It is estimated that there are approximately 350,000 religious congregations in the United States, and that as many as 39% of Americans attend services on a weekly basis. The one commonality that all of these churches have is the need for precious funds so that each congregation has the best possible services.
Fundraising for Churches
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New testament lesson 28, handout packet latterday gospel. Our class on revelation provides a detailed versebyverse treatment of that beautiful book in 25 lessons with audio. Bible study questions provides a short set of bible study questions for the. Jude wrote the letter to warn his readers against false teachers. Oct 15, 2017 us history book 1 america creating the dream answers 16fh9b. Recorded lecture delivered on 201001 add to cart details. Teaching the book of jude who was a bond servant of jesus christ. See more ideas about book of titus, word of god and bible verses. The book of titus kjv audio bible full by alexander scourby.
Jude, the servant of jesus christ, and brother of james, to them that are sanctified by god the father, and preserved in jesus christ, and called. Hal leonards topselling comprehensive method for band and strings is now also available for guitar. Contend for the faith beloved, while i was very diligent to write to. If jesus is accepted as the original reading, it should replace the lord in verse 6 as well. Judgment on false teachers beloved, although i was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, i found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all. Discover how the gospel can empower you to parent in the freedom of gods. Apostasy is a departure from the faith, the apostles doctrine. The old testament the torah book lectors introduction genesis a reading from the ook of genesis.
Participant guide handout sheets if youre working with a class or small group, feel free to duplicate the following handouts in this appendix at no additional charge. Each month we focus on one book of the bible and encourage each other to read through from start to finish. The book of jude niv audio holy bible high quality and best speed book 65 duration. What about other books that claim biblical authority.
Us history book 1 america creating the dream answers 16fh9b. There is little debate regarding the authenticity of the letter because of the. Is revelation all about heaven and the end of the world as so many believe. This is an athletic term this intensified form is found only here. Epistle of jude niv audio bible non dramatized youtube. From jude, a servant of jesus christ and brother of james, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of god the father and kept for jesus christ. The book of jude is a general epistle apostolic letter.
The acts of the apostates pastor david legge 4 lord, this is thy revelation of who thou art, of thy directives to thy church and thy people and lord, it behoves us to study it, and to dig deep, and to find out what the lord god almighty is saying to us. Has god revealed anything further to mankind since the first. Jude gives the only record in the scriptures of the contention over the body of moses. Part 2 home audio studies the book of jude the book of jude. Dear friends, although i have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, i now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend. May 02, 2020 the date of authorship for jude depends on whether jude used content from 2 peter, or peter used content from jude when writing 2 peter. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Jude gives examples from the old testament, and from two other ancient books. The author is jude the brother of james, both of who are halfbrothers of jesus christ. A guide for introducing each book of the bible please refer to this guide as you rehearse your reading for the week.
Jude is not quoting these books, but providing information provided to him by inspiration. He understands that his life is to be willfully surrendered to the call of christ upon his life. Kjv bible verses from jude offer free, online access, for those of the christian faith, to study scriptural passages for biblical studies, contained in the words. This audiovisual bible is a great way to learn and memorize scripture. Revelation promises a blessing to those who read and heed what it says, which means that the book is meant to be understood and that it can be understood.
Part 1 home audio studies the book of jude the book of jude. The book of jude takes on false teachers among other things. We hope that you find the jude summary from the kjv bible chapters and verses helpful to your bible studies and for references as a guide to further reference to the book of jude. Jude urges them to recognize the problem and fight for the faith. This summary of the book of jude provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of jude.
Greeting jude, a servant of jesus christ and brother of james, to those who are called, beloved in god the father and kept for jesus christ. These products were designed by annette sutherland, owner of trinity teachings, books and bubbles family care and teach at daycare handcr. Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. The one clue available to presentday readers is the striking similarity between the books of jude and 2 peter. Jul 31, 2018 this audio visual bible is a great way to learn and memorize scripture. He understands that his life is to be willfully surrendered to. All these recordings are dramatized, read wordforword from the king james bible.
The book of jude is only twentyfive verses long, and it is tucked between the epistles of the apostle john, and we have a lot of memory scriptures out of i john, especially and the wellworn dogeared pages of the book of revelation. This summary of the book of jude provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of jude. Jude 1 niv bible jude, a servant of jesus christ and a. A commentary on the book of jude gods condemnation of. The epistle of jude from the holy bible new international version niv book 65 please note we have increased the volume and the pitch of the audio for a clearer sound, so this speed and. While often overlooked, the book of jude remains as relevant today as the time it was written. In this 7session study from jackie hill perry, dive into themes of. This is the holy book of jude, known as the general epistle of jude. It is safe to conclude that when james is referred to without any designation as brother of john, son of zebedee, or son of alphaeus, that james the brother of our lord is 1 chuck missler, notes on james. Verses 316 jude writes about the danger of false teachers.
Before we go any further, the manner in which jude addressed his readers is worthy of careful. Fill in the blanks for each book of the new testament with this printable handout 1 page. Step 1 the first step of inductive bible study is to begin with an unmarked bible. Step 2 pray and then read through the entire book in one sitting. Jude affords a fitting introduction to the book of revelation. Us history book 1 america creating the dream answers. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of. Jude is the 4th smallest book of the bible yet one of the most potent in exposing doctrinal errors and false teachers. As its title implies, the book was written by jude, brother of james and jesus cf. Jun 17, 2011 the book of jude niv audio holy bible high quality and best speed book 65 duration.
The book of jude was written in the period of 7080 a. Commentary on the book of jude relevant bible teaching. An overview of the book of jude by david beard internet archive. Book of jude overview insight for living ministries. Bloomsburg community church audio sermons and teachings 2009. Syllabus for lessons on james and jude pdf handout 1 for lesson 1 pdf handout 2 for lesson 1 pdf audio copy of lesson 1 mp3 format lesson 2.
Essential elements for guitar book 1 comprehensive guitar method take your guitar teaching to a new level. New testament lesson 28, powerpoint latterday gospel source. Dec 01, 2007 essential elements for guitar book 1 comprehensive guitar method take your guitar teaching to a new level. Greeting to the called jude, a bondservant of jesus christ, and brother of james, to those who are called, sanctified by god the father, and preserved in jesus christ. The epistle of jude is a brief book of only a single chapter with 25 verses. It was composed as an encyclical letter that is, one not directed to the members of one church in particular, but intended rather to be circulated and read in all churches. Syllabus for lessons on james and jude pdf handout 1 for lesson 1 pdf handout 2 for lesson 1 pdf audio copy of lesson 1 mp3 format. Options toward understanding judes use of apocryphal and pseudepigraphon writings. At least three decades had passed since the lord jesus returned to heaven. One of our single educational worksheet downloads in a pdf file. Part 1 having in mind to write to the church about salvation, the lords brother was prompted by the holy spirit to write this blistering criticism of false teachers instead. The date of authorship for jude depends on whether jude used content from 2 peter, or peter used content from jude when writing 2 peter. Watch our overview video on the book of jude, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. It has been said that the book of acts describes the beginning of the institution of the local church and jude deals with the ending or the end of the church age.
Free bible commentary on the letter of jude in easy english. Part 2 having in mind to write to the church about salvation, the lords brother was prompted by the holy spirit to write this blistering criticism of false teachers instead. The book of jude is notoriously difficult to date, primarily because the bible and tradition reveal so little about the personal details of its author while the book itself refrains from naming any particular individuals or places. Everybody likes to get into revelation and try to figure out what it says, and everybody has their opinion on. Judgment on false teachers beloved, although i was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, i found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that. Frank shallieu in 1979 it seems providential that the book of jude is found next to the final book in the bible, the book of revelation, which is one of the last books to be understood this side of the veil. Jude was in the process of writing about the common salvation, but something happened an event, a message, an intensification of evil, etc. Jude is not quoting these books, but providing information provided to. What was a cloud the size of a mans hand in jude s day is now a storm of hurricane force that fills the land. God has commanded his beloved church to do the necessary work of contending for the faith in a world of unbelief, and as we do, he will keep us from falling into the same deception.1071 126 1074 1126 478 1481 491 209 735 1382 414 1414 273 390 1033 1034 1479 1037 175 1003 1301 377 1467 282 1511 1230 921 286 1194 627 753 71 393 1303 326 1390 1233 1083 238 1121 944 319 974 16 371


The French journal Le Monde published recently some of my photos about the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
Although during the Holy Week the catholic fervor is particularly evident, it is also very present during the whole year.
It is estimated that 80% of the Filipino population is Catholic, making it the third biggest Catholic community in the world. In the Philippines the Church is still extremely influential, not only in the day to day life of the Filipinos, but also at the political level.
Many more photos from the Catholic Church in the Philippines in my website.
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The twittersphere is up in arms. Tim Farron – who was formally the darling of all Lib Dems everywhere – believes openly in the power of prayer. Well good for him. However apparently that isn’t good and him signing a letter asking for clarification for why a spiritual group cannot say that ‘God can heal’ any more after a ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency is very very bad indeed.
Here is the letter is full for you to peruse:
Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury
Chairman, Advertising Standards Agency
21st March 2012
We are writing on behalf of the all-party Christians in Parliament group in Westminster and your ruling that the Healing On The Streets ministry in Bath are no longer able to claim, in their advertising, that God can heal people from medical conditions.
We write to express our concern at this decision and to enquire about the basis on which it has been made. It appears to cut across two thousand years of Christian tradition and the very clear teaching in the Bible. Many of us have seen and experienced physical healing ourselves in our own families and churches and wonder why you have decided that this is not possible.
On what scientific research or empirical evidence have you based this decision?
You might be interested to know that I (Gary Streeter) received divine healing myself at a church meeting in 1983 on my right hand, which was in pain for many years. After prayer at that meeting, my hand was immediately free from pain and has been ever since. What does the ASA say about that? I would be the first to accept that prayed for people do not always get healed, but sometimes they do. That is all this sincere group of Christians in Bath are claiming.
It is interesting to note that since the traumatic collapse of the footballer Fabrice Muamba the whole nation appears to be praying for a physical healing for him. I enclose some media extracts. Are they wrong also and will you seek to intervene?
We invite your detailed response to this letter and unless you can persuade us that you have reached your ruling on the basis of indisputable scientific evidence, we intend to raise this matter in Parliament.
Gary Streeter MP (Con)
Chair, Christians in Parliament
Gavin Shuker MP (Labour)
Vice Chair, Christians in Parliament
Tim Farron (Lib-Dem)
Vice Chair, Christians in Parliament
Now let me stress here that I am in no way religious. I was brought up within the church and spent two years at a faith school and my mother is a retired Methodist superintendent but I don’t believe a word of it. I just don’t. However I fully believe that those who believe in the power of prayer can believe that. I know first hand of many Christians who believe that the power of prayer works. I believe that things just happen but who am I to stop them believing and who are they to say that I’m wrong?
Many people think this letter is promoting people ignore medical advice and put their faith in God but I know of no Christians who have ever said this. When my then still preaching superintendent mother got breast cancer did any of her parishioners tell her not to go into hospital and sit at home and the power of prayer would get her through? Hell no (well not to my knowledge anyway and I suspect I’d have heard if any of them did) instead my mum was in hospital within the week and the whole Christian community of the Isle of Wight had her in her prayers hoping that God would help her get through the cancer.
Did they think that God himself would swoop in and accelerate the destruction of the cancer? I don’t know but I know of no Christians personally who put the power of prayer over medical treatment. We all know some of these fundamentalists are out there but I don’t exactly see Tim Farron MP as one of them.
He believes in the power of prayer? So what? I can’t say that the power of prayer doesn’t work and nor can anyone say that the power of prayer does work. We all have our beliefs and who are any of us to tell anyone what to believe?
As far as I read this letter all it asked for was clarification (and scientific evidence – which was a dumb line as no-one can prove either way this subject) for why the ASA made their decision. Can the power of prayer heal? Yes of course it can. Does it? I have no idea and nor does anyone else.
If people want to believe in God and the power of prayer then great but I don’t think these people really tell people that prayer alone will heal. If Tim really believed this then why was he voting against the NHS changes? If the power of prayer can heal all then he’d just tell everyone to pray and we’d all be 100%.
I’m just stunned that people are so unhappy that he believes in the power of prayer. I really am. If we are entitled to our opinion then why isn’t he (and other Christians?)
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Preacher dating his wife
He is only a couple of years older than me, so honestly, if he wasn't my youth pastor, it wouldn't be that weird.Would it be inappropriate if after I graduate high school and leave the group we were to pursue a relationship?
: We are not trained psychologists or licensed professionals.Please receive this word of caution out of concern not condemnation.Before you venture down this road too quickly (even in your mind), please respect the ministry your youth pastor has been called to and the role he plays within the church. He is called to live a life above reproach with no “appearance of immorality.” Because of his position and your age, any contact between the two of you outside of sanctioned youth and church activities (or in private) may be construed as improper conduct.I strongly suggest you don’t proceed, encourage, manipulate or promote a relationship or contact with your youth pastor beyond the bounds of “official” youth group activities.If a relationship with your youth pastor is truly called by God, a couple of months (or years), as in the case of those I have worked under in youth ministry.We're just average folk who understand what it's like to live the solo life in the twenty-first century.
We believe that the Bible is our go-to guide for answers to all of life's questions, and it's where we'll go for guidance when responding to your questions.
I don't think that is that surprising, because he's an older guy and probably the most godly man I know.
But here's the thing: I think he might like me, too.
What may seem like an innocent attraction at this point, can jeopardize and derail what God has planned for him and the lives of those surrounding the both of you. I caution you about sharing your feelings with anyone except for a much older, mature, female confidant who is well acquainted with each of you.
Discussing it, even with a friend you “trust,” may lead to envy, jealousy, gossip, hearsay or rumors, all of which will be detrimental to his ministry and the group.
What often gets us into trouble is following the tug of our heart rather than prayerfully seeking an answer and waiting for God’s timing. Will they continue to learn from his teaching uninterrupted and glean understanding from their Bible studies with him?


What does a crazy love look like?
The God we serve is unfathomable.
The God we believe in is a God who loved us before we loved Him. In fact, He loved us at our worst, at our ugliest. When we turned our backs on Him, He loved us. When we didn’t believe a word He said, He loved us. When we spit on Him, He loved us.
And the crazy thing about God is that He loves us the same EVEN after being saved and the ugly parts show. Even now when we have a fit of rage, when we want our own way. Even now when we mess up as believers, He still loves us with a radical, life-giving, relentless love.
Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and He died for us even after we stepped into relationship with Him and have messy hearts.
He knows our condition of sin, yet He still chooses to love us.
Our God is a God who fights for us right where we are and our God is a God who doesn’t lose… Just sayin.
Maybe you need to hear right now… That our God is a God with a mighty, powerful, and furocious love. His love changes everything and His love fights for you. He loves you right now, even in all the mess. He wants you.
But will you fight for Him? Do you want Him? Will you grab His hand?
Let His love come into those dark parts, into those parts you let no one else see and bring life to them. Let His love come and transform those dark spots into morning light.
…He’s pretty good at doing those kinda things :-p
How has His crazy love transformed you? Your life?


a welcoming Church The Congregation of Alves and Burghead is a family - a Church family. We are a diverse and inclusive community - everybody is made most welcome in our midst. Geographically, we represent the historic Parish of Alves to the west of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. In our parish there are two main communities: Alves and Burghead - one farming the hinterland, and the other based on an ancient coastal village extended to foster trade and the herring fishing. The church in use at Alves (1878) is the former Free Church, although the old Parish Church still stands. The present structure of the church at Burghead dates from 1908. In 1982 the united congregation of Alves and Burghead formed, and was linked with Kinloss and Findhorn in 1995 – a union symbolised soon after by the gift of four identical Celtic crosses. Visitors are always welcome in our churches
services of worship
First Sunday in each month at 11.30 a.m.
Every Sunday at 11.30 a.m, except for the first Sunday in June and December when a joint Communion is held at Alves. Sunday School is held alongside Sunday morning services in Burghead Church during school term times. All children age 3 and over are very welcome to join the Sunday School.
Where are we?
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Breaking news! Services are recordedand made available on this web site, Please use the button ‘watch services’ at the top. It will also be available on a dvd - please contact the Session Clerk or Minister. Soon broadband will be installed in Burghead and Alves churches and services will be streamed directly to this website so that it can be watched as it happens.Burghead Church is openevery Thursday from 11am - 12pm.
Blankets for Syrian Refugees
We are looking for people willing to knit 6" squares to make up into blankets for the Syrian refugee babies and children. You don't have to sew them together - Burghead Craft Group will do that for you. If you would like to knit and don't have any spare wool please contact Anne Milligan as some of the ladies who can't knit are providing wool. If interested please contact Anne.


The Makheras' monastery was built in 1148 AD by two monks who came across an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave nearby. Visitors were not really welcome till recently; Orthodox Christian males were just about tolerated by the monks who live there in seclusion, provided they were suitably dressed. Women may not enter the building. Now, the Monastery may accept male visitors staying overnight without cost. You may not get a room and will have to sleep in a cloister. You will find the draft of wind rather sharp and cutting, in whose awe the Monastery was named ‘The Sword’ or Makheras. You are expected to either give the monks a donation, or buy their produce, like honey, wines and liqueurs.
The local name of the Monastery is Panayia tou Makhera. It houses the icon, painted by Luke the Apostle, which is specifically named Our Lady of the Sign or ‘Ikona Bozhey Materi’ in the Slavonic dialect. This term is reserved for a particular type of icon of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary). The icon depicts the Theotokos during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word."(Luke 1:38). The icon may be worshipped from afar by women desirous of finding a soul mate, a partner or a husband and live ‘happily ever after’.
- The term Virgin of the Sign or Our Lady of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel". Such an image is often placed in the apse of the sanctuary of an Orthodox church above the altar. VIP Tours include this site in their religious tours.
- The depiction of the Virgin Mary facing the viewer directly, depicted either full length or half, with her hands upraised in prayer (orans) and with the image of the Child Jesus depicted within a round aureole upon her breast is of very ancient origin in Christian art.
- The image of the Christ child represents him at the moment of his conception in the womb of the Virgin. He is depicted not as a foetus, but rather vested in divine robes, and often holding a scroll, symbolic of his role as teacher. Another reason for inclusion in tours in Cyprus.
- Sometimes his robes are gold or white, symbolising divine glory; sometimes they are blue and red, symbolising the two natures of Christ. Such signs lead to miraculous health recovery.
- His face is depicted as that of an old man, indicating the Christian teaching that he was at one and the same time both a fully human infant and fully the eternal God, one of the Trinity. His right hand is raised in blessing, Jesus Christ’s miraculous blessing for those who have faith.
- A number of such icons were found in Russia in the 11th and 12th centuries.
- At 3,000’ above sea level the Monastery is 2,000’ above Nicosia and offers a grand view thereof.
- Hiking to the monastery is extremely tiring, with a number of ridges which slow you down considerably. If not suitably shod, you could pick up blisters.
- In 1957, Gregorious Afxentiou, second in command of the Cyprus Freedom Group EOKA [Ethnikí Orgánosis Kipriakoú Agónos (National Organisation of Cypriot Struggle)] and considered a hero among the Greek Cypriots, was burned alive by the British in his hideout next to the Monastery. Only British visitors walk across to this site.
- Call for reservations at (011) 357-02-312899


Meeting in small groups is an important part of our community at Unichurch. Each week our small groups meet to read and study the Bible, to spend time praying, and many groups share dinner together. As we meet together we read the Bible for ourselves, and as we discuss it and pray for each other we seek to apply God’s Word to our lives.
We think Small Groups are invaluable because you get to:
- learn how to read the Bible well, helping you understand it for lifelong growth
- meet and get to know the other people in your group as you meet week-by-week
- be encouraged by the knowledge and experiences of others


My three weeks stay at the children’s home in Colombia was a blessed experience. I thank my heavenly Father for a place like that to provide for so many children. Even though they are not able to reach around to all the needs there, I admire Jaime and Rubiela to heed to God’s call and making the best of it to care for and raise children that so desperately need homes, persevering by faith, and trusting God for provisions. I felt blessed to be part of their answered prayers to get a new roof and ceiling on the kitchen and dormitory building.
My friend Rueben Yoder and I arrived in Pereira the fifth of February. We joined about twenty others from 8 different states over the course of three weeks. We were able to finish three projects and more that included a stairway from the dining area and dormitories to the laundry room and a wall along the sidewalks to the girl’s dormitory. We also had a wonderful time of fellowship. I was privileged to meet some of the people who were involved with the children’s home for quite a number of years.
It was especially a delight to spend time with the children, playing, working, and talking with them the best I could with my limited Spanish. They really liked to help one way or another and they were sometimes quite good at it. They need older godly people they can interact with in the play and work area to help shape them to be stable and godly adults.
I was also blessed to worship with them in the worship services they have of singing and preaching, Saturday evenings for the youth and Sunday mornings for everyone at the children’s home and for whoever wants to come.
It is always a highlight for the children when people come to serve and hard to part ways.
I would be glad to serve there sometime again.
|project closing in|
|a willing helper|
|preparing chickens for the market|
|a fun ride home from school|
|behind the fundacion|
|in the coffee region|
|Reuben with two little friends|
|a delicious meal|
|me with some fine young men|
|ready for stucco|


My friends and I have begun to weekly set aside a time to seek God’s will for us in our city. We usually go to a park in the neglected part of our town and worship, pray, hang out with whoever is there, or just play haha. Yesterday, we decided to take a prayer walk through the neighborhoods and happened upon this beautiful spot. It just astounds me how you can find beauty anywhere.
The air was fresh and pure as she traversed over each crevice. She was astounded by all of its intricate unique parts. The valleys and high plateaus varying in altitude and beauty. The Great One who had created these mountains and lowlands had created the very heart beating wildly within her. As she stumbled along the high crags she would lift her song to the Most High. “I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made the heaven and earth. He will not let [my] foot be moved.” (Psalm 121:1-3) I love you Lord! You are holy and gracious! High and lifted up! Blessed be thy sweet name that is beyond comparison! Kings and kingdoms will all pass away but your name will stand. I am loved by you my Beloved and what sweet news this is to me. Your passion ebbs and flows through the crevices of my heart and bursts forth liken to a ray of golden pure sunlight when the shutters of an enclosed, abandoned room are abruptly opened. The ray illuminates the dusty and disheveled room but it also reveals a way to find healing. Suddenly doors and windows are made clear. Now, the room can be cleared out by opening it up to the Source of fresh air. It doesn’t need to be adorned though. That’s the job of the Sun to dance beautifully upon the plain walls. All its beauty comes from the one who revealed its imperfections and weaknesses.


Grace Homeschool Co-op will be holding late registration on June 13th online from 8am to 5pm for those who are not currently registered on our website. Please request membership at www.homeschool-life.com/va/
About Grace Homeschool Co-op
We’re glad you are interested in exploring the benefits of the Grace Homeschool Co-op. Our program is entering its twelfth year serving our church members and the local homeschool community in Fredericksburg, Virginia. You’ll find most of what you need here on the site as well as a contact form for further help. Whether you are a homeschool veteran looking for high school science labs or someone just beginning the journey looking for enrichment classes, we’re glad to help!
We pray God’s richest blessings on you and your children as you learn Together!
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The Origin of Advent
Advent is the beginning of the Church Year for most churches
in the Western tradition. It begins on the fourth Sunday before
Christmas day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends
on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is
counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve
proper beginning at sundown.
Advent has probably been observed since the fourth century.
Originally, it was a time when converts to Christianity
readied themselves for baptism.
During the Middle Ages, Advent became associated with
preparation for the Second Coming. In early days Advent lasted
from November 11, the feast of St. Martin, until Christmas
Day. Advent was considered a pre-Christmas season of Lent when
Christians devoted themselves to prayer and fasting. The
Orthodox Eastern Church observes a similar Lenten season, from
November 15 until Christmas, rather than Advent.
Many Christians still view Advent as a season to prepare for
the Second Coming of Jesus. In the last fifty years, however,
it has also come to be thought of as a time of anticipating
the Nativity, on Christmas Day.


Lasting Love Ministries
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You Love Each Other! You Want To Get Married.....BUT.....
You and your fiancee are on a tight budget. You really want to save money for the Honeymoon and after wedding expenses.
What to do????????
There is an answer!
Reverend Jeffrey (Jeff) Marsh
1. He is a ordained by the Progressive Christian Alliance.
2. He is a member of the International Association Of Professional Wedding Officiants.
3. He is a Rites Of Passage Minister, meaning
along with officiating weddings, Jeff can officiate funerals, offer blessing ceremonies for the birth of children, birthdays, graduations, and other rites of passage ceremonies including pet blessings.
Lasting Love Ministries /Lasting Love Weddings & Officiant Services serves the Chattanooga, Tennessee and Ringgold, Georgia areas.


St. Paul's is a community of faith. We serve Jesus Christ through worship, prayer, study, and service in the tradition of the Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion. We warmly welcome all persons to join with us in Christian worship and fellowship. For information on becoming a member, please click here.
GLORY - St. Paul's Lenten Series 2015
Join us Wednesdays for our Lenten Series!
Click here to find details on our Wednesday lunch and pot luck dinner worship and learning series beginning Wednesday, February 25 and concluding with Evensong for the Annunciation on March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
We have a great ongoing fundraising opportunity with ShopRite, Stop&Shop, and Kings. If you buy a giftcard for those locations through St. Paul's, the church gets a 5% donation from these stores. So please consider this for your food shopping! Download the form and bring to Church. Thank you and happy shopping!
Mission Kitchen Spring 2015 - Drivers and Donations Requested
On the 4thSunday of each month, we provide a hot meal at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elizabeth. We have been serving this ministry for almost 10 years. In the past year, our monthly donations of fruit/hard boiled eggs and volunteers to drive/serve have declined. We need your help to keep this going. Upcoming dates are: March 22, April 26, May 24, June 28. Please sign up outside Fr Andrew’s office or contact Erica Webber 500-4439 or email@example.com if you can help.
A Big Thank You to Nate
We are happy to report that with the help of our own, Nate Burroughs, we have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Collins deForest Charitable Trust to be used for general operations.
Lent 2015: Preparing for Glory
Magnificence, splendor, power, radiance, holiness, righteousness…these are some of the synonyms for the concept of “glory”. We will offer a Lenten series for adults that will reflect upon the liturgical calendar from Christ’s birth, to His baptism, transfiguration, passion, resurrection, ascension, and the coming of the Spirit all from the perspective of revealing God’s glory. Glory will be studied in sessions on the Hebrew Bible as well as the New Testament. The program will conclude with a choral evensong on The Feast of the Annunciation.
This week’s, March 4th, will take place from 11:45am – 1pm with lunch included (a donation will be requested.) On March 11, the Holy Eucharist will be offered in the chapel at 6pm, a pot-luck supper will follow, and the program will run from 7-8pm. Choral Evensong will be offered at 6:30pm on March 25th followed by a pot-luck supper. For more information please call Lora at: 908-232-8506 x10.
Bible Study - Thursday, March 5th @ 10:30am
This Thursday we read Exodus chapters 2 and 3. We will look at the burning bush and the revelation of God's name and what it means for us.
Phone Issues Water Issues
We have suffered a water line break underground between the office area and the church. This has disabled our lobby restrooms. We are working with the plumbers to find the break and praying for a thaw so that we can dig and repair. We appreciate your patience.
Diocesan Convention Forum
The diocese met last Friday and Saturday in convention. The rector, Barbara Bach, Bing Bills, and Ed Tyjewski represented our parish. A forum to report on the convention will be held on Sunday, March 15 at 11:30 in the Meeting Room.
Stations of the Cross – Fridays @ Noon
The simple yet profound devotion of Stations of the Cross will be offered on the Fridays before Holy Week at noon. This service combines prayers and brief scriptural and traditional meditations at the 14 crosses that adorn our walls around the sanctuary and chapel and it takes roughly 30 minutes. Come and see…
Altar Guild Meeting – This Sunday, March 8th
There will be an Altar Guild meeting this Sunday, March 8th at 9:00am in the rector’s office.
March Outreach Donations
"Beyond Our Borders" is this month's Outreach theme. We hope you will consider joining us as we support the Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon, West Africa where an estimated 50,000 children are orphaned. Its founder, Sister Jane, is associated with the Episcopal nuns of the Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham. No child is turned away and the Home receives no government support. More info about the life saving work of the Home, please visit its website at goodshepherdhome.org. To sponsor one child is only $30 a month. Brochures are also available on the tables in our hallway. Checks should be made out to St. Paul's and Good Shepherd Home should be noted in the memo section of your check. Thank you for your generosity.
Support Grace’s Kitchen – March & April
Plainfield Community Outreach’s Annual Campaign to Fight Hunger! Grace’s Kitchen has been serving meals to the homeless & needy people of Plainfield for 20 years! They are eager to continue & need your help. Each year there are more cutbacks in federal & grant programs. Please open your heart & give generously during the months of March & April. Please make checks payable to St. Paul’s Church indicating Grace’s Kitchen in the memo section.
Book Club – This Sunday, March 8th @ 11:30am
We’ll discuss Lila by Marilynne Robinson, which portrays Lila’s destitute childhood among migrants. When Lila marries John Ames, the elderly widowed pastor, she trusts no one. She strives to understand John, his preaching, and the Bible. Their quiet, loving relationship and the birth of a son bring Lila a measure of contentment. Robinson won a Pulitzer Prize for Gilead and received a National Humanities Medal from President Obama in 2013. Questions? Contact Barbie Bach at 908-789-9371 or firstname.lastname@example.org


Refuge Student Ministries is focused on creating 6th-12th grade, Christ-centered students who know what they believe and why they believe it.
Update on Refuge Student Ministry
Due to the impact of COVID-19 we are in the process of restructuring our student ministry. We invite 6th-12th grade students to join us at 9:30am service each Sunday where they will worship God through music, message, and more. We look forward to resuming mid-week gatherings and special events in the future! Thank you for understanding.


Missionary Union Baptist Church (c. 1833)
The Missionary Union Baptist Church, organized in 1833, is the oldest African-American church in Northeast Mississippi. Organized during the days of slavery, services were held in the afternoons on Sundays and Wednesdays in the basement of the First Baptist Church.
Some of the first deacons and pastors of this church after it was organized and before it was charted were: Brothers Caesar Barry and Peter Evans, deacons; and Reverends Jack Hinton, George Powell, and P. Eckford, pastors.
After emancipation and during the Reconstruction Period, the Missionary Union Baptist Church was charted in 1867 during the pastorate of Rev. Jesse F. Boulden, but continued to hold meetings in the basement of the White Baptist Church. The charter officers were: Brother R. Gregory, R. Baker, Digg Bluett, Simon Mitchell, Sr., Auston Jones, Wiley Johnson, deacons, Brothers S. F. Evans, H. Baker, and Benjamin Farnandis, trustees.
In 1871, the church purchased and moved to its present site where a small building stood to which they added and set it apart as a house of worship.
Since 1867 this church has had many qualified and brilliant leaders who were both preachers and pastors, builders of membership, stately churches and organizers of Christian organizations, ministers like T. L. Jordan, who served as moderator and secretary of the General Missionary Baptist Association of Mississippi, moderator and corresponding secretary of United Baptist Convention of the State and organized the first Sunday School Convention of the state and was its president for ten years. Rev. J. F. Boulden organized the Mount Olivet Association in 1869 and later the General Baptist Association of Mississippi, served as a representative in the Lower House of Representative in the state of Mississippi, founded the Republication Party in Northeast Mississippi, and spear-headed the effort to make Hiram Reveals the first black elected to the Senate.
From 1833 through 1995, the pulpit of the church has been filled respectively by the following ministers, other than those already mentioned: Reverends M. Rice, H.W. Bownes, A. C. Skinner, Boyd, S. M. Dukes, C. T. Stamps, A. Bell, James Mitchell, E. J. Echols, Tutt, Goss, G. H. Cliffin, Howard, W. H. Davidson, R. D. Holloway, S. T. Cunningham, G. W. Reese, S. A. Henderson, Marcell Kellar, Truitt Evans, Creed Buck, W. J. Wyne, Jr., and Robert Cain, Sr.
The present pastor, Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Sr., accepted the call to Missionary Union on November 10, 1996, and was installed on March 9, 1997. Under Rev. Montgomery’s leadership, the Lord has continued to add to the membership, several in-reach and outreach ministries have been developed, such as Sons of Issachar (Rites of Passage Ministry for boys), Girls Growing Through God’s Grace (Rites of Passage for girls), Greeter’s Ministry, Health Ministry, Hospitality Ministry, New Horizon’s Young Adult Ministry, Planning and Development Ministry, Public Relations Ministry, Sisterhood Ministry, Seasoned Saints Ministry, Silent Expression Mime Ministry, and an Audio/Video Ministry. In 1997, two additional properties were purchased for future expansion of the church campus. Interior additions include an audio visual room and a historic restoration to the Sanctuary.


Every Thursday (term time)
129 Stubbbing Lane (opposite the Rugby club)
School Years 6+
A weekly youth gathering that alternates between socials and discussion around a youth relevant biblical theme. Themes include identity, peer pressure, social justice and living authentically. Socials include games nights, cinema trips, roaming meals and laser quest.
For more information on both these groups please email Rachel Hanford on firstname.lastname@example.org or call 01909 570434.
Ensuring that children and young people as well as adults are kept safe whilst in our care is an integral part of our church life. If you have any concerns about safeguarding please contact:
In the Parish: Tracey Pink, Parish Safeguarding Co-ordinator, Tel contact 01909 295387 or Rev Dave Gough, Incumbent, Tel contact 01909 570434
In the Diocese: Following the departure of the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor and until a new appointment is made then please continue to seek advice and guidance from the Diocesan Safeguarding Team at Safeguarding@southwell.anglican.org or telephone 01636 817200.
Out of Hours for Children & Adults:
Nottinghamshire: 0300 456 4546
Nottingham City Council: 0115 876 1000
Bawtry: 01302 796 000


Powassan United Church is a congregation within The United Church of Canada, the largest protestant denomination in our country.
The United Church began in 1925 when it united the Methodist and Congregationalist denominations in Canada, seventy percent of the Presbyterian Churches, some Union churches and Aboriginal congregations. Since that time, the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Bermuda joined in 1930, and the Evangelical Brethren Church in 1968. We continue to be open to dialogue with other denominations and individual congregations from other denominations.
The United Church crest appears on the main page of our website. The symbols on the crest honour the founding denominations of our Church, as well as the essential elements of our faith.
The United Church is an evolving, inclusive denomination. This is reflected in our Statements of Faith. Our first statement was crafted in 1925 when we came into union. Another was written in 1940. In 1968, the New Creed was written, and then revised in 1979 and 1996. Then in 2006, a fourth statement called “A Song of Faith,” was composed.
The New Creed is the most concise of the Statements, reflecting United Church belief:
We are not alone,
we live in God's world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus,
the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others
by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God's presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God.
If you wish to learn more about The United Church of Canada, go to: www.united-church.ca


How did the Vatican Museums come into being?
The Vatican Museums are a complex of many extraordinary and diverse collections. Its birth dates back to 1506, to Pope Julius II della Rovere and his important collection of Greco-Roman statuary on the top of the Vatican Belvedere. The Museums actually came into being after several centuries in the mid eighteenth century, as part of the Vatican Library with the Christian Museum and then with the Profane Museum and, finally, with the grandiose Pio Clementino Museum, conceived according to the artistic theories of the great Winckelmann, who hoped for a new dialogue between his contemporaries and Greek-Roman classical perfection, as well as a series of illustrious figures who gravitated around enlightened pontiffs. The institutional order to open the Museums to the world arrived with Pope Pius XI after the Lateran Pacts of 1929, with the opening of the grandiose portal built by Giuseppe Momo in the 1930s on the Vatican Walls by Antonio da Sangallo, then on Italy, and with the famous Staircase, also by Giuseppe Momo, which bridges the gap between Italy and the Vatican Collections. The Vatican Museums have been stratified over the centuries. Here, popes, cardinals, bishops, and lay people in their service have worked for beauty and faith. Think of Raphael’s Rooms, the Sistine Chapel, which began as the private chapel of Pope Julius II. In short, a museum within a museum: collections ranging from Egyptian art – the Gregorian Egyptian Museum was founded in the mid-19th century by Pope Gregory XVI, two years after the foundation of the Etruscan Museum, and therefore of pre-Roman civilisations. To the Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned by Pope Paul Alexander VI. To the Museum of Carriages, later opened to cars and papal sedans in accordance with the wishes of Pope John Paul II. Right up to very recent times with the new and very modern layout of the Vatican Ethnological Museum inaugurated by Pope Francis I at the end of 2019.
Twenty-six museums gathered in a unique place, representing the absolute excellence of millennia of Western art. How can this immense heritage be preserved and promoted?
Conservation is certainly possible. In the Vatican, we have the privilege of counting on a long tradition of protection, conservation, maintenance, and restoration, which can be traced back to the famous letter from Raphael and Baldassarre Castiglione to Leo X, where he stressed the importance of preserving ancient memories as a cultural heritage, not only historical and artistic, but also a testimony to faith and values. Over the centuries, there have been many Vatican laws in this regard, and this is even more evident the birth of the Vatican State in 1929. These were the years of Bartolomeo Nogara’s direction, of Biagio Biaggetti as head of the painting restoration laboratory, but above all of the foundation of seven restoration laboratories, divided by type of material, as well as a scientific research laboratory, all serving the typologies and collections that are preserved, which are very diverse: objects, paintings, frescoes, sculptures, works of contemporary art, furniture, carriages, sedans, which clearly require different specialisations and specialists. Today we count almost a hundred restorers working for the State, together with the Conservator’s Office and the Cabinet of Scientific Research, which allow us to operate at our best as heirs to such a tradition. This tradition is inevitably linked to the Italian one, to the school of Cesare Brandi, Giovanni Urbani, and Gianluigi Colalucci, the latter being the restorer of the century. He in fact restored the Sistine Chapel from 1980 to 1995. He recently passed away. I would like to remember him, because he meant so much to these workshops, to this museum and to the history of art in general.
What do you feel when you walk alone through the museum, the only one capable of collecting this incredible human knowledge? And in such beauty, which works of art move you the most?
The feeling is one of wonder and amazement each time, amidst so much beauty that never tires. Mine is an extraordinary opportunity, and I feel so lucky and privileged to live in a place like this. Choosing a work is therefore difficult. Sometimes there are places, spaces that leave me breathless. One of these is the terrace of the Vatican Belvedere, which overlooks the Cortile della Pigna, designed by Donato Bramante in 1506 at the behest of Pope Julius II, but completed by Pirro Ligorio in 1562, during the pontificate of Pope Pius IV. From this terrace you can enjoy an incredible view, not only of the Vatican Museums and Gardens, but of the city of Rome, my city, and beyond, with Monte Soratte, Terminillo, and as far as the Alban Hills. A skyline of 7 kilometres in the city of the smallest state in the world, the Vatican City State: 44 hectares of wonderful buildings and gardens.
The Vatican Museums, new technologies and global communication. Can eternity and the future meet?
The pandemic has taught us that digital technology is an indispensable tool. In times of crisis, in times of difficulty, in the impossibility of being present, the new technologies allow us to reach a wide audience with our activities, initiatives and projects, which we can still carry out. I think the balance is between digital and real life, between projects that are, let’s say, virtual, but also very concrete. Therein lies the virtue, and therefore the challenge of the future. Therefore, it is essential to have cutting-edge technological tools, but we must also have a direct, empathic enjoyment and vision. A profound spiritual experience that only a real visit can offer.
Do you think that this particularly hard and dark moment will lead to a rebirth?
Absolutely. We have made the most of the pandemic. The best attitude when facing difficulties is to take advantage of the positive aspects, even if they are difficult to see. So, we have rescheduled our work plans for the Museum according to priorities. A selection of actually feasible projects, not a rush to do too much, but rather focusing on important activities while waiting for a return to normality, to a more human condition of life. If I review my commitments in the year of the pandemic, many have been changed. The trips I had planned, to Warsaw, Washington, Seattle, Hong Kong, were transformed into online work appointments, which however led to the same result, albeit different from direct experience. This pandemic has taught us the importance of a recovery of personal values. Having spent so much time in this museum has allowed me to get to know the people I work with better and get to know me better. This is an added value that perhaps would not have been possible if we had not been forced. We found the right balance in human relations, and in the work that mainly took place on the web. Reports of projects in the pipeline, such as restoration projects, which in this case I asked to be updated, and which will soon be shared online for the pleasure of those interested. Sometimes it happens that, being caught up in a single operating model, important details are overlooked. The pandemic has put the emphasis on this, on a way of working that is more focused on priorities, on the essentiality of things, and on a more human and concrete life.


Almighty God Holy Signature Revealed!!
Warning In The Sun
ALMIGHTY GOD SAID....
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to
day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye
Mt 16:3 hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the
sky; but can ye not discern the SIGNs of the
And there shall be signs in the
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the SIGN of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the SIGN when all these things shall be fulfilled?
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth
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what is white evangelicalism ?
what is white evangelicalism？
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Thereof,What defines an evangelical?
The word evangelical comes from the Greek (euangelion) word for "good news". Evangelicals believe in the centrality of the conversion or "born again" experience in receiving salvation, in the authority of the Bible as God's revelation to humanity, and in spreading the Christian message.
Similarly,What are evangelical beliefs?
Evangelicals take the Bible seriously and believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The term “evangelical” comes from the Greek word euangelion, meaning “the good news” or the “gospel.” Thus, the evangelical faith focuses on the “good news” of salvation brought to sinners by Jesus Christ.
Furthermore,What are the four characteristics of evangelicalism?
The book is set to be released in November. In order to define evangelicalism, Bebbington identified four enduring characteristics of the evangelical faith: the Bible, the cross, the concept of “being born again” and activism.
Then,Are evangelicals Catholic?
Evangelical Catholics teach that Lutheranism at its core "is deeply and fundamentally catholic". The majority of Evangelical Catholic Lutheran clergy and parishes are members of mainstream Lutheran denominations.
What Bible do evangelicals use?
The Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) is a translation of the Bible into the English language....
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How do evangelicals worship?
Evangelical Christians usually worship in this style and may clap or shout during a service at any point, as they worship God with their whole body, not just their minds. Quakers' worship is different as they hold meetings, rather than services, in meeting houses .
Do Evangelicals celebrate Christmas?
Nearly two in three evangelicals (62%) prefer a "Merry Christmas" greeting, while most people with no religious identity (58%) like a non-religious greeting. Most other Christians are nearly evenly divided.
What's the difference between evangelical and Protestant?
The churches that are known as evangelical today are descended from the mainline Protestant churches of the 19th century. When a distinction is made between evangelical and mainline churches, it's not a hard and fast distinction. There are many, many evangelical mainline Protestants.
Do evangelicals believe in the Holy Trinity?
Evangelical churches and denominations have a Trinitarian theology, and as in almost every major stream of Christianity, the one, eternal, and spirit God is eternally present and revealed in three divine Persons, namely, the Father (Almighty God), the Son (or "Only Son" - literal "μονογενης", "monogenes", "unique ...
Are Baptists evangelical?
Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine, but their beliefs may vary due to the congregational governance system that gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches. Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state.
Is evangelical and Pentecostal the same?
Pentecostalism refers to Christian denominations who prioritize the spirit and whose worship services may include speaking in tongues, faith healings, and other charismatic expressions. Evangelicalism today is a protean movement that includes Christians on both the left and right of the political spectrum.


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The spiritual books from Gwendolyn Carole Tipton in Cincinnati, Ohio, will help you get closer to God. I have written two books focusing on prayer: The Prayor: One Who Prays and Feeling Wheels.
I write poetic messages of celebration, reflection, and emotions, as well as prayers and Bible verses. I have gotten positive comments on my journal and I take a different approach to Bible verses that people don't think of when they are writing a prayer.
People have said they can relate to my writing in Feeling Wheels, a book filled with emotional and spiritual poetry. The price of this book is $19.95.


Matthew Vines writes for the Huffington Post:
I love God. I also happen to be gay. In a better world, this would be no more interesting or noteworthy to people than loving God and happening to love, say, cheesecake. But of course, we all know that that isn't the world we live in. And for some reason, a lot of people have a big problem with anyone who believes in God and is gay. As someone who grew up in a conservative Christian church in Kansas, I am all too aware of the problem of religious homophobia.If you have an hour to spare for a worthwhile debate, watch Vines' full presentation after the jump.
So when reality won out during my sophomore year of college and I finally had to admit to myself that I was gay, I was both relieved and crushed -- relieved because everything that hadn't made sense about my life finally did, and because love no longer seemed like an impossibility for me, but crushed because of the likelihood that I would be rejected and lose the community I had always called home.
Two years ago, I took a leave of absence from college and committed myself to thousands of hours of research and study about the Bible and homosexuality. I wanted to figure it out, to resolve this contradiction. But as someone who has always upheld Scripture as authoritative for Christian faith, I didn't want to accept easy answers that failed to do justice to the biblical text. It took a lot of time, to say the least.


Many people ask themselves: Do Christians Believe In Reincarnation? The answer is No, belief in reincarnation is absolutely incompatible with faith in the resurrection since it preaches separation between spirit and matter. Many Christians support it because they do not recognize their own faith, and this has led to much confusion on the subject.
Christianity and Reincarnation
1. Reincarnation is a concept from Eastern spirituality, and states that the spirit should separate from the material body in which it resides.
Christianity and Reincarnation are concepts very far from each other. Let’s define Reincarnation first. Although there are many variations on the belief of reincarnation, we can define it as the “doctrine that the soul of man passes through several bodies until it is released from all ties with matter”. Reincarnation is a belief of Eastern origin, widespread in the environment of the New Age with a few tweaks of Westernization that made it fashionable, even among Christians who have strayed from their faith. This concept has its origins in the idea that souls after death, are reincarnated in another body, and come back to life to pay for the sins they did in the past (Hinduism) or to improve life after life (spiritualism).
The version more spread in the West, thanks to the spiritualist and Gnostic literature is much more seductive, because it neglects the hard and negative side of it (punishment in future lives), to focus on a plan of egocentric self-realization, spiritual maturity, evolution, and accumulation of experiences. And according to many psychologists (S. Grof, T. Dethlefsen, B. Weiss) it can easily explain all the ills of present life as a consequence of problems in previous lives.
No doubt that these reincarnation doctrines want to answer existential problems as the origin of evil, explain all the suffering, the existence of inequalities, give a sense of justice beyond death… but they deny the love of God, God’s forgiveness, Salvation, and doesn’t assume free will, but doom moved by a relentless law where every soul is on their own.
Understandably, if one is Buddhist, or adheres to the beliefs of Hinduism, being consistent with the doctrine itself, should believe in reincarnation. As it should be obvious that a Christian believes in resurrection, not reincarnation.
Read also: What Is Reincarnation?
The problem is that many Christians who do not know in depth their faith have assumed as real a flood of doctrines strange to their faith. These Christians do believe in reincarnation. They have been culturally influenced by the spiritualistic beliefs, theosophical, anthroposophical, esoteric and Gnostic, especially those promoted by the New Age literature. The belief in reincarnation, in its Western version, is also taken up and spread by movements that preach extraterrestrial contact.
So, Is there reincarnation in Christianity?
No. This belief is contrary to Christian doctrine and tradition and totally incompatible with faith in the resurrection attested in the Bible, and the faith in Jesus Christ as Savior. There is no reincarnation in Christianity.
Jewish and Christian faith understand the human being as unique and unrepeatable, they witness the resurrection and reveal that when people die get to meet the Lord, no one is reincarnated in another body, nor any spirit is left wandering the world – or other planets, as spiritualists believe.
For Christians, the human being has a unique identity, body and soul, and no karma, since there is forgiveness of a God who saves. Jesus himself tells the thief on the cross: “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Lk 23,39), so we find here a thief without karma or reincarnation finally reaching heaven.
Belief in the infinite love of a God who saves and forgives does not support the loneliness of being in the hands of a cold and universal law such as cause and effect. Besides, for Christian anthropology, reincarnation trivializes death, the body and its identity, making them mere accidental realities. Under these points of view, we can say that Christianity and Reincarnation are not compatible in any way.
Do Christians believe in reincarnation? What the Bible says
But the Bible is clear for those who believe in the Judeo-Christian revelation:
“Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”(Daniel 12.2-3)
“But with his dying breath he cried out to the king, You butcher! You may kill us, but the King of the universe will raise us from the dead and give us eternal life, because we have obeyed his laws.” (2 Maccabees 7,9)
“… If he had not believed that the dead would be raised, it would have been foolish and useless to pray for them…” (2 Maccabees 12:44)
“… But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.” (Wisdom, from 3.1 to 3)
“It is appointed unto man to die once, and after this the judgment …” (Heb. 9:27)
St. Paul himself says that if Christ was resurrected, we will all be resurrected, and Christian faith itself is based in the resurrection of Christ. (1 Cor 15). And as you read this chapter of the First Letter to the Corinthians, it is clear that our resurrection is like Jesus Christ’s, meaning there is a new and definitive life, not passing through different bodies.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:
“In death, God calls man to himself. Therefore the Christian can experience a desire for death like St. Paul’s: “My desire is to depart and be with Christ.” (Phil 1:23) …
Death is the end of man’s earthly pilgrimage, of the time of grace and mercy which God offers him to work out his earthly life in God’s plan and to decide his ultimate destiny. When “the single course of our earthly life” is over, there is no return to other earthly lives. It is appointed unto man to die once (Hebrews 9:27). There is no “reincarnation” after death “(CCC 1011-1013).
The Church has always believed that death is immediately followed by the trial, the encounter with God.
“We believe that Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again His body, with all things appertaining to the perfections of man’s nature, and ascended into heaven and there sits until He shall return to judge all men at the last day… We believe in the resurrection of the dead since its inception is a core element of the Christian faith … We Christians believe in it “(CCC 989-991).
The Word of God teaches that this is the only decisive earthly life and man’s destiny is decided in this life irrevocably.
Moreover, the belief in reincarnation also denies the need for salvation, since each would save himself on a path of individual improvement of cause and effect. But in the Christian faith we believe that we are saved freely by God, that Jesus Christ bore our sins and gave us his forgiveness and eternal life.
For the Christian faith, any cyclical conception of the world is not valid, because the man has a unique history before God, because God has created him and loved as a unique and unrepeatable.
The glorious manifestation of Christ to the end of time is the end point of the story, no faith to an endless cycle of stories. Neither reincarnation is as old as they say, nor is it in most religions, nor is it scientifically sound, let alone having anything to do with the Bible.
There are many false widespread ideas about the possible compatibility between Christians and reincarnation.
Some say that the Catholic Church erased some quotes from the Bible that spoke of reincarnation, especially at the Council of Nicea. That is false, because never in the Jewish or Christian faith people believed in reincarnation.
Also evoked as an excuse for a Father of the Church, Origen believed in reincarnation. But it is not true, because this great Christian theologian believed that souls pre-existed, not that reincarnated. And the doctrine of pre-existence of souls was also condemned.
Spiritualists also say that reincarnation is the oldest and most universal belief, which is not true, because in the texts of Hinduism it only appears since the sixth century B.C. and not in the Vedas, which are older; nor the ancient Chinese religions (Taoism and Confucianism), or ancient Egyptian religions, although the Book of the Dead has some references to the metempsychosis, but it’s not the same as reincarnation.
Neither the Persians, or African peoples handled this idea. In ancient Greek there are no ideas of reincarnation; it is attributed to Pythagoras, who takes this idea poetically from Plato. But Homer, despite conveying the ideas of his time on the survival of souls, does not have any texts alluding to anything like reincarnation.
Many spiritualists use quotations from the Bible out of context on the return to life of Elijah or John the Baptist, attributing reincarnation, when in fact the biblical text never refers to an idea like that.
Others even say there is scientific evidence for reincarnation through “past life therapy”, as Dr. Brian Weiss, and actually are not only unscientific, but according to several experts these are “a collection of absurdities” written in a very convincing way for the general public. A very widespread current without any scientific basis that works with “regression to past lives” is the transpersonal psychology of Stanislav Grof, who used LSD and holotropic breathing to provoke regressions, obviously the results were all kinds of hallucinations. Dr. Kurt Koch, did research in over 103 cases for 15 years and found serious psychological disturbances and damage of those who underwent these “trips” to previous lives
This concludes our article on Christian Reincarnation and hopefully answers the question Do Christians believe in Reincarnation? Keep reading this website to learn more about reincarnation and life after death.


May this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ. We can do this to the extent that we imitate Christ who became poor and enriched us by his poverty.Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty.
May the Holy Spirit, through whom we are
'as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing
everything', sustain us in our resolutions and increase our concern and responsibility
for human destitution, so that we can become merciful and act with mercy. In
expressing this hope, I likewise pray that each individual member of the
faithful and every Church community will undertake a fruitful Lenten journey.- Pope Francis
When I finished my work in the parish of St.Mary’s in Navan I joined the Promotion team in January 2009.
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In storytelling things go in threes it seems - three blind mice: three wishes: three bears. So I shouldn’t have been surprised that I was strongly impacted by three things last week.
On Thursday and Friday I went to the two-day Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit where a yearly changing roster of innovative, exceptional business and church leaders are invited to share their story and insights at the Willow Creek Church campus in South Barrington, Illinois. The event is telecast to hundreds of host sites throughout America and the world.
I attended a satellite center in the Baltimore suburbs.
The speakers included luminaries such as:
- Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric:
- Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS Shoes, Inc, a company famous for giving a new pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold:
- Jeff Manion, Senior Pastor of Ada Bible Church in Ada, Michigan which for years hovered around fifty members but has recently exploded to over 6,000 attendees.
Although the other speakers were excellent, it is Jeff Manion’s words that are still reverberating within me.
He talked about finding God in the aftermath of crisis - where life as you knew it has changed whether because of unemployment, foreclosure, illness, family tragedy, heartbreak – we can all fill in our own blanks – and the future has not yet solidified.
He calls this place “the land between” – where life is not as it once was, where the future is in question.
In a perfectly pitched presentation filled with the wisdom gained by experiencing his own extended dark night of the soul, Manion laid out the proposition that it is our response to “the land between” that will decide whether our journey through the desert will result in deep, lasting growth or prove as destructive as acid on plastic.
The pivot point is trust.
Will we choose to trust the One who has been proven trustworthy?
It could have been trite, but it wasn’t.
It was gut-touching, thought provoking stuff presented with sensitivity and humor.
I left clutching Manion’s recently published book “The Land Between: Finding God in Difficult Transitions,” hoping it would live up to his lecture.
Getting home from the two day juggernaut of rich ideas and concepts I was delighted to find a book I’d ordered had arrived.
Ripping open the packaging I immediately started inhaling “The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness” by Storyteller Joel ben Izzy reading until dawn approached and continuing the moment I could pry open my eyes.
From the first page the reader travels close alongside Storyteller ben Izzy, going from a dark place of unwanted transition after losing his voice, through a series of meetings with his eccentric but wise old teacher, to a realization that the desert time was an unlikely gift that brings transformation as great as any seen in the ancient folklore that weaves in and out of the book.
My head was still awash with a world of beggars and kings, monks and tigers, hope lost and restored when – on Saturday evening - I went to a concert. The Scott Day Band were playing at Redeemer International Family Church, temporarily turned into a dinner (well a dessert) theater complete with draped tables and dramatic candles.
The Scott Day Band’s music is soaked in prayer and an otherness that transports listeners to a place of healing and peace, a place where fears are calmed and equilibrium restored.
Their message is - trust.
We are deeply loved.
In times of darkness God will send moments of illuminating, strengthening grace.
The only way out of the swamp is to take His hand and let Him lead us on the journey from despair, through the wilderness, to a place of praise-filled fulfillment.
It was a moving concert – in part because it provided the perfect vehicle to sift through the lessons that had been surrounding me that week.
Different mediums, same message.
Three times within three days.
It feels like I’m inhabiting a folk tale and the Great Storyteller is speaking.
And believe me, I’m listening as closely as I know how.


More Promises of God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
10 Verses about GOD'S WORD
Numbers 23:19 - GOD is not a man to lie, nor the son of man that HE should repent. Has HE not spoken, and shall HE not do it?
Psalm 119:89 - For ever O LORD, Thy Word is settled in heaven.
Jeremiah 15:16 - Thy Words I found, and I did eat them, and Thy Word became for me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, for I have been called by the Name of the LORD GOD of All Things.
Isaiah 53:1 - Who has believed our report? And to whom has the Arm of the LORD been revealed?
John 14-17; 17:20 - If it were not so, I would have told you... What I heard from My Father, I told you. Keep My Words. When the Comforter comes He will speak of Me... Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their message.
Hebrews 1:1-2 - GOD, Who at different times and in various ways spoke in times past unto the fathers in the prophets, in these last days spoke to us in HIS Son
2 Corinthians 1:20 - All the promises of GOD in Christ Jesus are YES and AMEN.
Matthew 24:35 - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Mark 13:31 - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Luke 21:33 - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
JUDAH will go to the Brothers ISRAEL, and together... ALL of them (JUDAH - the Jewish people and ISRAEL - the multitudes of the 2 Brothers, Ephraim and Manasseh) shall go back to the Promise Land.…
Are the people of these nations WORTHY of these promises? Probably, not.
None of these promises were conditionally made based on anybody's performance. All were unconditionally based on GOD's ability to keep HIS WORD - simply because HE said it, and it is so.
Looking to the past - GOD might have been thought to be the Ultimate Racist. HE chose one man Abraham and his descendents over all others... not because they were the best (but because they were the least), in order that HE might prove HE keeps His Word in time.
But don't worry if you were not born into GOD's promised people HE chose in time. Most people weren't. Scripture says it was because they were the "least"(not the greatest) that God chose them.
Consider this - C.S. Lewis writes, "Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live forever, and this must be either true or false.... If individuals only live for seventy years, then a state, or a nation, or a civilization, which may last for a thousand years, is more important than an individual. But if Christianity is true, then the individual is not only more important, but incomparably more important, for he is everlasting and the life of a state or a civilizaton, compared with his, is only a moment." Mere Christianity, (copyright 1943, page 59)
Through the sons of Joseph and Judah, GOD is showing off HIS ability to control the things of time and make them turn out the way HE determines. Don't forget, Jesus Christ made it perfectly clear to His followers when He declared, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, [He] could call legions to defend [Him]." If you have to choose between time versus eternity, choose the Eternal Kingdom where the KING of kings rules. After all, it's going to be around a lot longer. Someday all that we see will pass away... and all things will be made new. Look to the Christ Race - people from every nation, every tribe and every tongue adopted into HIS Family... born of His Spirit from on high.
GOD did all this in His rescue effort to repair what had become infected and corrupt. If GOD will keep HIS Promises to one short-falling man of faith in time, then can you imagine what HE will do with all the Promises HE has given to those HE adopts... born into HIS Family of Faith as they learn to trust Him? When this brief interlude of time is over, ALL the promises of GOD in CHRIST JESUS will still be: Yes and Amen... for all eternity!
And look to the future - where GOD will prove HE is the Ultimate Gracist. HE has chosen those who take HIM at HIS Word. If HE said it... that settles it - no matter how it might appear in time. If HE said it, then hold on for dear life - because GOD is for those who trust HIM!
Many times, Dr. Scott reminded us that when GOD went walking with Adam in the cool of the Garden, all around Adam was teaming with life and health. When establishing HIS authority, the LORD GOD gave Adam every tree to choose from, but one... and then spoke of 'death'." Adam didn't believe HIM.
Nowdays, in spite of decay, destruction and death all about, it's incredibly easy to doubt GOD, even though HE speaks of 'life and pleasures at HIS Right Hand forevermore'. The challenge GOD gives to the children of Adam is simple: Who will trust HIM ? Who will take HIM at HIS Word? Even a child can do that...
GOD's faithfulness, HIS joy and creative love of life is imprinted across the stage of history. HIS handiwork can be seen not only on every page of Scripture, but also in TIME - TODAY... right now... for any one with eyes to see - right where you are... in this world. Just look around. HE did what HE said. HE did bless and multiply a people - He did create a great Nation and a greater Commonwealth of Nations - extra-large, GOD-Sized, BIG TIME!
And again... if HE did all this in time, can you imagine what HE has planned for eternity? We read: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, neither has it entered into the mind and heart of any man all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM. GOD's faithfulness in ETERNITY awaits discovery by each one of us who eagerly waits for HIM, anxiously looking for HIS appearing. Get up! And look out your window right now... and be glad! After all, this could be the day!
We have heard, "Many are called; few are chosen." Why? Why out of the many, are a fewer number chosen? And Revelation 17 answers this question describing those who will return with the KING of Kings... as: The Called, the Chosen... and Faithful -- simply because they lived in faith, they acted in faith, they were... full of FAITH taking GOD at HIS Word - just the ones HE hopes to find when HE returns.
THESE are the Birthright PROMISES
given by Our GOD
Mon Dieu et Mon Droit
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Serbia's new patriarch urges dialogue with Roman Catholics
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Patriarch Irinej, new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, called for dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church during his first press conference Thursday (January 28th). Patriarch Irinej said that the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan in 2013 would be a good opportunity for representatives of the two churches to meet. He suggested holding the celebrations in the Serbian town of Nis. The Edict, signed by Nis-born Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, proclaimed religious tolerance for Christians. Irinej emphasised that the Serbian Orthodox Church has always respected all religions and religious communities. He also backed Serbia's EU bid as long as Europe respects the country's identity, culture and faith. (RTS, B92. Beta, Tanjug, AP, AFP, Reuters - 28/01/10)
ulf: There was volcano in Italy that shake the plates, and because this area lies on the rift between Eurasian and African tectonic plates it can be felt there. For the same reason earthquake near Crete occured hours ago.
Nov 27, 2019 5:44:22 GMT -5


Pioneer Christian Camp has been running since 1952. It began with the aim of giving children a holiday in the country and teaching them about the Christian faith. This remains the aim of camp today. Most of the young people who come to camp attend Church youth clubs in the South East and Midlands.
There are two camps each year:
Campers may attend the full camp (all ages)
or a shorter camp (for 9-11 year olds only).
Pioneer Camp provides a great holiday in a Christian environment for young people to enjoy the outdoor life and to join in activities with friends.
Pioneer Camp 2019 will run from
Tuesday 13th to Thursday 22nd August.
See the 'Camp 2019' menu for camper information and booking forms.
See the 'Staff' menu for information on applying to be a staff member at camp.