Table of Contents
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
St Mary's Evensong 1 Kings 10.1-13 Theme: Being Hospitable to The
1 A Proper 13pm 6th August 17 Place: St Mary’s evensong 1 Kings 10.1-13 Theme: Being hospitable to the Other Acts 13.1- 13 ¨ One of the ways of thinking about God that I find most fruitful is to think of God as the absolute or ultimate Other. We often talk in church about our being made in the image of God and God being with us in the world through the incarnation of Jesus Christ. While this is certainly true we should not lose sight of the Otherness of God. God is not another part of creation, God is the creator who was before the beginning and will be when all is ended. God’s otherness is powerfully expresses in the Book of Isaiah: Ch 55 ¨ 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. ¨ Encountering God is an encounter with the Other. Prayer and worship are attempts to engage with the Other, not to know about the other but to know through relationship. Part of the journey of faith is to learn to love and form relationship with the other, both God and our neighbour. One way of thinking about the work of salvation is that Christ comes to enable us to 2 connect with the other, to enable us to love God and one another. ¨ Both of our readings this evening relate accounts of encounters between different cultures and what happens when people of faith meet those different from themselves. -
We Heard John's Jesus Say. “I Know Them, and They Follow Me.”
Fourth Sunday in Pascha Acts 9:36-43 | John 10:22-30 May 12th, 2019 The Rev. John Forman Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, "Tabitha, get up." Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner. “My sheep hear my voice,” we heard John’s Jesus say. “I know them, and they follow me.” From Revelation, John of Patmos gave us an image of Christ as the shepherd and the Lamb guiding a great multitude to springs of the water of life “from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages.” Just before that, we prayed what many hold dear as their favorite psalm: “The LORD is my shepherd...” In all the richness and familiarity of the readings for this Good Shepherd Sunday, one voice gets lost. -
Acts 13:1-12
a Grace Notes course The Acts of the Apostles an expositional study by Warren Doud Lesson 214: Acts 13:1-12 Grace Notes 1705 Aggie Lane, Austin, Texas 78757 Email: [email protected] ACTS, Lesson 214, Acts 13:1-12 Contents Acts 13:1-12 ................................................................................................................. 3 Acts 13:1 .......................................................................................................................... 3 Acts 13:2 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Acts 13:3 .......................................................................................................................... 5 Acts 13:4 .......................................................................................................................... 6 Acts 13:5 .......................................................................................................................... 7 Acts 13:6 .......................................................................................................................... 8 Acts 13:7 .......................................................................................................................... 9 Acts 13:8 .........................................................................................................................10 Acts 13:9 .........................................................................................................................10 -
Penance Is Necessary for Salvation
Penance Is Necessary for Salvation R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ; The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church; The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics; The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family; The Guidance of the Good Saint Anne, Mother of Mary and Grandmother of God; The Intercession of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; The Intercession of All the Angels and Saints; and the Cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 “I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.” (Psalm 34:13) “And Jesus said to them: …the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.” (Matthew 9:15) “Those who govern the Church have rightly appointed times of penitence, that the Church in which the sins are remitted may be satisfied.” (St. Augustine, Enchiridion, c. 65) “I chastise my body and bring it into subjection lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.” (1 Corinthians 9:27) “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth.” (Colossians 3:5) “All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3:12) Original version: 10/2016; Current version: 4/2019 Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. -
A History of the Reformation. by Principal T
T. and T. Clark's Publications. THE LA TEST HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION. 'Of Dr. Lindsay's "History of the Reformation" Dr. DENNEY predicts that it will become a classic on the subject. Few safer pre dictions have been hazarded.'-British Weekly. In Two Volumes, post 8vo, price 10s. 6d. each. A History of the Reformation. BY Principal T. M. LINDSAY, D.D., LL.D. VoL. I.-THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG. 'The best English History of the Reformation in Germany. A decidedly successful book.'-Professor POLLARD, in the Tribune. 'There can be 'no doubt this will be the classical work in English on the Reformation .... It is a noble crown of a life's study of the most stupendous spiritual movement since the death of St. Paul. Dr. Lindsay writes with an ease and charm that fascinates the reader arid carries him on from page to page until the end, leaving us full of impatience for the second volume.'-Christiaii World. VoL. II. -THE REFORMATION IN LANDS BEYOND GERMANY (Switzerland, France, The Netherlands, Scotland, and England; the Anabaptist and Socinian Movements; The Counter-Reformation). With MAP of the Reformation and Counter Reformation (1520-1580). EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET. 1banbbooks for :fSible <tlasses an~ ~rt"ate Stubents EDITED BY PRINCIPAL MARCUS DODS, D.D. AND REV. ALEXANDER WHYTE, D.D. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES CHAPTERS XIII-XXVIII BY THOMAS M. LINDSAY, D,D. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. · WITH INTRODUCTION, MAPS, AND NOTES. BY THOMAS M. LINDSAY, D.D., PRINCIPAL, AND PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY AND CHURCH HISTORY1 UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE, GLASGOW. -
Re-Read the Passage of Scripture Matthew 1:1-17 the Book of The
Re-read the passage of Scripture Matthew 1:1-17 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. -
Salatheel (Sealriel, Sealthiel, Salathiel) – ”I Have Asked God” One of the Seven Great Ministering Archangels, Rulers of the Movements of the Spheres
Salatheel (Sealriel, Sealthiel, Salathiel) – ”I have asked God” One of the seven great ministering archangels, rulers of the movements of the spheres. Along with Suriel (Suriyel), he conducted Adam and Eve from the top of a high mountain, where Satan had lured them, to the cave of treasures. http://evp.paranomalo.us/2011/10/13/angels-their-names-and-meaning-s-z/ Encyclopedia of Angels By Richard Webster Shealtiel 1 Shealtiel ,שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל :Shealtiel (Hebrew Shə’altî’ēl) or Greek-derived variant Salathiel (Greek: Σαλαθιηλ, Salăthiēl) was the son of Jeconiah, king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:17-18 [1]) The Gospels Matthew 1:12 [2] also list Shealtiel as the son of Jeconiah, while Luke 3:27-28 [3] lists him as the son of an otherwise unknown man named Neri. Jeconiah, Shealtiel as well as the most of the royal house and elite of Judah were exiled to Babylon by order of Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Shealtiel with Josiah and Jeconiah. Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon after the first siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC. During the Babylonian captivity, Shealtiel was regarded as the second Exilarch (or king-in-exile), following his father.[4] In Hebrew, the name Shealtiel means, Shə’altî ’Ēl, "I asked El (for this child)". The name acknowledges that the son is an answer to the parents' prayer to God (El) to help them conceive and birth a child. Many Hebrew names similarly express the importance of, difficulty of, and thankfulness for a successful pregnancy. Shealtiel is a significant but problematic member in the genealogies of the House of David and of the genealogy of Jesus. -
Bible Study Guide on the Acts of the Apostles
Investigating the Word of God Acts Artist’s Depiction of the Apostle Paul Preaching at the Areopagus in Athens Gene Taylor © Gene Taylor, 2007. All Rights Reserved All lessons are based on the New King James Version, © Thomas Nelson, Inc. An Introduction to Acts The Author There are no serious doubts as to the authorship of the book of Acts of the Apostles. Luke is assigned as its author. As early as the last part of the 2nd century, Irenaeus cites passages so frequently from the Acts of the Apostles that it is certain that he had constant access to the book. He gives emphasis to the internal evidence of its authorship. Tertullian also ascribes the book to Luke, as does Clement of Alexandria. That Luke is the author of the book of Acts is evident from the following. ! The Preface of the Book. The writer addresses Theophilus (Luke 1:3), who is the same individual to whom the gospel of Luke was also directed, and makes reference to a “former treatise” which dealt with “all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was received up” (1:1-2). This is very evidently a reference to the third gospel. ! The book of Acts and the gospel of Luke are identical in style, as a number of scholars have pointed out and demonstrated. ! The book of Acts comes as an historical sequel to the gospel of Luke, taking up with the very events, and at the point where the gospel of Luke concludes, namely the resurrection, the appearances following the resurrection, and the commissioning of the Apostles to the task for which they had been selected and trained by the Lord, and the ascension of Jesus. -
The Authority of Scripture: the Puzzle of the Genealogies of Jesus Mako A
The Authority of Scripture: The Puzzle of the Genealogies of Jesus Mako A. Nagasawa, June 2005 Four Main Differences in the Genealogies Provided by Matthew and Luke 1. Is Jesus descended through the line of Solomon (Mt) or the line of Nathan (Lk)? Or both? 2. Are there 27 people from David to Jesus (Mt) or 42 (Lk)? 3. Who was Joseph’s father? Jacob (Mt) or Heli (Lk)? 4. What is the lineage of Shealtiel and Zerubbabel? a. Are they the same father-son pair in Mt as in Lk? (Apparently popular father-son names were repeated across families – as with Jacob and Joseph in Matthew’s genealogy) If not, then no problem. I will, for purposes of this discussion, assume that they are not the same father-son pair. b. If so, then there is another problem: i. Who was Shealtiel’s father? Jeconiah (Mt) or Neri (Lk)? ii. Who was Zerubbabel’s son? Abihud (Mt) or Rhesa (Lk)? And where are these two in the list of 1 Chronicles 3:19-20 ( 19b the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister; 20 and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-hesed, five)? Cultural Factors 1. Simple remarriage. It is likely that in most marriages, men were older and women were younger (e.g. Joseph and Mary). So it is also likely that when husbands died, many women remarried. This was true in ancient times: Boaz married the widow Ruth, David married the widow Bathsheba after Uriah was killed. It also seems likely to have been true in classical, 1 st century times: Paul (in Rom.7:1-3) suggests that this is at least somewhat common in the Jewish community (‘I speak to those under the Law’ he says) in the 1 st century. -
To Download a PDF File
Catholic Beliefs in Scripture One Church Page 2 Once Saved Always Saved? Page 4 Sola Fide (Faith Alone) & Works Page 6 Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone) Page 10 Scripture & Tradition Page 14 Who Added What to the Bible? Page 15 The Papacy Page 16 Holy Orders Page 21 Mass as a Sacrifice Page 21 Real Presence in the Eucharist Page 22 Purgatory Pages 23 Honor Due to the Virgin Mary Page 24 Mary Sinless Page 24 Protestant Beliefs about Mary Page 26 Jesus‘s Brothers & Sisters Page 27 Prayers of the Rosary Page 30 Praying to the Saints Page 31 Call No Man Father Page 32 Preaching Christ Crucified Page 33 Types of Sins Page 34 Confession – Reconciliation Page 35 Indulgences Page 37 Infant Baptism Page 38 Genesis: Creation/Evolution Page 39 Drinking Wine is OK? Page 41 Statues, Images, & Relics Page 42 Repetitious Prayer Page 43 Kneeling Page 44 Homosexuality Pages 44 Judging Right from Wrong Page 45 The Trinity & Christ‘s Divinity Page 47 Old Covenant vs. New Covenant Page 49 Sunday as the Lords Day? Page 50 The Rapture Page 51 Miscellaneous Page 53 1 “Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence” (1 Peter 3:15) One True Church The Catholic Church was the only Christian Church until the Protestant Reformation in 1522 and it contains the fullness of truth as revealed in scripture and sacred tradition. All other churches have only a partial truth at best. -
If Not Empire, What? a Survey of the Bible
If Not Empire, What? A Survey of the Bible Berry Friesen John K. Stoner www.bible-and-empire.net CreateSpace December 2014 2 If Not Empire, What? A Survey of the Bible If Not Empire, What? A Survey of the Bible Copyright © 2014 by Berry Friesen and John K. Stoner The content of this book may be reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. For more information, please visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International Standard Book Number: 978-0692344781 For Library of Congress information, contact the authors. Bible quotations unless otherwise noted are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Cover design by Judith Rempel Smucker. For information or to correspond with the authors, send email to [email protected] Bound or electronic copies of this book may be obtained from www.amazon.com. The entire content also is available in PDF format reader at www.bible-and-empire.net. For the sake of concordance with our PDF edition, the page numbering in this book begins with the title page. Published in cooperation with CreateSpace, DBA On-Demand Publishing, LLC December 2014 If Not Empire, What? A Survey of the Bible 3 *** Naboth owned a vineyard beside the palace grounds; the king asked to buy it. Naboth refused, saying, “This land is my ancestral inheritance; YHWH would not want me to sell my heritage.” This angered the king. Not only had Naboth refused to sell, he had invoked his god as his reason. -
Difficulties of New Testament Genealogies
DIFFICULTIES OF NEW TESTAMENT GENEALOGIES R. LARRY OVERSTREET The genealogies in Matthew and Luke are integral parts of those Gospels. They are remarkably precise documents, each accomplishing the aim of testifying to God's design in the birth of Jesus Christ. This article presents the purposes and peculiarities of each genealogy, and also examines the difficulties of interpretation attendant to them. Special attention is focused on the difficulties found when Matthew is compared to the OT. and on the difficulties found when Matthew is compared to Luke. Both genealogies are reckoned as accurate in even the smallest details. * * * HE NT opens with an arresting prefatory record of names. T Many readers probably pass over them as being of no practical value. However, this genealogy which opens the NT is, in many respects, one of the most important documents in the Scriptures. Much of the Bible stands or falls with its accuracy. If the Word of God contains mistakes in this section, how is any of it to be trusted, for this is the connecting link between the OT and NT? Evidently, genealogies were available to the ancient public, and it could be established easily if a person had a legitimate claim to any particular line. For example, Ezra 2:62 states, "These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood." This demonstrates how it was then possible to check the register of the tribe of Levi and remove those that made a false claim.