Two-Spirit

down a country gravel road on a lazy, sunny autumn afternoon. As you drive down this road you notice there are two fruit orchards one on each side of the road. You become curious as to the type of fruit on the trees and if you can pick it or have to buy a prearranged set amount like a peck or bushel. Without really thinking about it you decided to turn down the drive way of one of the two orchards, dust is flying from your car as it rambles down the driveway and from your seat the trees look…

church, and even occasionally inside, this belief is largely misunderstood and there is much confusion about what exactly is meant by being ‘Children of God.’ Summarily, LDS members believe that God is the literal, not metaphorical, father of our spirits, and He sent us to earth to grow and become like Him. Misunderstandings of this can be rooted in false doctrines, unclear terminology, and a simple lack of knowledge. Nonetheless, it is only once we come to know that God is our Father, the…

Both religions hold many things in common such as, serving the spirits or God, following the rules of the religion, being a horse for the lwa or being filled with the Holy Ghost, and dreams to a certain extent. Within the book, Alourdes - as well as others - often became possessed by the lwa, dressing up, acting, and saying the things of the lwa. Much like being possessed by a lwa, in Christianity a believer can become filled with the spirit of God or the Holy Ghost. While there are distinct…

glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) But fortunately for believers, God is a just and merciful God “and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:24) Once someone becomes a Christian, they live by the Spirit. By wanting to obey God’s commands, their approach and attitude towards others will change. “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh…

Mark Jeske outlined many ways Christians will live their lives differently than non-believers in his commentary. He started out with talking about a marriage between Christians. Mark Jeske said that when two Christians decided to marry one another, it is not only until the fun is gone. A marriage is until death separates one spouse from another. This is why Christians will stay with their spouse after the fun is gone; that is what God has told them to do…

therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” Paul’s opening to Chapter 8 is indicative of the participatory nature of justification realized in sanctification. Those who are in Christ Jesus are no long defined by the past, but rather are defined a future reality being realized through the Spirit of life. Spirit-enable participation in the life of Christ is one of…

The Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, our Helper, our Comforter, Encourage, one of the three parts of the Holy Trinity; although there are quite a few different names, He is the same spirit of God. One of the 66 life breathing books of the Holy Bible has some of the most excellent examples of what it looks like to walk by faith with the Holy Spirit. The book of Acts is the account of apostles of Christ who lived radically for the sake of the gospel, glory of God, and the salvation of everyone. They were…

Genesis are divided into two periods;…

should be the ultimate goal. Fee further explained his point by defining what spirituality and exegesis mean, then gradually lead us into the relationship of the two topics. Spirituality, as the author states, is a gift from God and is God who leads and empowers us in our maturing relationship with Him. Without the dwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts and souls, the true essence of living, teaching and sharing…

To know and understand through the revelation of the Spirit of God, the eternal oneness of Jesus the "Son", Jesus the "Father", and Jesus the "Holy Spirit". That He was and is before all things and that by him "all things consist". That Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead bodily and without controversy great is that mystery of Godliness. Even though man in his finite thinking gradually gravitated away from the leading of the Holy Spirit through the centuries, God has still through Jesus Christ…