Tag: servant
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What hinders me from being baptized?
“Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” It’s a life-changing question the Kandake’s official asks Philip after reading about the Messiah Jesus from Isaiah. Perhaps you have asked yourself this same question about conversion to Christ. ACTS of a Queen’s servant on the road to Gaza If you have not read our previous scene…
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An Apostolic Model: Ministering to a Growing Church
How did Twelve Apostles minister to multitudes of disciples of a growing Church? Who would lead change after hearing their murmurings, (And THAT, knowing that some came to Christ from one TRADITION, while others came to the Lord from diverse ethnic standards of community, family and worship of God.) How can WE help relieve so…
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Good Works – a letter from Peter – 3
What do our good works have to do with faith? Peter opens his letter to a persecuted church concerning this salvation with blessings. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of…
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Jude – Now I will praise the Lord
Who is Jude? The first thing I want to know about any letter I receive is who sent it to me. So as a leader or member of one of several churches we would want to be certain of the identity of the author of Jude and the authenticity of Jude’s message. Jude, a bondservant…
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lord. What does it mean?
Jesus is Lord. What does that mean? Is this a Kingly title… like, “Sir Jesus, most exalted ruler” of someone or some land or maybe even some angels? Is that what you mean by, Jesus is lord? I say this tongue-in-cheek, but the question of the title ‘lord’ probably yields a not much better answer in…
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Good News, Bad News
I had dropped off my car for a routine procedure and would pick it up later. Then came the call from the mechanic: “I have good news and bad news.” The ‘good news’ was that I did not need the procedure I thought. So what was the bad news? Isn’t that the question always lurking…
