And one of the things I love best is that, as large as your group of
followers has become, you are still able so often to respond personally.
Now with over 17 Million
followers he has become more popular than many humans celebrities.
Not exact matches
He
has 162,000 Instagram
followers, and he says, «Instagram
has become a vital marketing platform for businesses in the Middle East.
While social platforms
have established themselves as incredibly powerful resources for building that sort of relationship with fans,
followers, readers, and loyalists, we
've seen over the past few years that many of those platforms
become pay - to - play.
Povlitz shares, «At some point, you
have to
become the owner of your own life and career, not just an employee -
follower.
Owned by Sina Corp., a Yahoo - like web portal that came to prominence in the early day, it's
become prominent in Chinese politics, especially around environmental issues, corruption over food safety, disaster response and in Chinese celebrity culture, where a number of actors and singers
have gained millions of
followers (or «fans» as their called in Weibo lingo).
With over 1 billion monthly active users, Facebook
has become a platform where brands gain exposure and market precisely to their
followers and target market to generate leads.
She says Canada
has some work to do if it wants to catch up to countries where both government and industry fully understand the value of standards — countries that are quickly
becoming standards «makers» rather than «
followers».
Tuur
has owned Bitcoin since it was $ 5 and he
has become a global authority in the space with over 160,000
followers on social media.
More recently with the advent of social media, it
has also
become a standard tool of many brands to get more
followers and fans.
Part of it
has to do with our psychology as «
followers» and our need to follow something rather than
become self - sufficient and independent from other people, (not God.)
«Some people
have been turned off by the Gospel because they
've thought that
becoming a Christ -
follower meant giving up
having a beer with your friends after work.
Once you fully embrace your religion you don't
have to think anymore because from that point forward you
become a
follower.
Neither of my parents
became followers of Christ — though you
have the pain of lose, rejoice in the heavenly meeting you will
have with your dad.
Christianity itself
has become a principality and holds thousands captive, Before anyone comments on me calling todays Christianity a principality, (a demonic stronghold) let me just make a request that those who do answer are those who live as the
followers of the way did in biblical times, that is, meeting every day, considering nothing they owned as their own, laying their lives down for the gospel (and not getting paid to do so) and
having signs and wonders accompany them when they speak of the Lord.
If the «sheep»
had been properly tended, they
would have grown up «in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ» and
would have become REAL kings and priests, not posers who wear funny costumes and do weird rituals to mesmerize their
followers.
If we show the light to people and they want to change their lives and
become followers of Jesus, where do we send them to
become stable and
have support etc...... Church maybe?
And the implications of what the church REALLY is only
becomes more and more of an indictment of what the church (in many cases)
has become in the minds of supposed Christ
followers.
The Saint then offered to enter the flames alone, on condition that the Sultan and his court should
become Christians if he emerged unscathed, but again the Muslim leader refused, fearful that his
followers would revolt if he renounced Islam.
That being said, as a
follower of Christ I always try to adhere to my best behavior no matter where I am, alone or in public, and I keep that in the forefront of my mind lest I be judged like the restaurant patrons you
have described in this article despite the fact I don't do any of these things (i.e. t shirt, bible, leaving pamphlets in lieu of tip, etc...) Will I
become a better tipper after reading this?
Nevertheless, the fact remains that here the historical Jesus
becomes disjoined from the Word of faith, and all too naturally the priestly
followers of Bultmann
have reinstituted a quest for the historical Jesus as a means of reviving a Protestant form of orthodoxy.
When Paul uses the term he most probably meant the apostles Peter and James, or their allies, who were going to his churches and preaching that his Christians needed to convert to Judaism before they
would become actual
followers of Christ.
I am a
follower of Jesus, but I
have refused to call myself a Christian because I am ashamed of what
has become of that label...
Mithra Was born of a virgin on December 25th, in a cave, attended by shepherds Was considered a great traveling teacher and master
Had 12 companions or disciples Promised his
followers immortality Performed miracles Sacrificed himself for world peace Was buried in a tomb and after three days rose again Was celebrated each year at the time of His resurrection (later to
become Easter) Was called «the Good Shepherd» Was identified with both the Lamb and the Lion Was considered to be the «Way, the Truth and the Light,» and the «Logos,» «Redeemer,» «Savior» and «Messiah.»
Haven't read your story yet.would like to share ours with u and your wife sumtime.read a bit here on your blog and already I'm like, that's so my husband and I at the moment!in my opinion you are one of the few people who I can actually relate to as a
follower of christ.hopefully more people will
become real about where they are at, going beyond the bullshit that is fed to us that
has nothing to do with following Jesus.thanx for listening.
When looked at this way, all the parables and teachings from Jesus about the Kingdom of God
become much more clear, and we see that as
followers of Jesus, we
have a much larger role to play on this earth than just sitting around twiddling our thumbs while we wait for the rapture.
The sovereign choice of Jesus in John 15:16 is not a choice of some out of the mass of humanity to receive eternal life, but rather, the choice of some out of all His
followers and disciples to
have a deeper fellowship with Him so that they might serve Him and
become more productive
followers.
And in fact, since this entire chapter is about how
followers of God
become followers of Jesus, and since we
have consistently seen in previous posts that election is to service, it is better to understand John 6:70 in this regard, as well as the other verses in this chapter about those who come to Jesus.
The prayers
had just one focus — a request to God for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit so that those who don't know the love of Jesus might turn, hear his call and themselves
becomes his
followers.
He did not simply absorb the liberalism of Berlin, nor did he
become a true
follower of the theologian Karl Barth, with whom he
had many sympathies.
I
have just
become a subscriber so I don't know you that well but I
have been a
follower of Christ since 1975.
Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i
have sold my sold to the devil
have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun
became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun
has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ
has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr
followers of jesus and god only
have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the
followers of satun
have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could
have blamed satan and could
have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result
Perhaps, though, the biblical character of Jesus, rather than being entirely mythical, was based on one of many Jewish messiah claimants who
had followers who euhemerized his life to a greater extent than those of other such claimants, so that in time the stories were so embellished that he
became a god in them, but the Tesimonium Flavianum is hardly proof of his existence.
A great light of religion shone on the minds of the hearers of Peter, so that they were not satisfied with a single hearing or with the unwritten teaching of the divine proclamation, but with every kind of exhortation besought Mark, whose Gospel is extant, seeing that he was Peter's
follower, to leave them a written statement of the teaching given them verbally, nor did they cease until they
had persuaded him, and so
became the cause of the Scripture called the Gospel According to Mark (49).
The stronger position was held by those
followers of Jesus who insisted that pagan
followers of the messiah
become Jews first: this meant that the men
had to be circumcised.
He never dared dream that Christ
would invite him to
become a
follower.
By the time of the writing of John's Gospel toward the end of the century, the dominant note
had become the promise of the indwelling Holy Spirit that
would succeed him to guide his
followers in ways of truth and service.
From its first mention, Trump's wall
has been the protagonist of his discursive narrative; it is one of the «core principles» of his immigration reform plan; it finds its way into nearly every stump speech, and it
has become the iconic trope of unity for his
followers and growing separation from Hispanics.
I
would like to see churches
become centers where Spirit - inspired
followers of Jesus set their imaginations free to dream of a world community united in peace and brotherhood.
But sometimes I get the idea that, particularly with the younger folks, it's
become something of a fad - like, they
've read one Shane Claiborne book, changed their Facebook profile to «Christ
follower,» made a few protest signs, and called themselves pacifists, without really wrestling with some of the challenging implications of this position.
I often wondered how any TRUE
follower of Jesus
would want to
become a poitician.
When a label is required I
've referred to myself as a Christian, as a believer, as Torah - observant, as a
follower of the Way - as Rabbi Shaul / Paul says,
becoming all things to all people.
Now what we
have in the New Testament is the account of an event, Jesus Christ, as that event occurred — that is, as it was experienced, responded to,
became effective — in the community of his
followers and their immediate successors.
The incident with the man carrying the bedroll is the exact opposite to the woman caught in adultery her issue was sin the paralysed mans issue is something completely different.The incident of the man carrying the bedroll gives it away jesus highlights it because it is rediculous they
have turned Gods laws in to petty man made laws.so the danger for him is self righteousness to
become like they were
followers of the law but not
followers of God that is the danger that we all face either to come to terms with the sin in our lives and or come to terms with our pride and self righteousness the answer to both is the same deny the flesh and walk by the spirit and go and sin no more.That way we evade these traps of the flesh.
In other words, why not let Frank Viola show you exactly how he gets the traffic he gets, grows his blog readership year over year, and gains the readers he does, all so that he can spread the message God
has given him about the church and
becoming a
follower of Jesus Christ?
The debate misses the point that Islam is no longer a religion, it
has become a cult thriving on murder, terror, teaching of youth to
become bombers and radicals, and stone age control of its
followers.
Instead, the
followers of John Calvin met in Dordrecht, Netherlands from 1618 to 1619 and crafted what
has become known as the Canons of Dort.
From the early days of human history we
have seen one ideological movement after another rise, inspire,
become corrupted by political and other power brokers, attract huge numbers of mindless
followers who are trying to fill the empty hole in their pointless lives, and then ultimately disappear in a corrupt mess.
Both of these points, that early statements were based primarily on the narrative of Scripture and the behavior of believers, will
become critical later in this chapter for understanding how we as twenty - first century
followers of Jesus can stand up for the truth without the damaging and destructive statements of doctrine that
have divided Christianity for so long.
Now, let's take those 3 million Christians who
have been trained in relational evangelism, and give them 50 years to develop relationships and help other people
become followers of Jesus Christ.