Ways of Keeping a Prayer Journal :: Deeper Devotion
Question “Can you suggest ways of keeping a prayer journal?” —Harry Answer First of all, I have to say I think keeping a prayer journal is a great way to spend time with God. I personally keep a daily prayer journal and journal most of my prayers during my morning quiet times. Let me give you my simple method for prayer journaling and then I’ll talk about other ideas you might try. That’s just my method. Media If you like to write by hand, then a notebook may be great for you. If you’d rather type, try keeping a journal in Microsoft Word or just a text editor like Notepad. If you want to go a step further, you could also try keeping your prayer journal online. Methods When you are praying for specific people, try getting a photo of each and putting them in your journal. Prayer is intended to be a conversation. I find that God often teaches me through a “theme of the day” or “theme of the month.” Final thoughts
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Realization of Prophetic Visions
Realization of Prophetic Visions By Philip Mark Ames "I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago (whether in body I do not know, or outside of the body I do not know; God knows) was caught away to the third heaven. The third heaven is a reality. The purpose of this book is to disclose the meaning or certain things written by two of those men. To begin with, the term, "heaven", denotes a relatively invisible expanse in which objects can be seen. The three dimensions of geometry (earth-measuring) are mutually inclusive. Beyond these limiting factors, there is at least one more dimension. When Jesus Christ wanted the Apostle John to see things taking place in that third heaven, he performed a miracle by Holy Spirit. Another mysterious aspect of the fifth dimension is the visibility of thoughts. When a like thought is shared by many people, it may appear in the fifth dimension as a massive living creature. As an example of this, note the eighth chapter of the book of Daniel.
The bitter tears of the American Christian supermajority
The most persecuted minority in the United States is not Muslims, African-Americans or immigrants. It’s our Christian supermajority that’s truly oppressed. Verily, consider three anecdotes from the past few weeks. On March 2, three Baptist ministers in Akron, Ohio, arranged for the local police to mock-arrest them in their churches and haul them away in handcuffs for the simple act of preaching their faith. A video was posted on YouTube to drum up buzz for an upcoming revival show. A few atheist blogs object to uniformed police taking part in a church publicity stunt, but far more people who saw the YouTube video (24,082 views), in Ohio and elsewhere, took this media stunt as reality — confirmation of their wildest fears about a government clampdown on Christianity. On Feb. 26, Arizona’s conservative Gov. And the feature film “Persecuted,” a political thriller about a federal government plan to censor Christianity in the name of liberalism, is due out in May.
The Myths Behind the Age of Martyrs
By Candida Moss For the first three hundred years of its existence, tradition maintains, Christianity was a persecuted and suffering religion. Members were hunted down and executed, their property and books burned by crusading emperors intent on routing out the new religion. As Christianity grew, so did the ranks of martyrs. The history of early Christianity, as we have received it, is a history of victimization and pain. But that narrative has very little basis in the documentary record. There is almost no evidence from the period before Constantine, traditionally called the Age of Martyrs, to support the idea that Christians were continuously persecuted. Early Christians, like virtually everyone in the ancient world, expanded, updated, and rewrote their sacred texts. There is no doubt that Romans executed Christians, just as they executed other social and political subversives. It was said in late antiquity that when martyrdom stories were read aloud, the saints were truly present.
Ancient Days :: Who Were the Sons of God in Genesis 6? :: by David Livingston
In Genesis 6:1-8 we read about some persons who may be a pre-Flood link between the Bible and the cultures of the ancient Near East. They are the "sons of the gods." The biblical reference to them should have some relationship with historical fact. Suggested Meanings for the "sons of god" Who actually were the "sons of god?" Another interpretation is that they were the sons of Seth, the godly line. The third possibility is that of rabbinical Jewish interpretation. Perhaps a combination of the first and third is the best explanation. A New Interpretation A new interpretation has been suggested by Meredith Kline (in The Westminster Theological Journal, May 1962). The fact that an historical theme so prominently treated in the Sumero-Babylonian epic tradition finds no counterpart (or connection with) Genesis 3-6 according to standard (traditional) interpretations is itself good reason to suspect that these interpretations have been missing the point (p. 199). Divine Kingship What is it? 1.
The Lonely Man of Faith
The Life of Dorothy Day | March 14, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Read excerpts from The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day edited by Robert Ellsberg DEBORAH POTTER, correspondent: On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, just a few blocks from the Bowery, the line forms early outside St. Joseph House. MICHAEL GREENBERG (Catholic Worker Volunteer): People here personally emulate Christ. POTTER: Donations keep the soup line going. ROBERT ELLSBERG (Publisher, Orbis Books): She was very young. POTTER: Robert Ellsberg got to know Day near the end of her life and edited her letters and diaries. ELLSBERG: People have an idea that she was somehow sort of scary, because she looks so serious in so many pictures. POTTER: In her late 20s, Day lived with a fellow radical whom she adored but who opposed both marriage and religion. Dorothy Day interview in 1971: If your brother is hungry, you feed him. POTTER: Jane Sammon joined the Catholic Worker movement near the end of Day's life. POTTER: Day herself was arrested and jailed multiple times. Bishops: Aye.
Dispensationalism
As a system, dispensationalism is expounded in the writings of John Nelson Darby (1800–82) and the Plymouth Brethren movement,[1]:10 and propagated through works such as Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. The theology of dispensationalism consists of a distinctive eschatological end times perspective, as all dispensationalists hold to premillennialism and most hold to a pretribulation rapture. Dispensationalists believe that the nation of Israel is distinct from the Christian Church,[2]:322 and that God has yet to fulfill his promises to national Israel. Estimates of the number of people who hold Dispensationalist beliefs vary between 5 and 40 million in the United States alone.[7] [8] [9] Concepts[edit] Progressive revelation[edit] Historical-grammatical interpretation[edit] Another important theological concept is the emphasis on what is referred to as the historical-grammatical method of interpretation. Distinction between Israel and the Church[edit] Dispensations[edit]
Incurvatus in se
"Latin: Incurvatus in se" (Turned/curved inward on oneself) is a theological phrase describing a life lived "inward" for self rather than "outward" for God and others. Paul the Apostle wrote of this condition in the Epistle to the Romans 7:15, 7:8-19: For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. [...] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. It was perhaps Augustine of Hippo who first coined the phrase incurvatus in se.[1] Martin Luther expounded on this in his Lectures on Romans and described this state as: See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] The Catholic Luther, an article quoting Luther's use of incurvatus in se.
