One of the Copeland children, whose name was Roxanna, read the Bible to Amos when he was a teenager. “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God.” Throughout his life, Amos kept this passage from the book of Revelation hidden in his heart. This scripture taught Amos that he was a king. Back home in Africa, Amos was the king of his tribe, and he still was a king to God even though he was not treated like one. Often Amos thought of this passage in the Bible and was
Bishop Alexander first saw Athanasius as a young boy “playing church” with his friends on the beach. Athanasius’ understanding of Greek writing and knowledge, Christian Doctrine and the Bible served him well when he was appointed assistant and secretary to Bishop Alexander at the age of 21. Soon afterwards Athanasius was ordained Deacon. When Athanasius was 33 years old, he became the Bishop of Alexandria.
Critical Analysis Paper I have observed and analyzed the sermon of the Reverend James B. Leonard of Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church of Little River, SC on November 6, 2011. Reverend Leonard has been a pastor for many years but has been the pastor of Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church for seven years. He is highly known for his numerous works in our church and in our community. I will be discussing the structure and content of his sermon, his vocal delivery, and my personal response to the message given. As the sermon began, Reverend Leonard began with a couple of verses from the bible Jeremiah 17: 7-8.
My wife and I have dedicated our lives to Him. We see His activity everyday all day. I believe He is calling me to become a pastor and to do His work. We see the blessings He bestows on people and how He has done that for us in our children and grandchildren. We see Him working through others in their ministry whether it be like the Billy Graham ministry, the different teachers through Liberty University Online teaching about the Bible.
Some men are born to make a difference. They come into this life with the pre-determined destiny to shake the very foundation upon which they stand. Born on January 15th 1929, in the city of Atlanta Georgia, Martin Luther King jr. would grow into one of this nations most admired and memorable men in history. After growing up in the ghettos of Atlanta and finishing high school at the age of 14, he went on to earn a degree in sociology at Morehouse College in 1948. Although his interest in religion had been apparent throughout his youth, it was at this time that he joined the Crozer theological seminary in Chester Pennsylvania.
Dear Family and Friends, I am writing this letter to share with you the desire I have to serve the Lord with the gifts He has given me. I have been serving the Lord on two different worship teams at The Red Barn for many years; in addition, leading worship for the women’s bible study on Thursday nights for the past few years. I have been on several mission trips with The Red Barns’ Youth group in the past and I am presently growing in Christ through our church’s college and career bible study, as well as a home bible study on Apologetics where I am learning to give reason for the hope that is within me. I share the above things with you not to boast of anything in me, but rather to share that I believe the Lord has been preparing me through these different activities for more responsibility in Him. It is through the Apologetics home bible study that I found out about a mission trip to Port Au Prince, Haiti.
Their main goal ounce again was to evangelize with the local people there about Christ. They stop many places including Iconium, Lystra and Derbe (Acts 13:13-20). They not only shared the gospel in these places, but they also established churches as well. Everywhere they traveled, one thing was obvious, they were evangelizing and preaching the word of God and raising people up to keep the church alive while they were gone. This tie in with Paul’s letter writing and even his epistles because everything he did even in later life was to help raise others up in the church and to save souls for the Kingdom of God.
I am very grateful to have discovered the thoroughly researched paper, The True Story Behind “The Aquarian Gospel” from which I feel it is necessary to paraphrase in the next few paragraphs. Levi was the son of a Church of Christ minister who followed in his father’s footsteps. During the Civil War he was a chaplain with the commission of Captain whose regiment lost no men save those who died from smallpox. It was just after this that Levi Dowling lost both his wife Sylvia and only new-born son. The war and this terrible tragedy must have had profound effect on Levi.
My relationship with God continued to grow threw a Christian education from preschool to 8th grade. I became responsible for my own faith in Junior High and joined a small group through my home church Saddleback and also developed a close nit group of Christian friends were we all keep
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE GREAT COMMISION OF DISCIPLEMAKING SUBMITTED TO DR. EARL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, DSMN 500_B07 BY VVONAKA HEARD SELMA, ALABAMA MAY 23, 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION1 PREPARING FOR THE MISSION2 WHAT IS A DISCIPLE?3 MISSING THE MARK4 BIBLIOGRAPHY6 Introduction In the three and a half years of his ministry, Jesus had such great influence over the early Christians; with his absolute authority he commanded his disciples to begin the progression of making disciples who will learn to obey the commands of the Lord, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. We find five passages in the gospels and Acts team up to provide the overall shape of Christ’s Commission: Matt. 28:19-20; Luke 24: 46-49; John 20:21-23; Acts 1:8; and traditionally, Mark 16:15. Just as Jesus influenced the early believers, modern-day Christian’s influence on the world is essential for disciple-making. Although, there are several elements (i.e.