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The Good News: You must accept that in life there will be hardships, times of weakness, and hurt. If you give all of those moments up to God, you will feel strength and love.
That is, if you are compelled to swear, you know that it is by the necessity of their weakness to whom you would persuade any thing; which weakness is surely an evil. What is more than this is thus evil; not that you do evil in this just use of an oath to persuade another to something beneficial for him; but it is an evil in him whose weakness ...
Inspiration and interpretation of scripture. The Holy Spirit both inspires the writing of the scriptures and interprets them to the Christian and church. [99] The Holy Spirit is also believed to be active especially in the life of Jesus Christ, enabling him to fulfill his work on earth. Particular actions of the Holy Spirit include:
* Florida College has a loose affiliation with the churches of Christ (non-institutional), in that those on its board of trustees must all be members. It does not accept funding from churches. [1] Affiliated with the Churches of Christ universities no longer in operation include these institutions:
29. "I can do all things through him who strengthens me." — Philippians 4:13 30. "But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head."
Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) arrived at the same conclusion in his own readings of the early church fathers. In responding to Calvinist William Perkins arguments for the perseverance of the saints, he wrote: "In reference to the sentiments of the [early church] fathers, you doubtless know that almost all antiquity is of the opinion, that believers can fall away and perish."
The sponsoring church arrangement describes a resource-pooling strategy employed by some "mainstream" congregations of the Churches of Christ.. Under this arrangement, one congregation (specifically, the congregation's eldership or, if it lacks elders, the men of the congregation) agree to oversee the work of an individual (such as a missionary to another country) or group (such as a children ...
The Church Growth movement began with the publication of Donald McGavran's book The Bridges of God.McGavran was a third-generation Christian missionary to India, where his observations of how churches grow went beyond typical theological discussion to discern sociological factors that affected receptivity to the Christian Gospel among non-Christian peoples.