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John Wesley: His Personal Spiritual Awakening, G. Dan Harris Jan 2014

John Wesley: His Personal Spiritual Awakening, G. Dan Harris

G. Dan Harris

John Wesley became one of the key revival leaders that God used during the first Great Awakening in Europe and America. Wesley, as we can see in his words above, understood that a powerful movement of God was desperately needed. Little did he know that in the coming decades, Wesley, along with a number of other great men of the Christian Church, would be used by God to bring about one of the most powerful Spiritual Awakenings in history. But before Wesley could be used by God for a time such as this, he first needed to experience his own …


Book Review: Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant In The American West, 1848—1861, David M. Morris Sep 2012

Book Review: Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: A Scottish Immigrant In The American West, 1848—1861, David M. Morris

David M Morris

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Abandonment – Who, How, Why: A Case For A Multifaceted Understanding Of Jesus’ Cry From The Cross In Mark 15:34, G. Dan Harris Jan 2012

Abandonment – Who, How, Why: A Case For A Multifaceted Understanding Of Jesus’ Cry From The Cross In Mark 15:34, G. Dan Harris

G. Dan Harris

The view of Christ bearing our sins on the cross is a necessary component of various atonement theories that exist. Within these atonement theories there exists a need for God’s justice. Therefore, as Christ took these sins of mankind upon Himself, part of the experience that His humanity dealt with was genuine separation. This was not necessarily because the Father somehow had to “look away”; it was rather because mankind’s sins have created a real separation from God and a genuine experience of abandonment. Thus, Christ experienced the abandonment (separation from God) in our place and because of our sins. …


Baptism In Water: Its Foundation, Form And Formula, Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor Jun 2011

Baptism In Water: Its Foundation, Form And Formula, Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor

Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor

Water baptism is the most common act of worship being carried out in any religious denomination. This article intends to demonstrate that Christian baptism did not occur from now here, but it is the result of an ascending process of purification rituals found in the Old Testament. Also, in the content of the article are presented other forms of baptism. Regarding the formula used in water baptism, the careful reader of the Bible, raises a legitimate question : Why did Jesus Christ command baptism to be done “in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy …


Book Review. Jesus Wars, By Philip Jenkins. Theology, Barnaby Hughes Jan 2011

Book Review. Jesus Wars, By Philip Jenkins. Theology, Barnaby Hughes

Barnaby Hughes

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Book Review. Christ At The Center: The Early Christian Era, By Lisa D. Maugans Driver. Theology, Barnaby Hughes Jan 2011

Book Review. Christ At The Center: The Early Christian Era, By Lisa D. Maugans Driver. Theology, Barnaby Hughes

Barnaby Hughes

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Book Review. Evagrius Of Pontus: Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook For Combating Demons, Trans. By David Brakke. The Way, Barnaby Hughes Jan 2011

Book Review. Evagrius Of Pontus: Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook For Combating Demons, Trans. By David Brakke. The Way, Barnaby Hughes

Barnaby Hughes

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