say anywhere in the Bible that we shouldn't seek medical help and support.»
But the very
fact that this list exists, and that bloggers are writing
about it, reveals something
about the strange relationship Christians have with ambition... particularly when it comes to
ministry and art.
@jf well your information
about the New Testament is
about as accurate as your Old Testament knowledge, The prophecies of the Old testament concerning Christ could not have been written after the
fact because we now have the Dead Sea Scrolls, with an almost complete Old Testament dated 100 - 200 years before the birth of Christ, Your interpretation of God at His worst shows a complete lack of understanding as to what was being communicated.We don't know what the original texts of the New Testament were written in as to date there are no original copies available.Greek was the common language of the day.Most of the gospels were reported written somewhere in the 30 year after Christs resurrection time frame, not the unspecified «long after «you reference and three of the authors knew Jesus personally in His earthly
ministry, the other Knew Jesus as his savior and was in the company of many who also knew Jesus.You keep referencing changes, «gazillion «was the word used but you never referenced one change, so it is assumed we are to take your word for it.What may we ask are your credentials?Try reading Job your own self, particularly the section were Job says «My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes»
I shall never forget the impact on my
ministry when I sat down a few years ago and jotted on paper «the great rocky
facts of being» (Augustus Hopkins Strong): some elementary but elemental truths I felt certain of, with certainty defined as «no doubt
about it» but as «convictions by and for which one lives and dies.»
As a Christian, I am compelled to take seriously the
fact that, when Jesus came to the end of his earthly
ministry, when he gathered in the Upper Room and tried to show that dozen half - hearted, half - understanding disciples what it had all been
about, he showed them in a meal.
Most historians can agree
about a few general features of the public
ministry of Jesus and the
fact of his execution by the Roman authorities.