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… Often you are asked to imagine yourself in the scripture of the day. The aim is to have a very personal connection with the scripture, an intimate conversation with God. The story this …
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… in the way of nourishing my body, mind, and spirit. Yet scripture calls us to be loving with ourselves. Jesus laid … me—whether that was a bath and a nap, time in prayer and scripture, a walk, or just time with friends spent laughing …
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… look first for confidence, charisma, or polish, but Scripture points us instead to faithfulness. Look for … deeply about people. Ask thoughtful questions about faith, Scripture, or the church’s mission. Demonstrate humility, …
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… to get through prayers before meals or rushing through Scripture reading. After all, I've read this verse or heard … culture, and discuss what you learn about God’s world. Scripture and Adventure Study : Study biblical …
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… the church. 6. The statement could assume, contrary to Scripture, that God's laws are burdensome (c.f. I John … in the sky. It may also assume that a human can put the Scripture on trial. 7. The statement might assume that life … was clearly in defiance against the entire thrust of the Scriptures. What this person is doing is to tell this elder …
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… Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep, He was … Then Philip opened his mouth and beginning with this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus." When I … who the person is that gave the Ethiopian eunuch the scriptures? Who prayed for his salvation, that he would come …
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… exist elements of the world that seem too casual toward Scripture, too legalistic, too whatever. Those elements of … the next conversation, “I think we need to remember that Scripture is the definitive answer to this” to another. I … Don’t you think it’s great the way the Church's values of Scripture, truth, unity, hospitality, and differing methods …
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… 63 b reads: “Each Church shall instruct the youth in the Scriptures and in the creeds and the confessions of the …
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… one pastoral approach to consider, but is not required by Scripture or the confessions. So how do the church’s elders …
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… any hearing, or any witness of wrong doing as required by Scripture, I could not defend myself. I asked for what I had …
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… efforts on the basis of dollars or numbers (though scripture does not avoid quantifying growth in the book of …
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… to accept teachers who promote revisionist views of Scripture because your church needs to be "with the times." …