Pentecost

The first thing I do with every sermon is pray that God will open my mind, ears, and heart to God’s word. Following this I read through the recommended lectionary scriptures from different translations and consider the potential areas of discussion. Once again, I pray. This time that God gives me the wisdom to hear what God has for me to preach on and to hear the needs of God’s people. My aim is to be open to the Holy Spirit to direct me on either one of the scriptures, or if there is another…

Last time we study together, you acknowledged that you were saved before baptism, but then, after we examined carefully the teaching of Acts 2:22-47, you and your wife came to the conclusion that the way you were saved is not in accordance with what Acts 2 teaches. You even acknowledged the fact that your sins had not been forgiven, because you did not obey the Gospel of Christ the way the Jews obeyed it in this passage. I went ahead and asked you whether you wanted to obey the Gospel the right…

Introduction One favorite TV Evangelist is Joel Osteen, Pastors Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas engaging over 7million people weekly. He and his wife Victoria are known to have the largest and greatest Protestant church in the United States, feeding the hungry and healing the sick while motivating all. Worship Service After viewing footage of a church service where Pastor Osteen is attempting to provide a worship experience for a postmodern congregation. One would explain that this church is…

prayed to throughout the day (Dictionary of the New Testament p326). Both religions also took pilgrimages to these holy places during festivals and special feasts. The Samaritans made pilgrimages to Mount Gerizim on festivals such as “Passover, Pentecost, and Booths” (Dictionary of The New Testament 195) and the Jews “wished to die and be buried [at Zion]”. (Dictionary of The New Testament…

Sir Lucan was a brave knight born of the race of Balyn. When Balyn struck the Dolorous Stroke Lucan was cursed to die a painful death. From the moment Lucan was born he was always an adventurous man. So, when Lucan saw a knight of Arthur’s Court, Lucan wanted to become a knight, and he went to Arthur’s Court. When Lucan arrived at Arthur’s Court, he asked to become a knight, and Arthur gave him a quest to go on. The quest was to find the lady that gave Balyn his sword and kill her. So, Lucan…

Zombies, nuclear explosions, black holes. There are many theories on how the world will end. As Christians, we have the opportunity to look at prophecy in the Bible to have an idea of what the end will be like. However, the Bible can be confusing or unclear, allowing for multiple interpretations. Considering the end of time, we will look at four different views on what the millennium is and where it is placed on the timeline. The first timeline we will look at is the post-tribulation, or…

When History Is About Feelings In Frank Delaney’s Ireland, he takes the reader through the vivid tale of Irish history from a variety of perspectives. He applies emotion in his writing to criticize how history is taught today. Most scholars would agree with Ronan O’Mara’s professor, T. Barlett Ryle, when he argues, “History is not about feelings. History is about knowledge” (Delaney 342). However, it is taught from an objective point of view that causes it to be devalued, misunderstood, and…

The three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam ¬¬¬– all have one thing in common, the nature of monotheism. Judaism innovated the idea of one God about 3000 years ago, with the Israelites. Though it was restricted to the people of Israel, this was the first time a monotheistic religion came into play. Worshipping the same God of Israel, Christians were the second monotheistic believers. The teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth were next to become revolutionary. As the Son, he…

My Pentecostal Experience For new church experience, I went to a Pentecostal church. The Pentecost has always been something that I heard of, but never experience it for myself. I decided to go to experience it for myself and because I had a friend who invited me to go with him to his church. His name is Kyle. The experience was something that was different and I’m glad I experience it, because it help me to grow stronger in my faith. I attended a Pentecostal church in Katy, Texas. The…

. The Spirit Movements of the Twentieth Century The Overview section of our course relates that: “Demographers of Christian Churches such as D.B. Barrett tell us in publications such as World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) that the P/C movements number something like 600 million members today. This is a truly phenomenal growth. In one century, this movement has outstripped all the rest of Protestantism together, and the Reformation dates back four centuries!” TM online) According to the…