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Damn, Iceman has died on April 1st.
Matthew 7:24-27
Build Your House on the Rock
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Former pastor of Jimmy Carter’s Baptist church arrested for child solicitation crimes
A former pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, where former President Jimmy Carter had long been a member before his death on Dec. 29, has been arrested in Volusia County, Florida, on child sexting charges.
Jeffery Summers, 52, was taken into custody as part of “Operation Full Throttle,” an undercover sting aimed at targeting suspected child predators.
Authorities from the Port Orange Police Department reported that Summers was among 17 individuals arrested during the operation.
Continue readingMyanmar junta torches Catholic cathedral in Kachin
The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast.
Soldiers from the junta’s State Administration Council allegedly torched the cathedral of the Diocese of Banmaw 16 March, Radio Free Asia reported on 17 March, citing local sources.
The latest incident is part of a string of attacks launched against the church and its associated buildings, the source, who refused to be named, fearing government retaliation, told RFA.
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When you can’t part with even a nickel for the collection plate.
Ordo Salutis
Ordo Salutis is the Latin for “the order of salvation,” which deals with the steps or stages in the salvation of a believer (e.g., election, foreknowledge, predestination, redemption, regeneration, justification, sanctification, glorification—see especially Romans 8:29-30). There is disagreement within the church concerning this order and about the causal connections among them. Before discussion, it might be helpful to provide some basic definitions of many of the terms involved:
Foreknowledge: God’s knowing (in this sense) prior to salvation those who would be saved.
Predestination: God’s choosing before time all who would be saved.
Election: God’s choosing of all who would be saved.
Regeneration: God’s renewing of one’s life (not physically, but as opposed to the spiritual death caused by sin) (Titus 3:5).
Evangelism: The communication of the gospel by which one can be saved (Matthew 28:19).
Faith: Belief and trust in the message of the gospel (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Conversion: One’s turning to God based on the gospel (Acts 26:18).
Perseverance: One’s continued true belief—remaining in the state of salvation (Jude 1:24).
Repentance: Changing one’s mind from rejection of Christ to faith in Christ (Acts 26:20).
Justification: God’s freeing of one from the penalty of sin—the pronouncement of “not guilty” on a sinner (Romans 5:9).
Sanctification: God’s separation of one from the lure of sin (2 Timothy 2:21).
Glorification: God’s final removal of all sin from the life and presence of one (in the eternal state) (Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17).
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Bible Chiasm Structure
A chiasm in the Bible is a literary technique that uses a symmetrical structure to emphasize and clarify key ideas. This structure often appears as a mirror-like pattern, where the ideas in the first half of a passage are mirrored in the second half, with a central point of emphasis in between. This technique helps to highlight important messages and makes them easier to remember and understand.
For example, in Matthew 23:12, Jesus uses a chiasm to emphasize the idea of humility and exaltation:
A. Whoever exalts themselves
B. Will be humbled
X. Those who humble themselves
B’. Will be exalted
A’. Will be exalted
Bible Translations Literalism Spectrum
