Tag: Israelites

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By micoots
01/08/2016 0

A Church of One?

As a chaplain in the army, when a soldier came to faith in Christ, I would tell him that being a ‘hermit Christian’ is an oxymoron. Just as a soldier finds it hard to fulfill the mission to defend one’s country ‘against all enemies, both foreign and domestic,’ single-handedly, apart from the church, a believer cannot fulfill the law of Christ in bearing one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), fulfill the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20), or keep the two greatest commandments to love God and ne..

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By micoots
31/07/2016 0

More Christians continue to suffer violence in Egypt, advocacy group says

ReutersCoptic Christians hold a protest rally in Egypt to denounce attacks on their community.

Egypt is a place that played a role in biblical history, from which God delivered his chosen people, the Israelites. This country, however, has now become a dangerous place for Christian believers.

Incidents of sectarian violence continue to rise in Egypt, with some affecting Christians, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which fights for the protection of religious freedom, justice a..

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By micoots
31/07/2016 0

Election 2016: Evangelicals Face a “Hagar Moment”

Christians must be careful not make an idol out of winning at politics. It is better to lose an election than to destroy the credibility of our social witness, especially when it is not clear the candidate Evangelicals seem to be backing is either more competent or “Christian” than the alternative.

The 2016 presidential elections present a “Hagar Moment” for white self-identified Evangelicals. By that I mean we face a similar conundrum faced by Abraham, who undermined God’s will because he lack..

By micoots
28/07/2016 0

Inerrancy: Kevin Vanhoozer

In a book where the biggest terms are the last two, Five Views of Biblical Inerrancy, the problem is the word “biblical.” If this adjective means “inerrancy of the Bible” we haven’t much of a problem. But even this raises a problem I have with the book: a biblical view of inerrancy ought to be about the Bible’s view of inerrancy but this book — all five views — are much more theological and philosophical and historical studies of inerrancy instead of a serious attempt to show from the Bible what..

By micoots
26/07/2016 0

Dodd: Paul on baptism

Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Meditation:
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
—Romans 6:1-3 (ESV)
Quotation:
[Paul] makes use of the symbolism of baptism, which in the East was performed by the complete immersion of the believer in water. “We were buried with Christ through our baptism (and so entered) in..

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By micoots
22/07/2016 0

7 Important Places Or Locations Of Bible Events

Here are seven important places or locations that mention huge biblical events.

Golgotha
There is no greater event in all of human history than that which took place at Calvary and it was because of the great significance of what happened there that anyone could even be saved. This place is mentioned in Scripture as “Golgotha” and was known as the “place of the skull.” What was displayed there was the greatest demonstration of the love of God that humans will ever see. Nothing more impacted bil..

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By micoots
20/07/2016 0

Who Was Nebuchadnezzar? Things To Learn From Him

The late President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, had this belief that he was a reincarnation of the ancient King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar. In his desire to make this belief public, he ordered that the archaeologists and construction workers restoring the ancient city of Babylon replace every other image of Nebuchadnezzar embedded in the walls with a similar style image of himself. Who was Nebuchadnezzar and what can we learn from him?

Humanly speaking, Nebuchadnezzar, also sometimes spelled Nebuch..

By micoots
17/07/2016 0

Thought for the evening of Sun July 17, 2016

Verse: “Let not one of them escape.” — 1ki 18:40
Thought: When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, “Let not one of them escape.” He took them all down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. So must it be with our sins-they are all doomed, not one must be preserved. Our darling sin must die. Spare it not..

By micoots
16/07/2016 0

Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians

Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians!
Chris Armstrong is a historian who serves as the founding director of Opus: The Art of Work, an institute on faith and vocation at Wheaton College.
The following interview centers around Armstrong’s terrific new book, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Lewis.
David George Moore conducted the interview. Dave’s videos can be found at www.mooreengaging.com.
Moore: Many will be surprised to ..

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By micoots
15/07/2016 0

Let Deuteronomy Awaken Your Inner Child

The Israelites needed a little less grown-up good sense, and a little more childlike wonder. So do we.

When I am around children, I enjoy asking what they want to be when they grow up. This exercise fascinates me. It offers a rare opportunity in life: the freedom to spell out whatever the imagination dares to dream, uninhibited by other people’s expectations or fears. Usual replies include, “I want to become a ballerina,” “I want to be an astronaut,” and my favorite, “I want to be a princess!..