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Polygamy which Christ does not forbid, we have fought against as the greatest of all evils, but divorce and remarriage which he does forbid, we have introduced. We have truly managed to Europeanize them. Mission theory should teach us to preach the gospel but not our own national traditions. —
Parsley supports the claim that Islam is an enemy of both the United States and Christianity. [30] In January 2006, a group of 31 Columbus, Ohio-area pastors charged that Parsley and another central Ohio religious leader had violated federal tax laws. The complaining clergy alleged that Parsley violated the tax-exempt status of his church by ...
The actual divorce rate is probably somewhat higher due to civil divorces obtained without an accompanying ecclesiastical divorce. [35] Divorced individuals are usually allowed to remarry though there is usually imposed on them a penance by their bishop and the services for the second marriage, in this case, are more penitential than joyful.
The preacher should be a good example of all sermons. The manner of life can be an eloquent sermon (copia dicendi, forma vivendi; DDC 4.29.61). In most of the cases, it seems to be true that the sermon of a preacher cannot be better than his or her life, but vice versa seems also to be true: the sermon cannot be worse than the preacher’s life.
Sermon 97: On Obedience to Pastors - Hebrews 13:17; Sermon 98: On Visiting the Sick - Matthew 25:36; Sermon 99: The Reward of the Righteous - Matthew 25:34, preached before the Humane Society; Sermon 100: On Pleasing All Men - Romans 15:2; Sermon 101: The Duty of Constant Communion - Luke 22:19 (written for the use of Wesley's pupils in Oxford ...
Wycliffe handbook of preaching and preachers, with Lloyd M. Perry (1984) Classic sermons on faith and doubt, compilation (1985) Be victorious (1985) Comforting the bereaved, with David W. Wiersbe (1985) Be Compassionate (1988) Run with the winners (1985) Be What You Are (1988) Be Patient : an Old Testament Study – Job (1991)
Jerry Vines was born in Carrollton, Georgia near Atlanta in 1937. Before attending seminary, he pastored his first church, Centralhatchee Baptist Church, at the age of 16. He was educated at Mercer University, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice University before pastoring in churches in Alabama and Georgia.
He also worked as a preaching pastor at a church in Spokane, WA. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version (ESV) translation of the Bible, and serves on the New International Version (NIV) translation committee.