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Q: Church: What are the uses of this word in the Bible?
Posted: September 27, 2022
Definition and Description: The Greek word for “church” is EKKLESIA. It means assembly. EKKLESIA is a noun composed of the preposition EK, meaning out of, and KALEO, meaning to call. Therefore, a “church” is a called-out assembly of people. The Greeks used the word EKKLESIA ...
Definition and Description: The Greek word for “church” is EKKLESIA. It means assembly. EKKLESIA is a noun composed of the preposition EK, meaning out of, and KALEO, meaning to call. Therefore, a “church” is a called-out assembly of people. The Greeks used the word EKKLESIA ...
Let’s first note the promise. Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. I’ve noticed that believers usually quote this passage from other translations. I’ve ...
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You will notice that I said, “His role,” not “Its role.” That’s because the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. God is what is called a trinity. That means we have God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit. ...
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Depictions of angels have been in church art for centuries, but what are we to think of it? Are the depictions accurate or not? We see these as décor in and around churches and elsewhere. As always, we need to go to the Bible for ...
This is the man who is said to be the apostle of the Gentiles. Romans 11:13 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: [Emphasis added] Are you a Gentile? If you are not ...
We are clearly warned that we need to beware of the traditional beliefs we hold. Matthew 15:1-6 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees [the “religious” leaders of the day], which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ...
We are clearly warned in Scripture about our thinking. What are you feeling guilty about that you shouldn’t be doing? What are you NOT doing that you should be doing? We are told that we are evaluated by God by how we function in relation ...
My wife and I dearly love our grandchildren, but our first responsibility is to our own children. There’s no question about that. But what do we naturally know about training children? Practically nothing comes to us instinctively. Wisdom in training children and properly influencing grandchildren ...
