Christian cross

There are many problems with today’s preaching and Pasquarello in his book Sacred Rhetoric: Preaching as a Theological and Pastoral Practice of the Church examines how this can be fixed (vii). Preachers need to go back to the foundations of good preaching exemplified in those preachers of the past who practiced “doctrine, biblical exegesis, worship, spirituality and the moral life, and so forth” (vii). This book review will examine selected preachers that Pasquarello presents, with an emphasis…

Journal Reflection 4 3/19-3/23: This week we learned and talked about forgiveness in our relationships and how religion plays a part in that. This struck a cord in my heart because I think in four out of my five classes we discussed forgiveness all around the same time. So I was hearing all about forgiveness and my friend sent me an amazing video on why we should forgive. So it kind of felt like it was a sign from God and God using everything and everyone in my life to help me forgive.…

3.2. Dean Borgman - Contextual youth ministry Dean Borgman, youth ministry professor at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, was to America what Pete Ward was to the UK during the 1990s. His take on the incarnational approach influenced a wide range of youth ministry. He summarises his view in this way, As leaders committed to youth ministry, we may read the command of our Lord in this way: “You are receiving power from the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of me in all the youth cultures of the world”’ (Borgman…

realize his own insufficiency to save his soul (Gaebelein and Douglas, 157.) Verse 11: The final roll listed is concerning the judgement of the world because the ruler of this world is judged. The judgment means separation and when Jesus died on the cross, He was at the time separated from God, but the ruler of the world, Satan could not conquer death, and thus stands judged. Verse 12: Jesus still had much to tell His disciples, but they could not yet receive any more information concerning…

being who has no flaws also known as the supreme being who created others who are similar to himself, known as angels, and humans, who are beings with material and spiritual elements. His resurrection, occurred three days after His crucifixion on the cross, supports the…

Today is what is known as Christ the King Sunday, which is also the last Sunday of the church calendar year. On this Sunday, we are reminded that, as Christians, we are subjects of Christ and of Christ alone; that Christ’s power transcends and supplants all other powers that vie after our lives. And, what God has in store for the new heavens and new earth is being realized in the Church today, as we sit under the reign of Christ, our King! So, this morning we are going to be looking at a rich…

Visiting St. Paul’s Parish Princeton For this field observation project, I chose to attend the 5pm Sunday service at St. Paul’s Parish in Princeton. Growing up in the Pentecostal tradition, I have become at home in free worship and contemporary liturgy. Most of the church’s I’ve attended in the past had many informal elements in their liturgy, designed to make new-comers feel a little less awkward and part of the church family. As a new Methodist, I have found many Methodist churches…

the Trinity. How is the relationship of the Trinity being presented in the service? How does this relate to God 's work of salvation? Second, and more specifically, how does who Jesus is and what he has done function in worship? Third, where is the cross and the resurrection in the service? What is the functionality of this in worship in understanding salvation? Forth, connecting what Jesus has done with God bringing about salvation to all who believe. Is there consistency through the…

He loves everyone. For example; when the Lord Jesus, God in a body, was hanging on the cross, dying for the whole world, He turned to one of the thieves next to Him. The thief expressed His faith in what Christ was doing. Jesus said to him, “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). God dying for the whole world and forgiving one individual in the process just as He reached out to the thief on the cross in the midst of his great universal sacrifice for humanity, He reaches out to us…

By dying on the cross, Jesus enabled everyone to have a personal relationship with God. Jesus Himself spoke of the New covenant in His blood (Murray 10). While Exodus and Deuteronomy used the blood sacrifice of animals for covenants, Jesus acted as a sacrifice and used…