1. Human beings are made in the image and likeness of God‚ and therefore are given a great deal of dignity. To properly understand who we are‚ we need to go back to the beginning. In the beginning‚ God made us like Him. Genesis 1:27 says: God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. We were created to be a lot more than what most people settle for. For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness. (1 Thessalonians 4:7.) If you’ve ever
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The purpose of this paper is as stated: “Doing Missions in a Pluralistic Society‚” to be specific‚ the concept of strategy in mission works where Christianity is one religion among many. It is the intention of this writer to examine such purpose in light of Scriptures that deals in this area‚ namely the book of Acts‚ with the focus of establishing factors that hope to contribute to the success of Christianity. To this we wish to simply state that doing missions within a pluralistic society is nothing
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cleansed by the holy spirit‚ renewing us in the image of God‚ and producing us in the character of Christ. In shorter words‚ holiness is equal to Christlikeness. Holiness does not just mean that once you are cleansed by the Holy Spirit‚ that that is all you have to do. One has to make the decision to live for Christ and present him to others through themselves. Christlikeness equals holiness‚ which then means that when we make the daily decision to be Christ like‚ we are being holy as well. “We believe
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also has a tremendous role in this process. Scriptures are the vehicle that the Holy Spirit employs to transform (sanctification) the counselee ’s existence. According to Adams‚ the Holy Spirit plays a strong role in Biblical change of a counselee. The Holy Spirit will convict and change the counselee as he studies God ’s Word. The Holy Spirit brings the understanding‚ and enables the counselee to obey. The Holy Spirit‚ through His word‚ and working through the counselor‚ both changes and empowers
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It reveals that salvation began with God. God then offers himself to us first and following we offer ourselves back to him. At the same time‚ since it is also the summit‚ the Eucharist allows us to freely give ourselves back to God through the Holy Spirit. Communion lets us reunite with God. This communion with God is showed through grace and lived out in the virtues of faith‚ hope‚ and charity. Christian spirituality involves a sacramental style of life. Thus meaning that christian spiritually uses
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this story‚ the Ojibwe people believe that Kitche Manitou is the Great Spirit‚ which had a vision‚ a dream. And He made the earth‚ the rocks‚ water‚ fire and wind. He made the plants‚ animals‚ fishes‚ birds‚ and insects and then the Original People‚ and the last he made was the Anishinabe. And also‚ there are beliefs and experiences that Native People hold in common. Most important are the beliefs pertaining to the Great Spirit‚ Kitche Manitou‚ and the vision dream he had was that he created the good
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though I was going for observation‚ I decided to follow along with what they were doing. Come to find out‚ it was holy water that is blessed during Easter celebrations and is also used through out the year for baptisms‚ for blessing themselves when entering and exiting church. They made a cross symbol on their chest and said “in the name of the Father‚ and the Son‚ and the Holy Spirit‚ Amen.” As I was looking around‚ I noticed there were little fold down benches on the back of the pews. During some
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love in our hearts actually does the believing. Eph 5:2 walk in love‚ just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us…. Romans 5:5 ..hope does not disappoint‚ because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Love turns our hopes into faith. What Faith Does I John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world– our faith. (emphasis added) Our faith overcomes the
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When a believer gives their heart to Christ for the first time a process of sanctification begins. By definition sanctification is to be set apart‚ or made holy. To the Corinthians turning away from their sinful desires was easier said than done. Believers today still struggle with giving themselves completely over to the process of sanctification while no longer satisfying the flesh. That’s why Paul writes believers should be a “…new creation”‚ or as Jesus said “…born again” (John 3:3) and begin
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November 2013 FOUNDATIONS FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP FROM MY CULTURAL/MINISTERIAL PERSPECTIVE Introduction This paper will cover the aspects of Jesus’ example for leadership in great detail. It will discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in leadership and the importance of Him in church leadership. Secondly‚ servant leadership will be discussed using Wilkes model of the towel and basin. Thirdly‚ “The what of leadership" will be broken down into six key elements and how they function
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