Since the early days of the Church, Christianity has had certain symbols that have been used to identify other Christians and help represent the movement. One of the earliest of these symbols was the sign of the fish. Because of sporadic persecution, Christians had to be very cautious in how they connected with other believers. […]
“A warrior, once he reckons his calling and endures its initiation, seeks three things. First, a field of conflict. This sphere must be worthy. It must own honor. It must merit the blood he will donate to it. “Second, a warrior seeks comrades. Brothers-in-arms, with whom he willingly undergoes the trial of death. Such men
“Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13) The Apostle Paul
“Faith is believing when you don’t see it, but it’s also obeying when you don’t understand it.” Rick Warren “Abraham obeyed without knowing where he was going.” (Hebrews 11:8) God doesn’t just ask us to believe things we can’t see. He also often requires us to obey when we do see but don’t understand. I
Link for Article This powerful article by Tim Muehloff of Biola University, provides Christians and Christian leaders a framework from which to build bridges against the often-heard allegations that, “Christians are intolerant.” Muehloff explores different meanings of intolerance. First of all is the one that most people seem to embrace-“Christians arrogantly think that because you
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“Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.” (Judges 16:21) Samson’s story is a long one of bad decisions. The bottom line, though, is that the enemy enslaved him and took his vision from
“The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people don’t feel like doing.” Rick Warren This is so true! So many people want to lose weight but they aren’t willing to change their diet and start exercising. So many people want to walk in financial
