“It is absolutely necessary for happiness in the Lord to continue, for the scriptures to be read regularly. We should read the scriptures specifically and regularly sequentially and not choose a chapter here and there. If we do this, we will always be spiritual dwarves I tell you with affection. For the first four years […]
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Union, States, Federal District and Commons prohibited: I?Establish religious cults or churches, subsidize them, hinder their functioning, or maintain relationships of dependence or alliance with them or their representatives, unless, as required by law, collaboration of interests; (Art. 19 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil of 1988) The development of the concept
The Christian life? And a wonderful experience. It began with a supernatural work performed by God’s undeserved grace in a person’s heart and life. The Spirit of God applies the work of Christ, on the cross, to all who are spiritually dead. Does this regenerate them, lead them to repent of their sins, and exercise
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For several decades, at the Vale Ligonier Study Center, we sent a Thanksgiving card with this simple statement: “The essence of theology is grace; the essence of Christian ethics is gratitude?In all discussions about our role in relation to God’s role in sanctification?our growth in holiness would remain on track if we remember this dynamic
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrong, to spend it on your delights (James 4:3). One of the reasons why we do not receive the request for our prayers, according to Tiago, is that we ask to waste our carnal pleasures, in the end this does not mean that we should not
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How often do we find ourselves dealing with the usual sin, momentarily being defeated, and running to the throne of God’s grace to ask for mercy? One thing we must understand about sovereign grace is that if God in his sovereignty and goodness had not regenerated our hearts, we would never ask for mercy; if,
Joe Thorn? Restart your life of prayer Not long ago, I confessed to a friend that I often felt more deist than Christian. He knew exactly what he meant. I had trouble with prayer. A deist does not believe that God is actively involved in the world. But created the universe to work alone and
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Bad and good ways to read the scriptures In the article “Transforming Your Reading of the Bible,” Dane Ortlund points to 6 incorrect ways to read the Bible and the result of each: The approach of the gold mine? Read the Bible as a vast. Cavernous. Dark mine. Where it sometimes falls on an inspiring
What does prayer mean? It is one of the ways in which the believer cultivates an invigorating relationship with the living God. Prayer is indispensable in personal devotion. This means speaking and having fellowship with God, in this communion, we present our intimate desires to God. Prayer is like talking to God face to face.
God has given us a book through which He speaks to us; he no longer communicates with men with his audible voice, as he did in the past; he now speaks through his Son (Heb 1-1-4), who transmits his word to us through the Holy Scriptures, the Bible. In the pages of the scriptures, He
