Isn't it interesting that God (who has made Jesus the judge of the whole earth) was in Christ reconciling the entire world back to Himself, NOT counting their sins against them, and that we are «called» ambassadors of
that same gospel of reconciliation — NOT ambassador's of» condemnation».
On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very
same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»
But
this same gospel of harmony and at - one - ment is and always has been susceptible to manipulative misapplication.
Not exact matches
My opinion is that if someone has never heard
of Jesus, or heard the
gospel, then God would look at them the
same way he does an innocent child.
McKnight does not agree with
same - sex marriage nor the policy
of the two colleges, but he objects to the language
of «
gospel» being used by Union to justify its withdrawal.
For all our differences, it was good to be at a gathering where not only the Bible but also history, denominational distinctives, and the Creed were valued; where the liturgy reflected the seriousness
of the
gospel message; where the delegates thought confessionally; and where we spoke the
same theological and ecclesiastical language.
i could go on Russ with a myriad
of otherly
same Gospel verses.
Since it's been verified that the
Gospel of Judas was written around the
same time, and was part
of the early Christian belief system, then why wouldn't it be possible that if these bible stories are legitimiate, that Judas simply obeyed the commands
of Jesus and gave him up.
Interesting that this article appears the
same week that Obama's Department
of Defense announced that Christians that share the
gospel may be subject to courts martial.
Everyone who believes that Jesus and God are one in the
same most often refer to the
Gospel of John because you won't find that assertion in the three other
gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke.
From the
same book, p. 416, «Anyone in search
of the historical Jesus will not find him in the
Gospel of John... This verdict is the consensus among New Testament scholars.»
Evangelicals who speak
of «overseas mission» or «world mission» mean by these terms exactly the
same thing they used to mean by «foreign missions» — spreading the
gospel to the unreached.
So on that note, I'll close with this: Acts 17:10 - 12 written by Luke, the
same author
of the
Gospel according to Luke, which was his own eyewitness account
of the person
of Jesus Christ.
Its sad that religion is the
gospel of many churchs today rather than a real relationship with Christ based on his grace rather than works.Just as cains offering wasnt acceptable to the Lord its the
same for churchs today the Lord is not pleased by our efforts he does nt need our efforts they do not build Gods kingdom nor do mans programmes..
He once described
same - sex marriage as a satanic plot to destroy the family, called on Republicans to get «political Viagra» and said African - Americans needed to abandon what he called the
Gospel of Victimization.
I am convinced that the flock that Jesus so lovingly describes in the
Gospel of John is the
same flock that is divided today.
The flock that Jesus so lovingly describes in the
Gospel of John is the
same flock that is divided today, for when modern Christians can not even agree on the date
of Easter, it seems that something has gone terribly wrong.
It is worded differently in each
of the 4
gospels but each clearly refers to the
same statement.
(By the way, if you have a presentation
of the
Gospel which never gets the Romans 6:1 objection, then I submit to you that you are probably not teaching the
same Gospel Paul was.
Perhaps Peter would tell the story
of how a beastie - filled vision inspired him to share the
gospel with an enemy soldier named Cornelius — a Roman centurion who held the
same rank as the man who supervised the crucifixion
of Jesus.
That is to say, the Christian
gospel, the kerygma or proclamation, indeed remains and must remain fixed as the message
of the Church, the heart
of its life and the meaning
of its existence; but at the
same time we must find ways in which we can both understand and declare that kerygma which will not smother it in an unimaginative biblicism, but which will be appropriate for our own day.
In fact, the present text
of Matthew's
gospel, in many passages, is almost word for word the
same as Mark's
gospel, which was written in Greek.
It will stagger your mind to see how radical the
Gospel message was between the Partial Keepers
of the Law
of Moses and the Gentiles / Slaves / Women
of Paul's day... and now, how radical the message
of Christ is now, between the Partial Keepers
of the Law
of Moses versus the Remarried /
Same Sex Married / Women
of our day.
The territories and towns in this portion
of the
Gospel are the
same as in the last, but the focus is different.
Let us read the
gospel boldly and we shall see that no idea can better convey to our minds the redemptive function
of the Word than that
of a unification
of all flesh in one and the
same Spirit.
Men
of every nationality, in all churches, listen to the
same gospel, sing the
same hymns, read the
same Bible, and revere the
same Lord.
Canon T. O. Wedel has said much the
same thing in his description
of the
gospel as a «drama.»
Because
of the common material in the first three
gospels and because the writers look at Jesus from the
same point
of view, these
gospels are known as the «synoptic»
gospels.
Examining style, phraseology, and other evidence, modern scholarship generally concludes that Acts and the
Gospel of Luke share the
same author.
The
Gospel of John also seems to have two arraignments (18:13 - 27), but they are not the
same as those in Luke.
oops again, then if it said G - d spoke then G - d spoke inerrent through the writer which we may believe in the
same way we believe the more sure word
of prophecy, the
gospel itself, foolishness to those perishing and so on,... does it give me words to live by, then the answer to your question and my application in my own life the answer would have to be Yes.
Of course, there are other occasions in which Christians could properly be gathered — for prayer, for the Gospel, for Bible study, etc.; however, these gatherings are not the same as the Lord's Supper and don't carry the same worshipful circumstances (of course, Christians should always be worshipful of God — as should all men
Of course, there are other occasions in which Christians could properly be gathered — for prayer, for the
Gospel, for Bible study, etc.; however, these gatherings are not the
same as the Lord's Supper and don't carry the
same worshipful circumstances (
of course, Christians should always be worshipful of God — as should all men
of course, Christians should always be worshipful
of God — as should all men
of God — as should all men).
The Fourth
Gospel attributes to Jesus the words, «Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born
of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom
of God»; (John 3:5) the Epistle to Titus says the
same thing in other language — «He saved us, through the washing
of regeneration and renewing
of the Holy Spirit»; (Titus 3:5) and in the Shepherd
of Hermas, which in some
of the earliest canons was included in the New Testament, the baptismal water is called «the seal
of the Son
of God» into which they descend «dead,» and out
of which they come «alive.»
The joy
of the
gospel of marriage springs from charity: 2 the
same charity that compels bishops3 to faithfully proclaim the good news
of marriage revealed in Christ; the
same charity that is inseparable from the Truth, who frees the human person and reveals to him what it means to be human.4 Only in Jesus does every human being discover what it means to be truly human, to be made for God and to live in relationship with God, to have true happiness.
Two weeks ago, I featured a guest blog from Ruth Arnold on the matter
of gospel diversity and a guest blog along the
same lines from David Park.
Quite often it is the priest who has determined which hymns are to be sung, at the
same time ruling out the possibility
of a properly sung Mass by himself refusing to sing the orations, the preface, or indeed the
gospel.
They willingly suffered for their witness and passed on the
gospel message to the next generation
of believers who did the
same.
Blake was an apostle to the Gentiles, and his message brings forth the
same offense in his readers that is always induced by an authentic proclamation
of the
Gospel.
McKnight does a masterful job defining and defending this understanding
of «
Gospel» and includes chapters about the Gospel that Jesus preached, the Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel» and includes chapters about the
Gospel that Jesus preached, the Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Jesus preached, the
Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Paul preached, and the
Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding
of «
Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the
same gospelgospel.
And in the preaching
of the
gospel this
same notion frequently shows itself, when the minister who proclaims in Christ the action
of God for man's wholeness puts our Lord in a total isolation from other men in whom something
of the divine activity is at work.
As Christians, we are glad to assert that the commandment to have no other god, when allied to the
gospel, liberated us from the divine ancien régime; or that this
same commandment must be proclaimed again if modern persons are to be rescued from the superstitions
of our age.
They can actually say only one thing) the
same as the beginning
of the
gospel: Repent, believe the good tidings, «for the kingdom
of God is at hand».
The most negative statement by Paul regarding
same - sex acts occurs in Romans 1:24 - 27 where, in the context
of a larger argument on the need
of all people for the
gospel of Jesus Christ, certain homosexual behavior is given as an example
of the «uncleanness»
of idolatrous Gentiles.
On the
same evening Jesus appears in the midst
of the disciples, though they are in a room with locked doors, and commissions them to proclaim the
gospel which brings forgiveness or condemnation (according to the way in which it is received), breathing upon them the Holy Spirit.
But every younger church will seek further to bear witness to the
same Gospel with new tongues» (International Missionary Council, «The Growing Church: The Madras Series,» Papers Based upon the Meeting
of the International Missionary Council, at Tambaram, Madras, India, December 12 - 29, 1938.
The author
of John's
Gospel makes the
same affirmation with compact perfection: «The true
At the
same time, many
of the poor and the recently impoverished have opted for participation in churches that embrace forms
of the «prosperity
gospel,» which promises rapid physical healing and does not challenge structural injustices.
But our work together thus far has already established several points that may have an important bearing on the future
of theological education in America: (1) the party - strife between «evangelicals» and «charismatics» and «ecumenicals» is not divinely preordained and need not last forever; (2) the Wesleyan tradition has a place
of its own in the theological forum along with all the others; (3) «pluralism» need not signify «indifferentism»; (4) «evangelism» and «social
gospel» are aspects
of the
same evangel; (5) in terms
of any sort
of cost - benefit analysis, a partnership like AFTE represents a high - yield investment in Christian mission; and (6) the Holy Spirit has still more surprises in store for the openhearted.
And yet that
same Gospel provided the epigraph for the universalism
of the Enlightenment's portrait
of Jesus; for the
Gospel of John declares in its prologue that the Logos - Word
of God, incarnate in Jesus, enlightens everyone who comes into the world.
The theological imperialism
of the protesters — demanding that the statement say exactly what Lutherans have traditionally said about «faith alone,» law and
gospel, simul iustus et peccator (at the
same time justified and sinner), etc. — might give the impression that they represent hard - core orthodoxy.