Spiritual gift

Beauty is surrounded all around us and to fully grasp on to what is truly beautiful, we must know who God is. God is all things true, good and beautiful and our purpose on earth is to glorify Him all things we do. Every day we can easily point out the ugliness of the fallen world and separate it from what is beautiful. Today, so many people are distracted by things that they consider to be beautiful such as: the perfect body, the prettiest hair, the correct skin color, and the list goes on.…

Jesus and brought him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. It is folklore that they had a great knowledge of stars and people all over the world admired them as masters of astrology. All these three had great spiritual and symbolic value. It is said that the gold was a symbol of kingship, the frankincense was a symbol of spiritual excellence and the myrrh was that of death. The tradition carried on and in literature the Magi are symbolic of people who brought just the right gift for everyone.…

how society view us, the world, and especially God. Businesses and Christianity go hand in hand because guidance, leadership, and knowledge of all operations are written in the bible. The Bible illustrates the goodness of unity and the use of one 's gift to benefit others. From a Christian worldview, businesses and society should overall do what is right and not become accustom to the comforts and temptation the world has to offer. The world is continuously changing and producing a variety of…

Standard Version Holy Bible, 2001) and this is exactly how the many in the world are acting in relation to sex today. It is amazing that in the Scriptures God view of the human sexuality is very high due to the fact that sexuality is seen as “…precious gift to be stored carefully and not allowed to tarnish until it is…

Some commentators of the early church assume that it was the food itself which had toxic effect on the consumers when eaten improperly (see e.g. Ignatius of Antioch, Gregory of Nyssa, and Irenaeus of Lyons), and some modern interpreters follow their suggestion.1 However, exactly this type of quasi-magical views about food is refuted by Paul in 1 Corinthians 10.23–33 concerning food sacrificed to idols.2 Paul considers food sacrificed to idols to be nothing extraordinary in itself (8:1–13; 10.19)…

Poverty is one of the most important issues of concern. In general, poverty could be described as two different kinds. One is spiritual and the other one is physical. Everyone wants to get out from both spiritual and physical poverty. People should understand what the poverty really is before they do any action for that. Because if they know the solution of both spiritual, physical poverty and Christian response to poverty, then it is easier for them to get out from poverty successfully.…

God. God has given each of us a unique calling. God created me, like everyone else, with a divine design that only I can fulfill – if I’m willing to be sharpened. God doesn’t leave us to squander – he helps us discover our calling by showing us our gifts, our experiences, our hearts, and our personalities. Understanding ourselves…

the Creator and Sustainer of mankind. This God is what all emanates from. Mankind was created “in God 's image and likeness.” According to the website for Christian Science in Riverside, “Every individual is actually the spiritual child of one Father-Mother, God. The true spiritual identity of everyone is the image and likeness of God, as the first chapter of Genesis makes clear. God 's children are His reflection, or expression, and are always under His infinite care” (Christian Science in…

“Confusyd in hirself and hir owyn unstabylnes:” Plurality, Bricolage, and Infinite Regress in The Book of Margery Kempe There is a plurality of spiritual signifiers in The Book of Margery Kempe. We all know of Kempe’s “gift of tears,” of her ecstatic visions, her commitment to wearing white and creating a chaste marriage for herself. However irritating these signifiers may be, at first read the semiotics appear to be stable. Kempe cries readily when free association brings to mind the earthly…

things” is found in Ephesians chapter 6. The Roman armor was legendary during the height of the Roman conquest. Paul applies the use of this armor as a basis for the armor of God. After reading, a person would naturally assume he was talking about spiritual armor. That would be correct, but there is another aspect that gets little attention yet is extremely important to the well-being of a person. A person is a triune being having a spirit, a soul, and a body. The armor of God protects all…