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This book gives an insightful analysis of the relationship between church hierarchy and the true spirit of Jesus Christ. Read it, and let the book leads you to the words that spoken by Jesus himself without interruptions or interpretations....

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The Bible verses I was taught at church and the testimony of my parents and others introduced me to Jesus. Several times during my youth I prayed to be saved from hell, but remained unsure if I was truly saved. Later as I prepared to enter college I concluded that my sin during high school surely would result in my damnation. I lost all hope before remembering the good news that Christ died for sinners. Happily I planned to start a new relationship with Christ based on his promise of forgiveness to me, rather than my efforts to be good enough. The Lord then immediately directed me into grace centered discipleship at college and afterward. As I dug deeper into the Word of God, with the help of godly men, I learned that my sin problem is much greater than I imagined. My continuing sin, even as a Christian, has shown me what sin really is, hatred of God. What began as a prayer to be saved from Hell has grown to a prayer to be saved from sin. Thankfully God has also shown me that he has oceans and oceans of grace and mercy toward sinners. Jesus is a super savior who has saved me from condemnation, and who I know has paid for a...

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This Christian teaching is validated by my confession that Christ's death applied to us while we were still his enemies, and thus I have become his friend. "For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life," (Romans 5:10, WEB). No permission is needed to reprint this content for free distribution. Scripture quotes are primarily from the copyright free World English Bible at http://ebible.org/web and http://ebible.org/study....

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Optimism Out of Control book DGJC articles Zinger 1 pagers WiseCrack cartoons Top Ten lists Musings Wallpaper Media.

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Ps – so lautet das Kürzel für das Buch der Psalmen in der Welt der Wissenschaft. Ihre Kraft haben sie bis heute erhalten. Pfarrerinnen und Pfarrer, Prädikantinnen und Prädikanten, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, Christen und Juden schreiben über die verbindenden Themen, die den Psalmen zugrunde liegen: Hoffnung etwa, Trost, Trauer, Leid, Zorn, Klage oder Musik. Die Autorinnen und Autoren spüren diesen Begriffen im Buch der Psalmen nach. Die Grafiken in diesem Buch ergänzen die Texte und regen zur Meditation an. Wenn die Grafiken aus diesem E-Book auf eine Leinwand projiziert werden, können sie zur gemeinsamen Andacht genutzt werden....

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Die 150 Psalmen haben bis heute ihre Kraft erhalten. „Die Psalmen sind für mich eins der wichtigsten Lebensmittel“, schreibt die evangelische Theologin Dorothee Sölle. „Ich esse sie, ich trinke sie, ich kaue auf ihnen herum, manchmal spucke ich sie aus, und manchmal wiederhole ich sie mitten in der Nacht. Sie sind für mich Brot. Ohne sie tritt die spirituelle Magersucht ein, die sehr verbreitet unter uns ist und oft zu einer tödlichen Verarmung des Geistes und des Herzens führt.“ Das Sölle-Zitat ist Leitmotiv für das Onlineprojekt psalmen.ekir.de, das nun auch als E-Book veröffnetlicht wird. Die Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland als Herausgeberin stellt Texte und Bilder zu den Psalmen zur Verfügung, um diese Impulse aus den Psalmen für unsere Gegenwart neu zu entecken....

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1. Erlösung Katrin Keita: Für kein Lösegeld dieser Welt 2. Frieden Max Koranyi: Eine Straße ohne Kanonen 3. Geborgenheit Bärbel Krah: Ein vertrauter Klang 4. Gerechtigkeit Wilhelm Otto Deutsch: Einsatz für die Schwachen 5. Glaube Christoph Melchior: Ein Halleluja auf die Schöpfung 6. Gnade Ekkehard Rüger : Das unverdiente Geschenk 7. Hilfe Thomas Symank: Kein blindes Vertrauen 8. Innerlichkeit Rainer Fischer: Der Coach des Psalmschreibers 9. Jerusalem Lisa Sedlmayr, Bethlehem: Stadt der Hoffnung 10. Lob Michaela Geiger: Teil einer lebendigen Beziehung 11. Macht Hana Fischer: „Wir alle bilden das Volk“ 12. Musik Veronika Kabis: Klänge des Psalteriums 13. Mut Susanne Krahe: Strategie für bedrängte Menschen 14. Not Katrin Keita: Stricke des Todes 15. Prüfung Susanne Krahe: Wenn der Glaube schwindet 16. Schöpfung Ekkehard Rüger: Das fortwährende Staunen 17. Sünde Susanne Krahe: Entfernt von Gott 18. Wahrheit Rabbi Jehoschua Ahrens: Beim Gebet des Schma 19. Weisheit Martin Bock: Eine Lebenskunst mit Überraschungen 20. Zorn Bärbel Krah: Nicht verdrängen! 21. Zuflucht Rabbi Jehoschua Ahrens: Als in ...

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The Reader’s Edition features the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition without the “messy” chapter and verse numbers. It also removes the book headings for an easy-to-read “book like” experience....

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This is a 54 day reading plan of the New Testament. It features the text of the King James Bible, Pure Cambridge Edition. This special edition has characteristics about it that make it easier to read. These include custom embedded fonts, justified text and a text color that is easy on the eyes! I’ve also removed the verse numbers so that you can read it like a book....

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This book was written over a three year period while in sessions of Adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament. I first read and then summarized each Parable, or Miracle, and then added some brief comments concerning each one. Presented in an easy to read and orderly format, this book covers sixty-six events listed as either a Parable or a Miracle in my New American Bible (1986). I have written what has come to me while in Adoration. I have made no research, or study, into what others have written on these topics, as I wanted to see what would come to me through my own thinking process, and through God’s graces. This is meant to be a simple book of reflections; something that anyone could use for study, or meditation, as St. Alphonsus has asked us to do. ...

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-The seed, of course is the Word, Jesus Christ, sent by the Father. This seed was sown in each of our hearts –it is part of us-but it can be stolen away by the devil. We can also reject the Word when persecution or hardship comes because of our belief in Jesus. It becomes too much trouble and we can be lured into taking an easier path. -We can also lose our faith and trust in Jesus and begin to think that we must create our own salvation through riches and distractions. But those that hear the Word and truly understand it realize that this understanding has been granted as a gift from God, and only because of God and this gift, can we ever produce much fruit. We cannot bear fruit without God’s assistance. His path and His Word is the one true life....

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Preface- Page 9 The Parables- Page 1) The Two Debtors 13 2) The Sower 16 3) The Seed 19 4) The Weeds 22 5) The Mustard Seed 25 6) The Yeast 28 7) The Hidden Treasure 31 8) The Costly Pearl 34 9) The Drag-net 37 10) The Unforgiving Servant 40 11) The Good Samaritan 43 12) The Rich Fool 46 13) The Barren Fig Tree 49 14) The Wedding Guest 52 15) The Great Feast 55 16) Counting the Cost 58 17) The Lost Sheep 61 18) The Lost Coin 64 19) The Lost Son 66 20) The Dishonest Steward 70 21) The Rich Man and Lazarus 73 22) The Unprofitable Servant 76 23) The Unjust Judge 79 24) The Pharisee and Tax Collector 82 25) The Workers in the Vineyard 85 26) The Ten Gold Coins 88 27) The Two Sons 91 28) The Tenants 94 29) The Wedding Feast 97 30) The Te...

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Michael, a humble, devoted, kind husband and a caring father was struck by a tragedy that weakens his faith in good. He abandons everything to seek and to serve cold justice to those behind it as he joins forces with a powerful and mysterious deity on the condition that he has to save mankind and most importantly, track down his real enemies. The battle he faces makes him embrace his sole purpose in life but what he later discovers will either make or break him....

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Throughout this year, young adults have been writing pieces for the Saint Hilda's House blog. The Saint Hilda's Winter Quarterly is a collection of ten of those pieces, dealing with the questions which have most challenged our writers over the past three months. More information on Saint Hilda's House can be found at www.sainthildashouse.org....

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EDITORIAL ABOUT THE AUTHORS PART 1: FORMATION AND SERVICE IN THE TABERNACLE AND IN THE SLUM: FORMATION AT ST. HILDA’S BY JORDAN TRUMBLE CHRIST TESTING US ON THE STREET BY WILL OXFORD LOVE AND ANGER ON THE STREETS OF FERGUSON BY ROSEMARY HAYNES MY STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH SCRIPTURE BY ED WATSON PREPARE YE THE WAY: JESUS MOVING IN THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING BY SHANCIA JARRETT WHY WE SHOULDN'T GO TO CHURCH BY ED WATSON PART 2: DEBATE: SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION A FONDNESS FOR RELIGION BY MEGAN MCDERMOTT A SPIRIT FREE OF SPIRITUALITY BY ED WATSON PART 3: DEBATE: TRADITIONALIST BISHOPS AND CHURCH UNITY SHOULD BISHOP NORTH HAVE BEEN CONSECRATED? TRADITION AND MISOGYNY IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY ED WATSON THE HEAVY BURDEN OF PATIENCE BY MEGAN MCDERMOTT...

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This small booklet summarizes 21 of the Commands of Jesus from Matthew and offers some brief comments on practical ways to live them in our day to day lives....

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5) “…do not worry about your life..”-Matt. 6,25 “what you will eat (or drink), or about your body; what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?...can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life span?...Your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”-Matt. 6, 25-34 In these words, Jesus commands us to stop worrying about our life and its circumstances; and that we must trust in God; that He will provide all that we truly need. We are to learn from the way that the flowers grow, and the grass in the field; God provides for them. The birds of the air and all of God’s creatures and processes of this world are well in hand, under God’s watchful eye. Nothing in God’s creation worries except man. We have been given the power of rational thought but we abuse it by questioning God’s purpose for us and His ability to take care of us. We venture down the road of self-reliance and self-s...

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Table of Contents 1) “The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve”-Matt. 4, 10 on page 6 2) “love your enemies….Matt. 5, 44 on page 7 3) “…when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.”- Matt. 6, 6 on page 9 4) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth…” -Matt. 6, 19 on page 11 5) “…do not worry about your life…”- Matt. 6, 25 on page 13 6) “stop judging, that you may not be judged.”- Matt. 7, 1 on page 15 7) “ask and it will be given to you… -Matt. 7, 7 on page 16 8) “do to others whatever you would have them do to you.”- Matt. 7, 12 on page 18 9) “enter through the narrow gate…” –Matt. 7, 13 on page 20 10) “go and learn the meaning of the words- I desire mercy, not sacrifice.”- Matt. 9, 13 on page 22 11) “ask the Master of the harvest to send out labourers…” – Matt. 9, 38 on page 24 12) “without cost you are to give…” – Matt. 10, 8 on page 26 13) “come to me, all you who labor and are burdened…” -Matt. 11, 28 on page 28 14) “if you wish to be perfect, go and sell what you have…”- Matt. 19, 21 on page 29 15) “you shall love the ...

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This book is a declaration of spiritual warfare, a call to rekindle the fire of the Reformation! Although this battle has been ongoing through many ages, it is time for this generation to know that it must chose which side it will fight on. There can be no peace between Christianity and the religion of the pope! Will you stand for the Reformation and for the gospel of Jesus Christ, or will you capitulate into apostasy?...

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We are saved by grace alone, not grace and the power of human free will; but by God’s grace alone! A grace of infinite and eternal power which always accomplishes what it sets out to do, and it never fails! The question is not just was the death of Christ necessary, but is it sufficient to save us from all our sins and completely set us free from the ancient curse? That is the fundamentally crucial and pivotal question that is constantly overlooked in current dialogues about Evangelicals and Roman Catholics together! Most people don’t even realize how different the papist and the biblical teaching on the atonement are! The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the merits of Christ’s life and death as well as the merits of all the saint s are now held in this thing called the treasury of merits. These merits must now be applied to us through human works and sacraments, which is so blasphemous because now, they teach that even the benefits of Christ’s sacrifice and his righteous life must be earned! The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the benefits of Christ’s sacrifice are now withheld from you in a reservoir called the treasury of m...

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Part 1: The Sufficiency of Christ as Our Perfect High Priest Part 2: The Sufficiency of Christ as Head of the Church

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The foundation of the doctrine of sola fide and sola gratia is none other than the finished sacrifice of Christ. This book is meant to challenge the Roman Catholic and indirectly even the Eastern Orthodox teachings concerning salvation. I hope that it will help Protestants defend their faith in an age when apostasy is rampant all around us....

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I hope you will come to agree with me that Jesus paid it all on the cross and now our salvation does not rest on our good works or our good deeds. As saint Paul says, “For if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing” (Galatians 2:21). Jesus died entirely in our place and took upon himself the punishment the punishment we deserve. I love the way Cyril of Alexandria says it in the following words, "They led away the author of life to die – to die for our sake. In a way beyond our understanding, the power of God brought from Christ’s passion an end far different from that intended by his enemies. His suffering served as a snare for death and rendered it powerless. The Lord’s death proved to be our restoration to immortality and newness of life. Condemned to death though innocent, he went forward bearing on his shoulders the cross on which he was to suffer. He did this for our sake, taking on himself the punishment that the law justly imposed on sinners. He was cursed for our sake according to the saying of Scripture: “A curse is on everyone who is hanged on a tree.”" Then Cyril emphasizes his point even more b...

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-Introduction -The First Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Second Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Third Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Fourth Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Fifth Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Sixth Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Seventh Letter To Daniel Jodoin -The Eighth Letter To Daniel Jodoin...

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Excerpt: An open letter on Translating by Dr. Martin Luther, translated by Dr. Gary Mann is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. An Any y per person son using this document file file, for or an any y pur purpose pose pose, and in an any y w way y does so a at t his or her o own wn risk....

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Excerpt: We sailed from Peru, where we had continued by the space of one whole year, for China and Japan, by the South Sea, taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months? space and more. But then the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometimes in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and great winds from the south, with a point east; which carried us up, for all that we could do, toward the north: by which time our victuals failed us, though we had made good spare of them....

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets -- 2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds -- 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high -- 4. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they....

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi -- 2. I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob?s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob -- 3. And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness -- 4. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever -- 5. And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel -- 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?...

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God -- 2. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin?s captivity -- 3. The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him -- 4. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire....

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Excerpt: The Smalcald Articles of Doctor Martin Luther, translated by F. Bente and W.H.T. Dau is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. An Any y per person son using this document file file, for or an any y pur purpose pose pose, and in an any y w way y does so at his or her own risk....

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Excerpt: Genesis; Chapter 1 -- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day....

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Table of Contents: I Old Testament 1 -- 1 Genesis, 3 -- 2 Exodus, 70 -- 3 Leviticus, 126 -- 4 Numbers, 167 -- 5 Deuteronomy, 225 -- 6 Joshua, 273 -- 7 Judges, 306 -- 8 Ruth, 338 -- 9 1 Samuel, 343 -- 10 2 Samuel, 385 -- 11 1 Kings, 420 -- 12 2 Kings, 461 -- 13 1 Chronicles, 500 -- 14 2 Chronicles, 539 -- 15 Ezra, 584 -- 16 Nehemiah, 598 -- 17 Esther, 617 -- 18 Job, 627 -- 19 Psalms, 662 -- 20 Proverbs, 746 -- 21 Ecclesiastes, 775 -- 22 Song of Solomon, 785 -- 23 Isaiah, 790 -- 24 Jeremiah, 854 -- 25 Lamentations, 926 -- 26 Ezekiel, 933 -- 27 Daniel, 999 -- 28 Hosea, 1019 -- 29 Joel, 1029...

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Excerpt: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth -- 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was uponthe face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of thewaters -- 3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light -- 4. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the lightfrom the darkness -- 5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.And the evening and the morning were the first day -- 6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,and let it divide the waters from the waters -- 7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so....

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin -- 2. To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign -- 3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month -- 4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying -- 5. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations -- 6. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child....