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EVALUATING MY MINISTRY GIFTS

May 15, 2011
Spiritual Gifts Inventory

After taking the ministry gifts inventory, I have discovered that my three highest areas of aptitude when it comes to ministry are; Evangelism (People with this gift have a strong desire to share the Gospel with nonbelievers), Mercy (Persons gifted in this area have immediate compassion for those who are suffering physically) and Teaching (Persons [...]

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WORKING THE ANGLES

May 15, 2011
Working The Angles

The book “Working the Angles” by Eugene H. Peterson is a work that causes the reader to take a look at their spiritual life and make an assessment based off of three identified aspects or angles of being a spiritual leader, that being; Prayer, Scripture and Spiritual Direction. The premise behind the book “Working the [...]

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Learning Theology with the Church Fathers

April 10, 2011
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“Learning Theology with the Church Fathers”, a book written by “Christopher A. Hall” is a body of work that seeks to uncover the veil of Biblical interpretation that was prevalent in the early history of the Church. During this book review we will be looking at how Christopher A. Hall goes about the business of [...]

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Origen’s Exegesis

March 13, 2011
Origen's Exegesis

INTRODUCTION When it comes to people of faith, they normally have a source or a document that is revered as being sacred or holy, in the eyes of a faith’s respective believers, as it is in the case of the Christian. Christians believe that God’s reflection and creative genius is visible all around and can [...]

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THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: (Does every event that occurs on earth have a cause?, Is there a time and purpose for any and everything that happens on earth? and Has God indeed made us “free moral agents” with the intent being that he knew that we would choose good over evil?)

January 30, 2011
Christian Theological Questions

Q: Does every event that occurs on earth have a cause? A: There is a cause and eternal being for every action executed on earth. We cannot say with 100% accurateness what that cause is, other than God himself, because our finite minds cannot understand the sum of the parts that would clearly communicate this [...]

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Journal Article Review: “Necessity Of Prayer”

December 24, 2010
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The article “Necessity of Prayer” by Edward M. Bounds was a very insightful article that spoke on the various purposes of prayer and the accompanying importance of each distinguished purpose identified. The author made the point that prayer should be focused on the needs of the day and that future needs should be left for [...]

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Biblical Inerrancy

December 24, 2010
Biblical Inerrancy

My position on the inerrancy of the Bible is that it must be inerrant, in its original text, in order for the book to be trusted fully as the word of God. Within 1st Corinthians 14:33 God communicates; “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the [...]

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Theological Questions & Answers

December 22, 2010
Christian Theological Questions

In many Christian circles the Old Testament prophets are thought of as men who only predicted a distant future revealed to them by God. The book of Revelation and the end times are seen as the main message of the Old Testament prophet. On the other hand, some critical scholars in the past have seen [...]

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Creation Vs Evolution (Superiority of Creation argument)

December 22, 2010
Creation Vs Evolution

INTRODUCTION The debate over the issue of “Creation Vs Evolution” has been one that has been going on almost since the beginning of time and has over the last couple of centuries been renewed with society’s advancement in education, technology and the Sciences. During the early history of the world; human being’s train of thought, [...]

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Disciplining Children

December 21, 2010
disciplining children

Discipline is a required trait in the life of a human being. Without discipline in a person’s life, goals and aspirations may go unreached and un-obtained. What quality is it about discipline that is so essential to life that we all must incorporate it into who and what we are? I would say that discipline [...]

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Evidential Apologetics

November 28, 2010
Evidential Apologetics

ANALYSIS (Evidential Apologetics) As Christians we are charged with bringing the Gospel to the unsaved world. For the most part the presentation of the Gospel involves offensive minded tactics and techniques, however there is an area of evangelism titled Apologetics. Apologetics involves the defense of the faith and within the Apologetic arena there exist a [...]

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